3.0.0 1473 2022-11-01T17:03:32Z 2022-11-01T17:03:32Z House HR 2019-02-28 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 37 (Thursday, February 28, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska:H.R. 1473.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and generalWelfare of the United States.''[Page H2316]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2019-02-28T18:08:43Z Referred to 2019-02-28T14:02:20Z Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act 116 1753 HR 2019-03-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. Related bill CRS Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act 116 802 S 2019-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Permanent Relief for Seniors and Medicare, Medicaid, Human Services Extension Act of 2019 116 3001 S 2019-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2019-02-28 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. Committee 2019-02-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-02-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-02-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001172 Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] Adrian Smith R NE 3 N W000813 Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] Jackie Walorski R IN 2 2019-03-06 False F000465 Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3] A. Ferguson R GA Drew 3 2019-03-14 False Social Welfare Poverty and welfare assistance Wages and earnings Social Welfare 00 2019-02-28 Introduced in House 2020-02-27T22:10:24Z Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity Act

This bill prohibits states from using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grants to provide assistance or services to families whose monthly incomes exceed twice the poverty line. Under current law, families must be financially needy and have a minor child to qualify for assistance; however, individual states determine the financial eligibility requirements.

]]> Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity Act Display Title Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to target funds to truly needy families. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1473ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1473ih.xml 2019-02-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.