Safety and Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002
Latest action · May 2, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 2, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the initial assessment for individual responsibility plans to cover potential barriers to employment, including domestic or sexual violence, mental or physical health, learning disability, substance abuse, English as a second language, or insufficient housing, transportation or child care.
Requires a State, before imposing a noncompliance sanction or penalty against an individual, to: (1) consider specifically whether the individual has been subjected to domestic or sexual violence; and (2) if such violence is identified, make a reasonable effort to modify or waive program requirements or prohibitions, and offer the individual referral to voluntary services. Prohibits imposition of sanctions or penalties if domestic or sexual violence is a significant contributing factor to the individual's noncompliance.
Allows a State to: (1) count survivors of domestic or sexual violence as being engaged in work for work participation rates; and (2) exclude such survivors from the 20 percent limitation on the hardship exception to normal termination of TANF after five years.
Sets a penalty for State noncompliance with the requirements of this Act at five percent of the State family assistance grant.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2002 to Sep 4, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-FL | Carrie P. Meek | Jun 4, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jun 4, 2002 | |
| D-HI | Patsy T. Mink | Jun 4, 2002 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 6, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 6, 2002 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Jun 24, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 26, 2002 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 8, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Sep 4, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 2, 2002 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 2, 2002Introduced in House
- May 2, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that all States address domestic and sexual violence in their temporary assistance to needy families program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safety and Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Aid to dependent children
- Case management
- Cash welfare block grants
- Child abuse
- Child sexual abuse
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Counseling
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Day care
- Disabled
- Drug abuse
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee training
- Families
- Family violence
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Housing and Community Development
- Illiteracy
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Mental illness
- Rape
- Rape victim services
- Right of privacy
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Transportation and Public Works
- Victims of crimes
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare waivers
- Welfare work participation
- Wife abuse
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 2, 2002Introduced in House
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