Encouraging Work Act of 2003
Latest action · May 9, 2003 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 9, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Modifies such credit by: (1) repealing the requirement that a "qualified ex-felon" be a member of a low-income (as specified) family; (2) increasing the maximum age for eligibility of food stamp recipients to 40 years; (3) redefining the term "vocational rehabilitation referral"; (4) adding "long-term family assistance recipients" (as defined) to the definition of "targeted groups"; and (5) increasing the maximum allowable credit for employment of long-term family assistance recipients.
Repeals the separate welfare-to-work credit.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2003 to Oct 17, 2003; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | May 9, 2003 |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | May 13, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | May 15, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | May 15, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | May 15, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | May 22, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jun 12, 2003 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Jun 12, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jun 12, 2003 | |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Jul 14, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jul 14, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Jul 14, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Sep 9, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Sep 23, 2003 | |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Sep 23, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Sep 25, 2003 | |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Oct 17, 2003 |
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 9, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2003Introduced in House
- May 9, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E921-922)
- May 9, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E921 | Amo Houghton R-NY | May 9, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | PATENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT39 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jul 24, 2003 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1180 | Encouraging Work Act of 2003 | Identical bill | Mar 23, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Encouraging Work Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Age
- Agricultural labor
- Agriculture and Food
- Aid to dependent children
- Cash welfare block grants
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Enterprise zones
- Ex-offenders
- Families
- Food stamps
- Government Operations and Politics
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Railroad employees
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Urban affairs
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Wages
- Welfare recipients
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.