H.R. 4: PRIDE Act
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H.R. 4: PRIDE Act
108th Congress · introduced 2003-02-04 · Social Welfare · Latest: Cloture motion on the committee substitute amendment not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 65. (consideration: CR S3538)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2003-02-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 6 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 65 (2004): On the Motion, HR4 (2004-04-01), Motion Rejected. See all
- Where it stands now: Cloture motion on the committee substitute amendment not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 65. (consideration: CR S3538) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
PRIDE Act
Plain summary
Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 - Amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to award state family assistance grants. Authorizes States to use grants for marriage promotion activities and requires the Secretary to make bonus grants to each State that has achieved formulated employment goals. Revises: (1) requirements for the consideration of certain child care expenditures in determining State compliance with contingency fund requirements; (2) State work participation requirements, incorporating a 40-hour work week standard, and creating a State superachiever participation rate credit; and (3) requirements for the use of TANF grants. Authorizes the Secretary to establish TANF performance goals and plans. Makes appropriations for research, demonstrations, and technical assistance. Repeals waiver continuation authority. Promotion and Support of Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Act of 2003 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit community entities for demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of various approaches to create a Fatherhood Program. Permits States the option to make TANF programs mandatory partners with one-stop employment training centers. Caring for Children Act of 2003 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to specify consumer education information States are required to collect and disseminate. Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to income tax benefits. Reauthorizes funding for State child care entitlement programs and revises State requirements for child support payments. Amends: (1) SSA title XI (General Provisions) to eliminate specified limitations on the Secretary's authority to approve demonstration projects and grant waivers; and (2) SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency blindness and disability determinations. Authorizes the administering Secretary to authorize innovative State demonstration projects involving individual programs, or integrating multiple public assistance, employment security, and other programs to support working families. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary to establish a program to make grants to States to provide food assistance and funds to operate employment and training programs for needy individuals. Extends abstinence education funding and reauthorizes transitional medical assistance.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] · 21 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 (2003-02-13); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 (2003-02-13); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibiltiy and Individual Development for Everyone Act (2003-10-03); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibiltiy and Individual Development for Everyone Act (2003-10-03); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4, S.A. 2945, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004 (2004-05-03); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4, S.A. 2945, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004 (2004-05-03)
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Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Recorded votes
- House roll call 27 (2003): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4 (2003-02-13): Failed
- House roll call 28 (2003): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4 (2003-02-13): Failed
- House roll call 29 (2003): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR4 (2003-02-13): Failed
- House roll call 30 (2003): On Passage, HR4 (2003-02-13): Passed
- Senate vote 64 (2004): On the Amendment, HR4 (2004-03-30): Amendment Agreed to
- Senate vote 65 (2004): On the Motion, HR4 (2004-04-01): Motion Rejected
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- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr4 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108