text: SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF TANF EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FUND.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
  603) is amended by adding at the end the following:
      ``(c) Emergency Fund.--
              ``(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury 
          of the United States a fund which shall be known as the 
          `Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for 
          Needy Families Programs' (in this subsection referred to as the 
          `Emergency Fund').
              ``(2) Deposits into fund.--
                      ``(A) In general.--Out of any money in the Treasury 
                  of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there 
                  are appropriated for fiscal year 2012, $10,000,000,000 
                  for payment to the Emergency Fund.
                      ``(B) Availability and use of funds.--The amounts 
                  appropriated to the Emergency Fund under subparagraph 
                  (A) shall remain available through fiscal year 2013 and 
                  shall be used to make grants to States in each of 
                  fiscal years 2012 and 2013 in accordance with the 
                  requirements of paragraph (3).
                      ``(C) Limitation.--In no case may the Secretary 
                  make a grant from the Emergency Fund for a fiscal year 
                  after fiscal year 2013.
              ``(3) Grants.--
                      ``(A) Grant related to caseload increases.--
                              ``(i) In general.--For each calendar 
                          quarter in fiscal year 2012 or 2013, the 
                          Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency 
                          Fund to each State that--
                                      ``(I) requests a grant under this 
                                  subparagraph for the quarter; and
                                      ``(II) meets the requirement of 
                                  clause (ii) for the quarter.
                              ``(ii) Caseload increase requirement.--A 
                          State meets the requirement of this clause for 
                          a quarter if the average monthly assistance 
                          caseload of the State for the quarter exceeds 
                          the average monthly assistance caseload of the 
                          State for the corresponding quarter in the 
                          emergency fund base year of the State.
                              ``(iii) Amount of grant.--Subject to 
                          paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be 
                          made to a State under this subparagraph for a 
                          quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent 
                          of the amount (if any) by which the total 
                          expenditures of the State for basic assistance 
                          (as defined by the Secretary) in the quarter, 
                          whether under the State program funded under 
                          this part or as qualified State expenditures, 
                          exceeds the total expenditures of the State for 
                          such assistance for the corresponding quarter 
                          in the emergency fund base year of the State.
                      ``(B) Grant related to increased expenditures for 
                  non-recurrent short term benefits.--
                              ``(i) In general.--For each calendar 
                          quarter in fiscal year 2012 or 2013, the 
                          Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency 
                          Fund to each State that--
                                      ``(I) requests a grant under this 
                                  subparagraph for the quarter; and
                                      ``(II) meets the requirement of 
                                  clause (ii) for the quarter.
                              ``(ii) Non-recurrent short term expenditure 
                          requirement.--A State meets the requirement of 
                          this clause for a quarter if the total 
                          expenditures of the State for non-recurrent 
                          short term benefits in the quarter, whether 
                          under the State program funded under this part 
                          or as qualified State expenditures, exceeds the 
                          total expenditures of the State for non-
                          recurrent short term benefits in the 
                          corresponding quarter in the emergency fund 
                          base year of the State.
                              ``(iii) Amount of grant.--Subject to 
                          paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be 
                          made to a State under this subparagraph for a 
                          quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent 
                          of the excess described in clause (ii).
                      ``(C) Grant related to increased expenditures for 
                  subsidized employment.--
                              ``(i) In general.--For each calendar 
                          quarter in fiscal year 2012 or 2013, the 
                          Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency 
                          Fund to each State that--
                                      ``(I) requests a grant under this 
                                  subparagraph for the quarter; and
                                      ``(II) meets the requirement of 
                                  clause (ii) for the quarter.
                              ``(ii) Subsidized employment expenditure 
                          requirement.--A State meets the requirement of 
                          this clause for a quarter if the total 
                          expenditures of the State for subsidized 
                          employment in the quarter, whether under the 
                          State program funded under this part or as 
                          qualified State expenditures, exceeds the total 
                          such expenditures of the State in the 
                          corresponding quarter in the emergency fund 
                          base year of the State.
                              ``(iii) Amount of grant.--Subject to 
                          paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be 
                          made to a State under this subparagraph for a 
                          quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent 
                          of the excess described in clause (ii).
              ``(4) Authority to make necessary adjustments to data and 
          collect needed data.--In determining the size of the caseload 
          of a State and the expenditures of a State for basic 
          assistance, non-recurrent short term benefits, and subsidized 
          employment, during any period for which the State requests 
          funds under this subsection, and during the emergency fund base 
          year of the State, the Secretary may make appropriate 
          adjustments to the data, on a State-by-State basis, to ensure 
          that the data are comparable with respect to the groups of 
          families served and the types of aid provided. The Secretary 
          may develop a mechanism for collecting expenditure data, 
          including procedures which allow States to make reasonable 
          estimates, and may set deadlines for making revisions to the 
          data.
              ``(5) Limitation.--The total amount payable to a single 
          State under subsection (b) and this subsection for fiscal years 
          2012 and 2013 combined shall not exceed 50 percent of the 
          annual State family assistance grant.
              ``(6) Limitations on use of funds.--A State to which an 
          amount is paid under this subsection may use the amount only as 
          authorized by section 404.
              ``(7) Timing of implementation.--The Secretary shall 
          implement this subsection as quickly as reasonably possible, 
          pursuant to appropriate guidance to States.
              ``(8) Application to indian tribes.--This subsection shall 
          apply to an Indian tribe with an approved tribal family 
          assistance plan under section 412 in the same manner as this 
          subsection applies to a State.
              ``(9) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                      ``(A) Average monthly assistance caseload 
                  defined.--The term `average monthly assistance 
                  caseload' means, with respect to a State and a quarter, 
                  the number of families receiving assistance during the 
                  quarter under the State program funded under this part 
                  or as qualified State expenditures, subject to 
                  adjustment under paragraph (4).
                      ``(B) Emergency fund base year.--
                              ``(i) In general.--The term `emergency fund 
                          base year' means, with respect to a State and a 
                          category described in clause (ii), whichever of 
                          fiscal year 2009 or 2010 is the fiscal year in 
                          which the amount described by the category with 
                          respect to the State is the lesser.
                              ``(ii) Categories described.--The 
                          categories described in this clause are the 
                          following:
                                      ``(I) The average monthly 
                                  assistance caseload of the State.
                                      ``(II) The total expenditures of 
                                  the State for non-recurrent short term 
                                  benefits, whether under the State 
                                  program funded under this part or as 
                                  qualified State expenditures.
                                      ``(III) The total expenditures of 
                                  the State for subsidized employment, 
                                  whether under the State program funded 
                                  under this part or as qualified State 
                                  expenditures.
                      ``(C) Qualified state expenditures.--The term 
                  `qualified State expenditures' has the meaning given 
                  the term in section 409(a)(7).''.
      (b) Modification of Caseload Reduction Credit.--Section 
  407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by 
  inserting ``(or if the immediately preceding fiscal year is fiscal year 
  2011 or 2012, then, at State option, during the emergency fund base 
  year of the State with respect to the average monthly assistance 
  caseload of the State (within the meaning of section 403(c)(9)), except 
  that, if a State elects such option for fiscal year 2011, the emergency 
  fund base year of the State with respect to such caseload shall be 
  fiscal year 2009))'' before ``under the State''.
      (c) Disregard From Limitation on Total Payments to Territories.--
  Section 1108(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) is amended by 
  inserting ``403(c)(3),'' after ``403(a)(5),''.
target: Amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to reestablish for FY2012-FY2013 the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs for the purpose of grants to states by the Secretary of the Treasury related to: (1) increases in TANF caseloads, (2) increased expenditures for non-recurrent short term benefits, and (3) increased expenditures for subsidized employment. Modifies for FY2011-FY2012 the formula for the pro rata reduction credit in the calculation of the minimum participation rate of all families of a state receiving TANF assistance for any reduction in such rate owing to caseload reductions not required by federal law and not resulting from changes in state eligibility criteria.
feat_title: To restore the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund to further support our Nation's jobless workers.