I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4
To reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for tem-
porary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child 
care, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2003
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. TAUZIN, 
Mr. OXLEY, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. HERGER, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. 
UPTON, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. NEY, and Mr. SHAW) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
Education and the Workforce, Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and improve the program of block grants 
to States for temporary assistance for needy families, 
improve access to quality child care, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Personal Responsi-
bility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Findings. 
TITLE I—TANF 
Sec. 101. Purposes. 
Sec. 102. Family assistance grants. 
Sec. 103. Promotion of family formation and healthy marriage. 
Sec. 104. Supplemental grant for population increases in certain States. 
Sec. 105. Bonus to reward employment achievement. 
Sec. 106. Contingency fund. 
Sec. 107. Use of funds. 
Sec. 108. Repeal of Federal loan for State welfare programs. 
Sec. 109. Universal engagement and family self-sufficiency plan requirements. 
Sec. 110. Work participation requirements. 
Sec. 111. Maintenance of effort. 
Sec. 112. Performance improvement. 
Sec. 113. Data collection and reporting. 
Sec. 114. Direct funding and administration by Indian tribes. 
Sec. 115. Research, evaluations, and national studies. 
Sec. 116. Studies by the Census Bureau and the General Accounting Office. 
Sec. 117. Definition of assistance. 
Sec. 118. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 119. Fatherhood program. 
Sec. 120. State option to make TANF programs mandatory partners with one-
stop employment training centers. 
Sec. 121. Sense of the Congress. 
Sec. 122. Extension through fiscal year 2003. 
TITLE II—CHILD CARE 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Goals. 
Sec. 203. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 204. Application and plan. 
Sec. 205. Activities to improve the quality of child care. 
Sec. 206. Report by secretary. 
Sec. 207. Definitions. 
Sec. 208. Entitlement funding. 
TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT 
Sec. 301. Federal matching funds for limited pass through of child support 
payments to families receiving TANF. 
Sec. 302. State option to pass through all child support payments to families 
that formerly received TANF. 
Sec. 303. Mandatory review and adjustment of child support orders for families 
receiving TANF. 
Sec. 304. Mandatory fee for successful child support collection for family that 
has never received TANF.