3.0.0 2830 2021-09-29T22:24:33Z 2023-01-13T17:13:55Z Senate S S 2004-09-22 108 2004-09-23 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 714. Calendars 2004-09-22 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2004-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA N B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2004-09-22 True Social Welfare Aid to dependent children American Samoa Appropriations Authorization Block grants Cash welfare block grants Charities Child abuse Child support Child welfare Church and social problems Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Employment subsidies Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Family services Family violence Fathers Finance and Financial Sector Financial planning Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Guam Health Higher education Hispanic Americans Intergovernmental fiscal relations Internet Job hunting Labor and Employment Marriage Marriage counseling Married people Mediation Medicaid Medicare Mentoring Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Parent and child Personal budgets Public service advertising Puerto Rico Religion Rescission of appropriated funds Science, Technology, Communications Sexual abstinence Unmarried couples Virgin Islands Vocational and technical education Welfare eligibility Welfare recipients Welfare waivers Welfare work participation Social Welfare 00 2004-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-13T18:49:03Z Healthy Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2004 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise the TANF program. Repeals the bonus to States for reduction in illegitmacy ratio, replacing it with healthy marriage promotion grants.

Amends SSA title IV to add a new part C (Responible Fatherhood Program) under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to States to conduct demonstration programs promoting responsible fatherhood. Provides for: (1) a National Clearinghouse for responsible fatherhood programs to assist States and communities in efforts to promote and support marriage and responsible fatherhood; and (2) block grants to States to encourage media campaigns to produce broadcast advertisements that promote the formation and maintance of healthy two-parent married families, strengthen fragile families, and promote responsible fatherhood.

Adds funding under TANF for research, demonstrations, and technical assistance.

Rescinds funds for bonuses to reward high performance States.

Provides for extending: (1) the TANF program through March 15, 2005; and (2) the National Random Sample study through March 31, 2005.

]]> Healthy Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2004 Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2004 Display Title Healthy Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2004-09-23T04:00:00Z 2004-09-23 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 714. 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.