[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 226 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 226

 Expressing the sense of Congress that any welfare reform legislation 
which requires recipients of aid to families with dependent children to 
   find employment within a certain time as a condition of receiving 
  benefits should exempt recipients who collect benefits from a State 
with an unemployment rate that is at least 110 percent of the national 
                       average unemployment rate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 1994

 Mr. Machtley submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that any welfare reform legislation 
which requires recipients of aid to families with dependent children to 
   find employment within a certain time as a condition of receiving 
  benefits should exempt recipients who collect benefits from a State 
with an unemployment rate that is at least 110 percent of the national 
                       average unemployment rate.

Whereas a number of States in a given year have annual average unemployment 
        rates that greatly exceed the national average unemployment rate;
Whereas, in States with unemployment rates that are at least 110 percent of the 
        national average, it is far more difficult to find a job;
Whereas, in addition to the roughly 5,000,000 families who are currently 
        receiving aid to families with dependent children (AFDC), there are 
        approximately 8,700,000 people who are actively looking for work, and 
        another 6,000,000 jobless who are discouraged from looking for work;
Whereas only 7 percent of the roughly 5,000,000 families receiving AFDC are 
        headed by a mother who works even part-time;
Whereas AFDC parents trying to get work and get off welfare face the realities 
        of a labor market that is increasingly dominated by low-wage, part-time, 
        and temporary jobs that cannot support a family;
Whereas AFDC is the major cash welfare program for families and serves 1 in 7 
        children;
Whereas requiring AFDC recipients to find a job within a certain time 
        discriminates against those who receive benefits from States with 
        exceptionally high unemployment rates;
Whereas private sector jobs, public sector jobs, and community service work jobs 
        are not available in States with high unemployment rates;
Whereas, in 1993, 11 States had unemployment rates that were at least 110 
        percent of the 1993 national average unemployment rate of 6.8 percent; 
        and
Whereas, in 1992, 12 States had unemployment rates that were at least 110 
        percent of the 1992 national average unemployment rate of 7.4 percent: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that any welfare reform legislation 
which requires recipients of aid to families with dependent children to 
find employment within a certain time as a condition of receiving 
benefits should exempt recipients who collect benefits from a State 
with an unemployment rate that is at least 110 percent of the national 
average unemployment rate.

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