3.0.0 5 2023-01-15T22:18:41Z 2023-01-15T22:18:41Z Senate S S 2003-02-14 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-02-14T17:24:44Z 2004-03-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3440) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO N C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2003-02-14 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2003-02-14 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2003-02-14 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2003-02-14 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2003-02-14 True S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2003-02-14 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2003-02-14 True S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2003-02-14 True M001141 Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] ZELL MILLER D GA 2003-07-24 False Social Welfare Academic performance Adoption Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Blind Block grants California Caregivers Cash welfare block grants Census Child abuse Child development Child health Child support Child welfare Church and social problems Collection of accounts Commerce Computer matching Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer credit Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Day care Directories Disability evaluation Disabled Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drugs and youth Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employment subsidies Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Fathers Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to child health services Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Food relief Food stamps Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government lending Government paperwork Health Identification devices Income tax Indian children Interest Job hunting Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Marriage Married people Maternal health services Medicaid Mentoring Minorities Nonmarital births Nonprofit organizations Performance measurement Premarital sex Preschool education Public-private partnerships Recruiting of employees Religion School-age child care Science, Technology, Communications Sex education Sexual abstinence Social security numbers Social surveys Suicide Supplemental security income program Tax refunds Taxation Teenage pregnancy Territories (U.S.) Unemployment Unemployment insurance Unmarried couples User charges Veterans' disability compensation Wages Welfare eligibility Welfare work participation Wisconsin Women Youth Social Welfare 00 2003-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Promotion and Support of Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Act of 2003 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to authorize Federal grants to public and nonprofit community entities (including religious organizations and Indian tribal organizations) for projects and activities designed to test the effectiveness of various approaches to promoting responsible parenting through a fatherhood program.

Caring for Children Act of 2003 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 2008 and to revise requirements for State programs for child care services.

Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to revise child support collection requirements to: (1) prescribe guidelines for Federal matching funds for limited pass through of child support payments to families receiving TANF; (2) decrease the amount of child support arrearage that will trigger passport denial; (3) provide for use of the tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of children who are not minors; and (4) limit garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for Service-connected disabilities in order to enforce child support obligations.

Eliminates the limitation placed upon the number of: (1) States that may be granted waivers to conduct demonstration projects on the same topic; and (2) waivers that may be granted to a single State for demonstration projects.

Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency blindness and disability determinations before any action is taken to implement them in order to identify those most likely to be incorrect.

Grants the States authority to require participation in an individual rehabilitation plan or risk being deemed ineligible for supplemental security income.

Prescribes requirements for State demonstration projects to coordinate multiple public assistance and workforce development programs for working individuals and families.

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a State food assistance block grant demonstration project.

Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) and title XIX (Medicaid) to extend: (1) the duration of appropriations for an abstinence education program; and (2) the Medicaid transitional medical assistance program.

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to declare that nothing prevents a State from operating separate eligibility verification systems or imposing work requirements as conditions of participation in the Food Stamp Program.]]>

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