State ex rel. Humphrey v. Heckler

LAY, Chief Judge.

This petition for review is brought by the State of Minnesota, challenging the Secretary’s disapproval of the State’s proposed modification to its standard of need and level of benefits affecting recipients with earned income under its administration of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program (AFDC). In 1981 Congress *371passed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA), amending the treatment accorded earned income under the AFDC program. Pub.L. No. 97-35, 95 Stat. 357, 843 (1981), amending 42 U.S.C. §§ 602-676. The Minnesota legislature incorporated these…