text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Job Preservation for Parents in 
  Poverty Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF THE TANF EMERGENCY FUND.
  
      (a) Extension.--
              (1) In general.--Section 403(c) of the Social Security Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 603(c)) is amended--
                      (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``, and for 
                  the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, $500,000,000'' 
                  before ``for payment'';
                      (B) by striking paragraph (2)(B) and inserting the 
                  following:
                      ``(B) Availability and use of funds.--
                              ``(i) Fiscal years 2009 and 2010.--The 
                          amounts appropriated to the Emergency Fund 
                          under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2009 
                          shall remain available through fiscal year 2010 
                          and shall be used to make grants to States in 
                          each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010 in 
                          accordance with paragraph (3), except that the 
                          amounts shall remain available through fiscal 
                          year 2011 to make grants and payments to States 
                          in accordance with paragraph (3)(C) to cover 
                          expenditures to subsidize employment positions 
                          held by individuals placed in the positions 
                          before fiscal year 2011.
                              ``(ii) Fiscal year 2011.--Subject to clause 
                          (iii), the amounts appropriated to the 
                          Emergency Fund under subparagraph (A) for the 
                          first quarter of fiscal year 2011 shall remain 
                          available through fiscal year 2012 and shall be 
                          used to make grants to States based on 
                          expenditures in the first quarter of fiscal 
                          year 2011 for benefits and services provided in 
                          the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 in 
                          accordance with the requirements of paragraph 
                          (3).
                              ``(iii) Reservation of funds.--Of the 
                          amounts appropriated to the Emergency Fund 
                          under subparagraph (A) for the first quarter of 
                          fiscal year 2011, $500,000 shall be placed in 
                          reserve for use in fiscal year 2012, and shall 
                          be used to award grants for any expenditures 
                          described in this subsection incurred by States 
                          after December 31, 2010.'';
                      (C) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``2010'' and 
                  inserting ``2012'';
                      (D) in paragraph (3)--
                              (i) in clause (i) of each of subparagraphs 
                          (A), (B), and (C)--
                                      (I) by inserting ``, and the first 
                                  calendar quarter of fiscal year 2011,'' 
                                  after ``2009 or 2010,'';
                                      (II) by striking ``and'' at the end 
                                  of subclause (I);
                                      (III) by striking the period at the 
                                  end of subclause (II) and inserting ``; 
                                  and''; and
                                      (IV) by adding at the end the 
                                  following:
                                      ``(III) if the quarter is in fiscal 
                                  year 2011, has provided the Secretary 
                                  with such information as the Secretary 
                                  may find necessary in order to make the 
                                  determinations, or take any other 
                                  action, described in paragraph 
                                  (5)(C).''; and
                              (ii) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the 
                          end the following:
                              ``(iv) Limitation on expenditures for 
                          subsidized employment.--An expenditure for 
                          subsidized employment shall be taken into 
                          account under clause (ii) only if the 
                          expenditure is used to subsidize employment 
                          for--
                                      ``(I) a member of a needy family 
                                  (without regard to whether the family 
                                  is receiving assistance under the State 
                                  program funded under this part); or
                                      ``(II) an individual who has 
                                  exhausted (or, within 60 days, will 
                                  exhaust) all rights to receive 
                                  unemployment compensation under Federal 
                                  and State law, and who is a member of a 
                                  needy family.'';
                      (E) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
                  following:
              ``(5) Limitations on payments; adjustment authority.--
                      ``(A) Fiscal years 2009 and 2010.--The total amount 
                  payable to a single State under subsection (b) and this 
                  subsection for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 combined 
                  shall not exceed 50 percent of the annual State family 
                  assistance grant.
                      ``(B) Fiscal year 2011.--Subject to subparagraph 
                  (C), the total amount payable to a single State under 
                  subsection (b) and this subsection for the first 
                  quarter of fiscal year 2011 shall not exceed 5 percent 
                  of the annual State family assistance grant.
                      ``(C) Adjustment authority.--If the Secretary 
                  determines that the Emergency Fund is at risk of being 
                  depleted before December 31, 2010, or that funds are 
                  available to accommodate additional State requests 
                  under this subsection, the Secretary may, through 
                  program instructions issued without regard to the 
                  requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States 
                  Code--
                              ``(i) specify priority criteria for 
                          awarding grants to States during the first 
                          quarter of fiscal year 2011; and
                              ``(ii) adjust the percentage limitation 
                          applicable under subparagraph (B) with respect 
                          to the total amount payable to a single State 
                          for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.''; 
                          and
                      (F) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``or for 
                  expenditures described in paragraph (3)(C)(iv)'' before 
                  the period.
              (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 2101 of division B of 
          the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
          111-5) is amended--
                      (A) in subsection (a)(2)--
                              (i) by striking ``October 1, 2010'' and 
                          inserting ``January 1, 2011''; and
                              (ii) by striking all that follows 
                          ``repealed'' and inserting a period; and
                      (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``October 1, 
                  2010'' and inserting ``January 1, 2011''.
      (b) Modification of Grant Requirements.--
              (1) In general.--Effective October 1, 2010, section 403(c) 
          of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(c)), as amended by 
          subsection (a), is amended--
                      (A) in paragraph (3)(A)--
                              (i) by striking ``related to caseload 
                          increases'' in the heading and inserting 
                          ``related to increased expenditures'';
                              (ii) by striking clause (ii) and 
                          redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii); and
                              (iii) by striking ``each State that'' and 
                          all that follows in clause (i) and inserting 
                          ``each State that requests a grant under this 
                          subparagraph for the quarter, to the extent 
                          provided in clause (ii)'';
                      (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``the caseload of 
                  a State and''; and
                      (C) in paragraph (9)--
                              (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
                          redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
                          subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
                              (ii) by striking ``The average monthly 
                          assistance caseload of the State.'' in clause 
                          (ii)(I) and inserting ``The average quarterly 
                          total expenditures of the State for basic 
                          assistance (as defined by the Secretary under 
                          paragraph (3)(A)(ii)).''.
              (2) Conforming amendments.--Effective October 1, 2010, 
          section 407(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
          607(b)(3)) is amended--
                      (A) by striking ``(within the meaning of section 
                  403(c)(9))'' in subparagraph (A)(i); and
                      (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                  subparagraph:
                      ``(C) Average monthly assistance caseload.--For 
                  purposes of this paragraph, 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 by the Secretary as permitted by section 
                  403(c)(4).''.
      (c) Program Guidance.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
  shall issue program guidance, without regard to the requirements of 
  section 553 of title 5, United States Code, which ensures that the 
  funds provided under the amendments made by this section to a 
  jurisdiction for subsidized employment do not support any subsidized 
  employment position the annual salary of which is greater than, at 
  State option--
              (1) 200 percent of the poverty line (within the meaning of 
          section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
          1981, including any revision required by such section 673(2)) 
          for a family of 4; or
              (2) the median wage in the jurisdiction.
  
  SEC. 3. FUNDING LEVEL OF TANF CONTINGENCY FUND.
  
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount 
  appropriated for the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs 
  established under section 403(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
  603(b)) shall be--
              (1) for fiscal year 2012, $112,000,000; and
              (2) for fiscal year 2013, $612,000,000.
target: Job Preservation for Parents in Poverty Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise and extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (Emergency Contingency Fund) at current levels through the first quarter of FY2011.
  
  Places a certain amount of appropriations in reserve for use in FY2012.
  
  Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from making a grant from the Emergency Contingency Fund for a fiscal year after FY2012.
  
  Limits expenditures for subsidized employment to employment for: (1) a member of a needy family (without regard to whether the family is receiving assistance under the state TANF program); or (2) a member of a needy family who has exhausted (or, within 60 days, will exhaust) all rights to receive unemployment compensation under federal and state law.
  
  Reduces the funding level of the (regular) Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs for FY2012 and FY2013 (to offset appropriations for this Act).
feat_title: A bill to extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, and for other purposes.