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H.R.5344
Title: To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to include efforts to address barriers to employment as a work activity under the temporary assistance to needy families program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] (introduced 9/9/2002)      Cosponsors: 50
Latest Major Action: 9/9/2002 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
9/5/2002:
Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1519)
9/9/2002:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
COMMITTEE(S):
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COSPONSORS(50), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Baca, Joe - 9/9/2002 [CA-42] Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 9/9/2002 [WI-2]
Rep Becerra, Xavier - 9/9/2002 [CA-30] Rep Bonior, David E. - 9/9/2002 [MI-10]
Rep Brown, Corrine - 9/9/2002 [FL-3] Rep Brown, Sherrod - 9/9/2002 [OH-13]
Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 9/9/2002 [NC-1] Rep Coyne, William J. - 9/9/2002 [PA-14]
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 9/9/2002 [MD-7] Rep Davis, Danny K. - 9/9/2002 [IL-7]
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 9/9/2002 [CT-3] Rep Doggett, Lloyd - 9/9/2002 [TX-10]
Rep Farr, Sam - 9/9/2002 [CA-17] Rep Filner, Bob - 9/9/2002 [CA-50]
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 9/9/2002 [CA-15] Rep Jefferson, William J. - 9/9/2002 [LA-2]
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 9/9/2002 [TX-30] Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 9/9/2002 [OH-9]
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 9/9/2002 [MI-15] Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 9/9/2002 [OH-10]
Rep Lee, Barbara - 9/9/2002 [CA-9] Rep Markey, Edward J. - 9/9/2002 [MA-7]
Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 9/9/2002 [CA-5] Rep McDermott, Jim - 9/9/2002 [WA-7]
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 9/9/2002 [GA-4] Rep Menendez, Robert - 9/9/2002 [NJ-13]
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 9/9/2002 [CA-37] Rep Miller, George - 9/9/2002 [CA-7]
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 9/17/2002 [NY-8] Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 9/9/2002 [DC]
Rep Owens, Major R. - 9/9/2002 [NY-11] Rep Payne, Donald M. - 9/9/2002 [NJ-10]
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 10/3/2002 [NY-15] Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 9/9/2002 [TX-28]
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 9/17/2002 [CA-33] Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 9/9/2002 [IL-9]
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 9/9/2002 [VA-3] Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 9/9/2002 [NY-16]
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 9/9/2002 [CA-31] Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 9/9/2002 [CA-10]
Rep Tierney, John F. - 9/9/2002 [MA-6] Rep Towns, Edolphus - 9/9/2002 [NY-10]
Rep Underwood, Robert A. - 9/9/2002 [GU] Rep Waters, Maxine - 9/9/2002 [CA-35]
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 9/9/2002 [CA-32] Rep Watt, Melvin L. - 9/9/2002 [NC-12]
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 9/9/2002 [CA-29] Rep Wexler, Robert - 9/17/2002 [FL-19]
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 9/9/2002 [CA-6] Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 9/9/2002 [MD-4]

SUMMARY AS OF:
9/9/2002--Introduced.

Chance to Succeed Act of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include as a work activity satisfactory participation in services to address barriers designed to improve future employment opportunities, including substance abuse treatment and physical rehabilitation, mental health, and mental retardation and developmental disabilities services.

Requires the assessment for each assistance recipient to determine whether the recipient has any such barriers.

Prohibits a TANF-recipient State from imposing a sanction against an individual or family on the basis of noncompliance with a program requirement if the individual whose conduct is the basis of the sanction is in the uncompleted process of being screened or assessed for a mental health problem, disability, substance abuse problem, or sexual or domestic violence situation, or if the services outlined in the service plan developed for the individual or family were not offered, available, and accessible to the individual or family at the time of the noncompliance.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting a State in compliance with its requirements from imposing a sanction for noncompliance with work requirements against an individual or family who opts to not take full advantage of the opportunity for assessment or the services and supports made available.

Requires each State receiving a State family assistance grant to establish an advisory panel to review the efficacy of each TANF-funded program.