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HR 535 108th Congress House Social Welfare Aid to dependent children Block grants Cash welfare block grants Child welfare Day care Economics and Public Finance Families Federal-territorial relations Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Guam Health Intergovernmental fiscal relations Medicaid Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Welfare eligibility

To provide access to welfare tools to help Americans get back to work.

Introduced: February 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 12, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Feb 5, 2003
Introduced in House
Feb 5, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam eligible for: (1) the TANF supplemental grant for population increases; (2) the TANF contingency fund; and (3) child care entitlement funds.

Amends SSA title XI to: (1) disregard foster care payments to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam for purposes of the limitation of total payments to each territory; and (2) exempt Medicaid (SSA title XIX) transitional medical assistance in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam from the current Medicaid cap on spending.

What's happening now March 17, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 5, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 535: To provide access to welfare tools to help Americans get back to work.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-535/
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"H.R. 535: To provide access to welfare tools to help Americans get back to work.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-535/.
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