3.0.0 692 2023-01-15T21:48:56Z 2023-01-15T21:48:56Z House H HR 2003-02-11 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2003-03-03T18:38:53Z Referred to 2003-02-11T17:36:20Z 2003-03-03 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Committee 2003-02-11 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-02-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 N J000284 Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] STEPHANIE JONES D OH TUBBS 11 2003-02-11 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2003-02-11 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2003-02-11 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2003-02-11 True O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2003-02-11 True C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2003-02-11 True B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 2003-02-11 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2003-02-11 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2003-02-11 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2003-02-11 True K000180 Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] CAROLYN KILPATRICK D MI CHEEKS 13 2003-02-11 True C000537 Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] JAMES CLYBURN D SC E. 6 2003-02-11 True K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2003-02-11 True L000090 Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] TOM LANTOS D CA 12 2003-02-11 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2003-02-12 False B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 2003-02-12 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2003-02-12 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2003-02-12 False B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2003-02-12 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2003-02-13 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2003-02-13 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2003-02-27 False J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2003-03-27 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2003-05-13 False Social Welfare Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Alcoholism Aliens Asian American ethnic groups Blacks Block grants Business cycles Caregivers Case management Cash welfare block grants Child support Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Collection of accounts Compensatory education Congress Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Day care Disability evaluation Disabled Discrimination Discrimination in employment Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Earned income tax credit Economics and Public Finance Education Educational statistics Electronic data interchange Electronic mail systems Elementary and secondary education Employee training Energy Energy assistance for the poor English language Evaluation research (Social action programs) Evidence (Law) Ex-offenders Facsimile transmission Families Family services Family violence Federal aid to child health services Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Food relief Food stamps Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government statistics Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Grievance procedures Health Health insurance Higher education Hispanic Americans Homeless Housing and Community Development Immigrants Income statistics Income tax Intergovernmental fiscal relations Internet Labor and Employment Labor statistics Language and languages Law Literacy programs Marriage Medicaid Medically uninsured Mental health services Mental illness Minimum wages Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Performance measurement Poor children Postal service Poverty Racial discrimination Rape Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Sex discrimination Shelters for the homeless State laws Student employment Supplemental security income program Surveys Taxation Telephone Translating and interpreting Transportation and Public Works Unemployment Victims of crimes Vocational and technical education Vocational rehabilitation Volunteer workers WIC program Wages Welfare eligibility Welfare recipients Welfare work participation Wife abuse Women Social Welfare 00 2003-02-11 Introduced in House 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for assessments and work activities for TANF recipients.

Requires: (1) interpretation and translation services in certain cases for TANF recipients; (2) an expedited process for discrimination complaints; (3) provision of notice of rights of TANF recipients; (3) training of TANF program personnel in respecting such rights; (4) standardized sanction process; and (5) opportunity for TANF applicants or recipients to appeal adverse decisions.

Modifies penalties against individuals for violating mandatory work requirements, creating additional exceptions, including those for child care and discrimination.

Prohibits States from diverting potential TANF applicants.

Bans States from penalizing the entire family for the misconduct of one family member.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal provisions for denial of assistance and benefits for certain drug-related convictions.

Makes various changes under the TANF program concerning: (1) the five-year time limit on assistance; and (2) treatment of aliens.

Permits participation in English-as-a-second language programs as a work activity.

Prescribes requirements encouraging racial equality.]]>

Racial Equity and Fair Treatment Act of 2003 Display Title Racial Equity and Fair Treatment Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To provide for racial equity and fair treatment under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Racial Equity and Fair Treatment Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-02-11T05:00:00Z 2003-03-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.