3.0.0 1443 2023-01-15T06:17:49Z 2023-01-15T06:17:49Z Senate S S 2003-07-22 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-07-22T22:33:54Z 2004-03-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3440) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9720-9736) IntroReferral 2003-07-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9718-9720) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2003-07-22 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2003-07-22 True Social Welfare Administrative procedure Adoption Age discrimination Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Aliens American Samoa Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Arts, Culture, Religion Block grants Books Business and social problems Cash welfare block grants Child support Child welfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Collection of accounts College costs Commerce Commuting Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Contraceptives Crime and Law Enforcement Day care Demography Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Discrimination against the disabled Earned income tax credit Earnings Economic conditions Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Employee training Employment of the disabled Employment subsidies Energy Energy assistance for the poor English language Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Family planning and birth control Family violence Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Food stamps Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Group homes Guam Health Health insurance Higher education Housing and Community Development Housing subsidies Illiteracy Immigrant health Immigrants Immigration Income Income tax Indian children Internet Labor and Employment Law Learning disabilities Low-income housing Marriage Maternal health services Medicaid Medically uninsured Minorities Nonmarital births Nonprofit organizations Parent and child Part-time employment Passports Poor children Poverty Pregnant women Public-private partnerships Puerto Rico Rural conditions Science, Technology, Communications Sex education Social work State employees State laws Supplemental security income program Surveys Tax refunds Taxation Teenage pregnancy Territories (U.S.) Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Unemployment Veterans' disability compensation Victims of crimes Virgin Islands Visas Vocational and technical education Web sites Welfare eligibility Welfare waivers Welfare work participation Women Working poor Social Welfare 00 2003-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2003-09-09T13:51:58Z Building on Welfare Success Act of 2003 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise, reauthorize, and extend the TANF program, with changes including the addition of grants to States for healthy marriage promotion programs.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 with respect to establishing national goals to prevent teen pregnancy.

Amends SSA title IV Part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to make various changes including providing for expanded enforcement.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make nonimmigrant aliens who fail to pay child support by more than $2,500 ineligible to receive visas and excluded from admission to the United States.

Provides for responsible fatherhood grants under SSA title IV part D.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to give States the option to assist legal immigrant families.

Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide for: (1) optional coverage of legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP (SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP); and (2) a five year extension, and revision, of the transitional medical assistance program.

Provides authority under TANF for the use of TANF funds for housing benefits.

]]> Building on Welfare Success Act of 2003 Display Title Building on Welfare Success Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the temporary assistance to needy families program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Building on Welfare Success Act of 2003 Popular Titles Welfare Reform bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2003-07-22T04:00:00Z 2004-03-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3440) 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.