# 114-hr-2991: Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act

114-hr-2991, Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] (R-OH); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2991
- Congress: 114
- Title: Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Introduced: 2015-07-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Policy area: Social Welfare
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to mandatory work requirements to: eliminate the requirement that recipients participate in certain core work activities not fewer than 20 hours per week, as well as separate requirements for two-parent families; allow states to receive partial credit for certain families participating for less than the minimum hours required for purposes of calculating the monthly participation rate; give states the option to apply an alternative work participation rate calculation; revise requirements for counting job search as work; modify the rule deeming an individual to meet work participation requirements by attending secondary school; require a state to meet individuals participating for three months in job readiness assistance and certify whether continued participation is necessary to prepare them for employment; replace with job readiness assistance as a separate work activity the currently recognized work activity of providing child care services to a participant in a community service program; and increase from 12 to 24 months the maximum period that vocational educational training counts as a work activity.

## Cosponsors (15)

- Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- PATRICK TIBERI (R-OH), 2015-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2015-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2015-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2015-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2015-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2015-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (R-IN), 2015-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2016-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2016-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2016-09-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2991 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2991)

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