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S.2552
Title: A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States the option to create a program that allows individuals receiving temporary assistance to needy families to obtain post-secondary or longer duration vocational education.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 5/22/2002)      Cosponsors: 5
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2002 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
5/22/2002:
Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4725-4726)
5/22/2002:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(5), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Baucus, Max - 5/22/2002 [MT] Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 5/22/2002 [NM]
Sen Collins, Susan M. - 6/18/2002 [ME] Sen Jeffords, James M. - 6/7/2002 [VT]
Sen Johnson, Tim - 6/26/2002 [SD]

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/22/2002--Introduced.

Pathways to Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States that receive a TANF grant the option to: (1) use the grant to establish a program, including an undergraduate post-secondary or vocational education program, under which an eligible participant may be provided certain support services although the State may not use Federal TANF grant funds to pay the participant's tuition; and (2) credit months of program participation for disregard in calculation of the five year TANF assistance limitation.