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H.R.4669
Title: To provide for racial equity and fair treatment under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 5/7/2002)      Cosponsors: 43
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2002 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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5/7/2002:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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COSPONSORS(43), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 5/8/2002 [WI-2] Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 5/7/2002 [IL-5]
Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 7/25/2002 [OR-3] Rep Bonior, David E. - 5/8/2002 [MI-10]
Rep Brown, Corrine - 5/14/2002 [FL-3] Rep Brown, Sherrod - 5/8/2002 [OH-13]
Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 5/20/2002 [NC-1] Rep Clyburn, James E. - 5/14/2002 [SC-6]
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 5/7/2002 [MI-14] Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 5/7/2002 [MD-7]
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 5/14/2002 [IL-7] Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 5/14/2002 [NY-17]
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 6/5/2002 [PA-2] Rep Filner, Bob - 5/14/2002 [CA-50]
Rep Frost, Martin - 5/8/2002 [TX-24] Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 5/20/2002 [IL-4]
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 5/9/2002 [FL-23] Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 5/7/2002 [AL-7]
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 5/14/2002 [IL-2] Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 6/12/2002 [TX-18]
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 5/20/2002 [RI-1] Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 5/7/2002 [MI-15]
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 5/8/2002 [OH-10] Rep Lantos, Tom - 5/20/2002 [CA-12]
Rep Lee, Barbara - 5/7/2002 [CA-9] Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 5/7/2002 [GA-4]
Rep Meek, Carrie P. - 5/20/2002 [FL-17] Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 5/9/2002 [CA-37]
Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 5/14/2002 [HI-2] Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 5/8/2002 [DC]
Rep Owens, Major R. - 5/7/2002 [NY-11] Rep Payne, Donald M. - 5/7/2002 [NJ-10]
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 5/7/2002 [NY-15] Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 5/7/2002 [IL-1]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 5/14/2002 [IL-9] Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 5/20/2002 [NY-16]
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 5/21/2002 [CA-31] Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 7/15/2002 [CA-13]
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 5/7/2002 [NY-12] Rep Waters, Maxine - 5/7/2002 [CA-35]
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 5/20/2002 [CA-32] Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 5/9/2002 [CA-6]
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 5/14/2002 [MD-4]

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/7/2002--Introduced.

Racial Equity and Fair Treatment Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and county applicants to pay the Federal share of the costs of improving the administration of support programs for low-income families with children.

Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for assessments and work activities for TANF recipients.

Requires: (1) interpretation and translation services in certain cases for TANF recipients; (2) an expedited process for discrimination complaints; (3) provision of notice of rights of TANF recipients; (3) training of TANF program personnel in respecting such rights; (4) standardized sanction process; and (5) opportunity for TANF applicants or recipients to appeal adverse decisions.

Modifies penalties against individuals for violating mandatory work requirements, creating additional exceptions, including those for child care and discrimination.

Prohibits States from diverting potential TANF applicants.

Bans States from penalizing the entire family for the misconduct of one family member.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal provisions for denial of assistance and benefits for certain drug-related convictions.

Makes various changes under the TANF program concerning: (1) the five-year time limit on assistance; and (2) treatment of aliens.

Permits participation in English-as-a-second language programs as a work activity.

Prescribes requirements encouraging racial equality.