Clerk session vote number: 261
Description: Welfare Reform Extension Act
Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)
Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize and extend at current levels and under the same conditions TANF State family assistance and supplemental grants, general child care entitlement funding, and other described TANF program components
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through FY 2003.
Modifies the formula for determination of State family assistance grants. Makes appropriations for FY 2003 for such grants.
Amends SSA: (1) title XI to reauthorize and extend at the current levels and under the same conditions associated matching grants for the territories and child welfare demonstration authority; (2) title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) for the same with respect to continuance of abstinence education funding; and (3) title XIX (Medicaid) for the same with respect to continuance of transitional medical assistance.
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Bill titles: To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
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