Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act of 2003
Latest action · Apr 2, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4709-4712)
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.
- IntroducedApr 2, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires a pre-sanction review process. Provides for a similar penalty for States not following such process.
Revises data collection and reporting requirements.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct longitudinal studies of a representative sample of families that receive TANF assistance; and (2) ensure that public disclosure with respect to any information concerning TANF recipients or applicants is made in a manner that protects their privacy.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 2, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Apr 2, 2003 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Apr 2, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 2, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Apr 2, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4708-4709)
- Apr 2, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4709-4712)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4708–S4712Text printed S4709–S4712 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Russell D. Feingold D-WI (text) | Apr 2, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure fair treatment and due process protections under the temporary assistance to needy families program, to facilitate enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under that program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Agriculture and Food
- Aid to dependent children
- Caregivers
- Cash welfare block grants
- Child health
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Day care
- Demography
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disabled
- Drug abuse
- Due process of law
- Earned income tax credit
- Earnings
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee training
- English language
- Ethnic groups
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Family violence
- Food relief
- Food stamps
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government statistics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Homeless
- Housing and Community Development
- Illiteracy
- Income
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Language and languages
- Law
- Learning disabilities
- Medicaid
- Mentally disabled
- Poverty
- Right of privacy
- Sex crimes
- Shelters for the homeless
- Social Welfare
- Social work
- Taxation
- Translating and interpreting
- Unemployment insurance
- Wages
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare work participation
- Wife abuse
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2003Introduced in Senate
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