Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003
Public Law 108-40 · H.R. 2350 · 108th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Jun 30, 2003 · Social Welfare
Sponsor: Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA-2)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 406 yea, 6 nay406–6
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize and extend at current levels and under the same conditions TANF State family assistance and supplemental grants, general child care entitlement funding, and other described TANF program components through FY 2003.
Modifies the formula for determination of State family assistance grants. Makes appropriations for FY 2003 for such grants.
Amends SSA: (1) title XI to reauthorize and extend at the current levels and under the same conditions associated matching grants for the territories and child welfare demonstration authority; (2) title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) for the same with respect to continuance of abstinence education funding; and (3) title XIX (Medicaid) for the same with respect to continuance of transitional medical assistance.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 108th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 406 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
406 yea6 nay23 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(190)
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35
Rep. Barbara LeeD-CA-9
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-51
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Dennis KucinichD-OH-10
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-8
Rep. Raúl GrijalvaD-AZ-7
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-22
Rep. Tammy BaldwinD-WI-2
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Diane WatsonD-CA-33
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12- Rep. Stephanie JonesD-OH-11
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
Rep. Hilda SolisD-CA-32
Rep. Wm. ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Mike HondaD-CA-15
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17
Rep. Linda SánchezD-CA-39
Rep. Bill DelahuntD-MA-10
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28- Rep. Julia CarsonD-IN-7
Rep. Carolyn KilpatrickD-MI-13
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-30
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-10
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Rush HoltD-NJ-12
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-31
Rep. Tom UdallD-NM-3
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-4- Rep. Frank BallanceD-NC-1
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7
Rep. Diana DeGetteD-CO-1- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Chaka FattahD-PA-2
Rep. Grace NapolitanoD-CA-38
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-34
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6- Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonaldD-CA-37
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. Lois CappsD-CA-23
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Patrick KennedyD-RI-1
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1
Rep. Betty McCollumD-MN-4
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-3- Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
Rep. Mark UdallD-CO-2
Rep. Robert BradyD-PA-1
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
Rep. Tim RyanD-OH-17
Rep. Robert WexlerD-FL-19
Rep. Chris Van HollenD-MD-8
Rep. Anthony WeinerD-NY-9
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-27
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- Rep. Karen McCarthyD-MO-5
Rep. Brian BairdD-WA-3
Rep. John DingellD-MI-15
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-47- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-5
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-28
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. Kendrick MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-1
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-1
Rep. Rick LarsenD-WA-2
Rep. Ciro RodriguezD-TX-28
Rep. Gregory MeeksD-NY-6
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-5
Rep. Jim LangevinD-RI-2
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-8
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Timothy BishopD-NY-1
Rep. Brad MillerD-NC-13
Rep. Steven RothmanD-NJ-9
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. Joe CrowleyD-NY-7- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
- Rep. Joseph HoeffelD-PA-13
Rep. Adam SchiffD-CA-29- Rep. Chris BellD-TX-25
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-14
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. Nick LampsonD-TX-9
Rep. Shelley BerkleyD-NV-1
Rep. Stephen LynchD-MA-9
Rep. Ellen TauscherD-CA-10
Rep. David WuD-OR-1
Rep. Joe BacaD-CA-43
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12
Rep. Susan DavisD-CA-53- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4
Rep. Michael MichaudD-ME-2
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Artur DavisD-AL-7
Rep. Bob EtheridgeD-NC-2
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15
Rep. Steve IsraelD-NY-2
Rep. Charlie GonzalezD-TX-20
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Darlene HooleyD-OR-5- Rep. Jim DavisD-FL-11
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. A. Dutch RuppersbergerD-MD-2
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Mike RossD-AR-4
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16- Rep. Max SandlinD-TX-1
Rep. Baron HillD-IN-9
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-5
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. Dennis MooreD-KS-3
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Vic SnyderD-AR-2
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Dennis CardozaD-CA-18
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Rep. Ed CaseD-HI-2
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. David ScottD-GA-13
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-17
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Jim TurnerD-TX-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-20
- Rep. Brad CarsonD-OK-2
Rep. Lincoln DavisD-TN-4
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-4
Rep. Jim MarshallD-GA-3
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2
Rep. Jim MathesonD-UT-2- Rep. Chris JohnD-LA-7
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
- Rep. Ken LucasD-KY-4
Rep. Rodney AlexanderD-LA-5
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Republicans who voted yea(216)
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-2
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Timothy JohnsonR-IL-15- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Rob SimmonsR-CT-2
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-24
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Heather WilsonR-NM-1
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
Rep. John McHughR-NY-23
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-14- Rep. Jack QuinnR-NY-27
Rep. Ray LaHoodR-IL-18- Rep. Sue KellyR-NY-19
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3
Rep. Shelley CapitoR-WV-2- Rep. Ernie FletcherR-KY-6
- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
- Rep. John SweeneyR-NY-20
- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-29
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3
Rep. Jon PorterR-NV-3
Rep. Jim GerlachR-PA-6
Rep. Vernon EhlersR-MI-3
Rep. Jo Ann EmersonR-MO-8- Rep. Bill JanklowR-SD
Rep. Mike FergusonR-NJ-7- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-5
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Phil EnglishR-PA-3
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-4
Rep. Richard BurrR-NC-5
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Rick RenziR-AZ-1
Rep. Todd PlattsR-PA-19- Rep. Bob NeyR-OH-18
- Rep. George NethercuttR-WA-5
Rep. Mary Bono MackR-CA-45- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-22
Rep. Tom DavisR-VA-11
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Tom OsborneR-NE-3
- Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Tim MurphyR-PA-18
Rep. Candice MillerR-MI-10
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-44
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
- Rep. Jeb BradleyR-NH-1
Rep. John PetersonR-PA-5
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21- Rep. Mark FoleyR-FL-16
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3
Rep. Thad McCotterR-MI-11
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
Rep. Michael TurnerR-OH-3
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-41- Rep. Don SherwoodR-PA-10
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
Rep. Mike RogersR-AL-3
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-9
Rep. Mike SimpsonR-ID-2
Rep. Ander CrenshawR-FL-4
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4- Rep. Doug OseR-CA-3
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-3
Rep. Ginny Brown-WaiteR-FL-5
Rep. Rob PortmanR-OH-2
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
Rep. Henry BrownR-SC-1- Rep. Max BurnsR-GA-12
- Rep. Billy TauzinR-LA-3
- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-14
Rep. Darrell IssaR-CA-49
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-24- Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-50
Rep. Roger WickerR-MS-1- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-22
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4- Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
Rep. David DreierR-CA-26
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1
Rep. Zach WampR-TN-3
Rep. Devin NunesR-CA-21
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Denny RehbergR-MT- Rep. Jennifer DunnR-WA-8
Rep. Mike RogersR-MI-8
Rep. John BoozmanR-AR-3
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Bill ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Tom ColeR-OK-4
Rep. Thomas ReynoldsR-NY-26
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Charlie BassR-NH-2
Rep. Kenny HulshofR-MO-9
Rep. Steve PearceR-NM-2- Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
- Rep. Bill JenkinsR-TN-1
Rep. Jo BonnerR-AL-1
Rep. Ron LewisR-KY-2
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Robin HayesR-NC-8
Rep. Adam PutnamR-FL-12
Rep. Pat TiberiR-OH-12
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. Mark SouderR-IN-3
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-52- Rep. Richard PomboR-CA-11
- Rep. Jo Ann DavisR-VA-1
- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Steve BuyerR-IN-4- Rep. Katherine HarrisR-FL-13
Rep. Virgil GoodeR-VA-5
Rep. Randy ForbesR-VA-4- Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
Rep. Todd TiahrtR-KS-4
Rep. Dave WeldonR-FL-15
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-4
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8
Rep. George RadanovichR-CA-19- Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
- Rep. Melissa HartR-PA-4
Rep. Roy BluntR-MO-7
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-19
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-5
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3- Rep. Ed SchrockR-VA-2
Rep. Sam GravesR-MO-6
Rep. John KlineR-MN-2
Rep. Phil GingreyR-GA-11- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
- Rep. Mark GreenR-WI-8
Rep. Ric KellerR-FL-8
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2- Rep. Jim RyunR-KS-2
Rep. Eric CantorR-VA-7
Rep. Mario Diaz-BalartR-FL-25
Rep. John CarterR-TX-31
Rep. John SullivanR-OK-1
Rep. David VitterR-LA-1
Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2- Rep. Scott McInnisR-CO-3
- Rep. Jim GibbonsR-NV-2
Rep. Donald ManzulloR-IL-16
Rep. Rob BishopR-UT-1- Rep. Bob BeauprezR-CO-7
Rep. Jack KingstonR-GA-1
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Pete HoekstraR-MI-2
Rep. Johnny IsaksonR-GA-6- Rep. J.D. HayworthR-AZ-5
- Rep. Mark KennedyR-MN-6
- Rep. Chris ChocolaR-IN-2
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. John CulbersonR-TX-7
Rep. John LinderR-GA-7
Rep. Gary MillerR-CA-42
Rep. Randy NeugebauerR-TX-19
Rep. Michael BurgessR-TX-26
Rep. Joe WilsonR-SC-2- Rep. Gil GutknechtR-MN-1
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1- Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-48
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1
Rep. Marsha BlackburnR-TN-7
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-32
Rep. Chris CannonR-UT-3- Rep. Charlie NorwoodR-GA-9
Rep. Mac CollinsR-GA-8
Rep. Jim DeMintR-SC-4
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. Nathan DealR-GA-10
Rep. Sam JohnsonR-TX-3- Rep. John HostettlerR-IN-8
Rep. Steve KingR-IA-5
Rep. Marilyn MusgraveR-CO-4
Rep. Todd AkinR-MO-2
Rep. J. Gresham BarrettR-SC-3
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2- Rep. Nick SmithR-MI-7
Rep. Scott GarrettR-NJ-5
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Mike PenceR-IN-6
Rep. Tom FeeneyR-FL-24- Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-46
Rep. Jeb HensarlingR-TX-5
Rep. Tom TancredoR-CO-6
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-40
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6- Rep. Butch OtterR-ID-1
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-5
Rep. Jeff MillerR-FL-1
Rep. Pat ToomeyR-PA-15
Rep. John ShadeggR-AZ-3
Rep. Trent FranksR-AZ-2
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 260 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Related bills
The record lists no related bills.
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 16 actions.
- Jun 30, 2003Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 108-40.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Jun 27, 2003FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 24, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 12, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate.
- Jun 11, 2003FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 6 (Roll no. 261).House roll call 261
- FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2350.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Herger moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 5, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 committee concerned.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
Data notes
Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.
Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.