PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS related term(s) Federal Aid Programs; Food Stamps; Social Security

Addresses

Campaign for Human Development—Theological-Historical Roots: Joseph Bernadin, S13174-S13176 [11SE]

Domestic Policy Reforms: Heather Higgins, Progress and Freedom Foundation, E144 [20JA]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12363 [11AU]

Amendments

Reform (H.R. 4), S11575, S11640 [5AU], S11894 [8AU], S12428, S12511 [11AU], S12802, S12804, S12807, S12810, S12811, S12819, S12820, S12823, S12825, S12827, S12829, S12842, S12864, S12867, S12868, S12869, S12870 [7SE], S12874, S12875, S12876, S12877, S12878, S12883, S12885, S12886, S12887, S12889, S12890, S12891, S12892, S12893, S12895, S12896, S12897, S12898, S12899, S12900, S12901, S12902, S12903, S12904, S12905, S12906, S12907, S12908, S12910, S12911, S12914, S12915, S12916, S12917, S12918, S12920, S12925, S12926, S12927, S12928, S12929, S12931, S12932, S12933, S12937, S12938, S12939, S12940, S12941, S12942, S12944, S12945, S12946, S12947, S12948, S12949, S12950, S12951, S12952, S12953, S12954, S12955, S12956, S12957, S12958, S12968, S12969, S12970, S12971, S12972, S12973, S12976, S12977, S12978, S12984, S12985, S12986, S12987, S12988, S12995, S12996, S13031, S13032, S13033, S13034, S13035, S13036, S13037, S13038, S13040, S13044, S13045, S13048, S13049, S13050, S13051, S13054, S13055, S13056, S13057, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13061, S13064, S13066, S13070, S13071, S13120, S13121, S13123, S13126, S13128, S13129, S13130, S13133, S13139 [8SE], S13203 [11SE], S13495, S13547 [13SE], S13561, S13567, S13571, S13572, S13573 [14SE], S13628, S13629, S13632, S13634, S13636, S13637, S13642, S13645, S13646, S13652, S13667, S13670 [15SE], S13771, S13866 [19SE], H3276, H3277 [15MR], H3491, H3496, H3497, H3509, H3514, H3515, H3517, H3525, H3527 [22MR], H3582, H3586, H3592, H3595, H3600, H3603, H3605, H3609, H3617, H3622, H3628, H3634 [23MR], H3742 [24MR]

Analyses

Provide Social Services Block Grants Directly to Indian Tribes (S. 285), S1624 [26JA]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Announcements

Dept. of HUD funding special order notice: Representative Stokes, E1501 [24JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, S15199 [17OC], H9710, H9735 [29SE], H10670 [24OC]

Articles and editorials

Addicts Squander Checks on Drugs, Alcohol—Your Cash Supports Abusers' Habits, S11772-S11774 [7AU]

AFDC Numbers—Bad Enough, But Not That Bad, S12681 [6SE]

Big Mac To Go; Hold the Lies; New York's Recipe for Recovery—and What D.C. Can Take From It, S12627-S12629 [5SE]

Changes in Welfare Rules Fulfill Will of the People, S11765 [7AU]

Charting the State of Welfare, S12623 [5SE], S12681 [6SE]

Chewing on a Poor Image, H2474 [1MR]

Confronting the Myths, E2236 [28NO]

Confronting the Myths—The Truth About Poverty and Welfare, E2157 [10NO]

Existing Protections, S15668 [25OC]

Federal Cuts Put Squeeze on Welfare, E1937 [12OC]

Firm Foundations—New Approach to Welfare Reform—Humility, S14562 [28SE]

Food Angel of 42d Street, H2971 [9MR]

Food-Stamp Racket, S13157 [11SE]

Four Drug Firms Could Gain $1 Billion Under GOP Nutrition-Program Revision, S5163 [5AP], S13524 [13SE]

Friendless, Foundlings, and Homeless Half-Orphans, S12813-S12818 [7SE]

Fugitive Used Real Name for Welfare, S4386 [22MR]

Gingrich—Foes Lying About Kids, H2313 [28FE]

Going to School Hungry, H2969 [9MR]

GOP Bills To Overhaul Welfare Worry City and County Officials, S6926 [18MY]

GOP Revolution in a Nutshell, E1916 [11OC]

GOP Would Keep School Lunches and Let States Run the Program, E520 [6MR]

Hard Hearts, Soft Heads, S19154 [22DE]

Here's a Grand Little Story To Stir Your Blood on a Monday Morning, H2300 [27FE], H5161 [17MY]

House Takes Up Legislation To Dismantle Social Programs, H3700 [23MR]

Inside the Revolution—Moderate's Dilemma—Food Program Defender Becomes Dismantler, S5101-S5103 [4AP]

It's Drugs, Stupid, S2424 [9FE], E265 [3FE]

Led Astray by the Poverty `Experts', E604 [15MR]

Lieberman Bill Takes Right Approach to Helping Our Cities, S13378 [12SE]

Medicaid System Handcuffs California, H15517 [21DE]

Mentor Projects a Good Idea, S11762 [7AU]

Mother of Them All—Carol Porter Feeds Poor Kids in Houston—Without a Cent From the Government, S5028 [3AP]

No Lunch? Try the Sharing Table, H3779 [24MR]

On Families and Values, S12624 [5SE]

One for Our Children, H2473 [1MR]

Paternalism and Welfare Reform, S19090-S19093 [21DE]

Poverty in America—Causes, Cures..., S1635 [26JA]

Program Helps Iowans Get Off Welfare, S11765 [7AU]

Reality Check on Social Security and the Balanced Budget Amendment, S3813 [10MR]

Say No to This Welfare Reform, S16675 [3NO]

School Lunch Debate Serves Up Hot Rhetoric But Few Cold Facts—How Kids Would Fare Under Change Unclear, H2313 [28FE]

Schools Defend Decision Against Offering Breakfast, H2970 [9MR]

Social Services Need Government Government Help, E1733 [7SE]

Take Good Ideas and Run With Them, S11763 [7AU]

This One's Different, S11765 [7AU]

Twin Girls Will Go to Birth Family, H6024 [15JN]

Way Out of the Welfare Bind, S13327 [12SE], S13482 [13SE]

We Love the Child, But What About the Children?, S6763 [16MY]

Welfare, End of—Events That Led to Its Demise in 1995, and the Striking Consequences in the Years Since, S18826 [18DE]

Welfare, Time, and Money, E253 [2FE]

Welfare Contract a Worthwhile Idea, S11765 [7AU], S12910 [8SE]

Welfare Fade, S16676 [3NO]

Welfare On the Cheap Is Not Reform, E771 [4AP]

Welfare Reform Shows Promise, S11764 [7AU]

Welfare Shock, S12623 [5SE], S12680 [6SE]

Welfare System Finally Works, S11765 [7AU]

Welfare Winner—Iowa's Family Investment Plan Could Be a National Model, S11763 [7AU]

Welfare—Investing in People, E1683 [5AU]

Welfare—Two Kinds of Compromise, S12758 [7SE]

What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]

Women and Children First?, S13560 [14SE], S19089 [21DE]

Work Not Welfare in the Mormon Church, S13136 [8SE]

Workfare Wimp-Out, E445 [27FE]

Working While on Welfare, S13507 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: deny benefits to children who have not received preventive health care or been immunized (see H.R. 191), H168 [9JA]

———establish demonstration projects to expand State administration (see S. 246), S1207 [19JA]

———reform (see H.R. 741, 886), H889 [30JA], H1555 [9FE]

———replace the Job Opportunities Basic Skills Training Program with self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 865), H1460 [8FE]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 842; H.R. 513), S7244 [23MY], H242 [13JA]

Aliens: prohibit assistance to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 484, 637), H229 [11JA], H537 [23JA]

Armed Forces: assist INS and Customs Service personnel in performing border protection functions (see H.R. 1224), H3155 [14MR]

———establish commission to review regular military compensation relative to financial assistance programs (see H.R. 673), H691 [25JA]

Benefits: direct that certain Federal benefits be provided only to U.S. citizens and nationals (see H.R. 482), H229 [11JA]

———eliminate benefits to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators (see S. 599), S4365 [22MR]

Children and youth: assistance program for abandoned or frail infants (see H.R. 1263), H3327 [16MR]

———consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (see S. 472), S3052 [23FE]

———consolidate Federal child care programs (see S. 850), S7388 [24MY]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H7256 [19JY]

———health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H166 [9JA]

———provide grants to improve the quality and availability of comprehensive education, health, and social services (see H.R. 1284), H3416 [21MR]

———treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (see H.R. 1044), H2223 [24FE]

Churches and synagogues: establish grants to States and communities for churches that volunteer to offer assistance (see S. 1218), S12716 [6SE]

Community service: redefine block grant eligible entities (see H.R. 2460), H9897 [11OC]

Courts: denial of certain Federal benefits upon conviction of certain drug offenses (see H.R. 141), H167 [9JA]

Crime: allow clinical social workers to conduct required psychiatric examinations of offenders for mental defects (see S. 75), S49 [4JA]

———deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 404), H174 [9JA]

Dept. of HUD: disposition of unoccupied and substandard multifamily housing projects (see S. 1213), S12716 [6SE]

———permit rent reductions for certain public housing projects receiving assistance (see H.R. 624), H467 [20JA]

Disabled: extend discretionary grant program for special education and assistance (see S. 916), S8177 [12JN]

Education: provide choice and equity (see S. 1210), S12716 [6SE]

Employment: establish a job placement voucher program (see S. 579), S4199 [20MR]

Families and domestic relations: funding to States for certain child welfare and LSC programs relative to family reconciliation counseling programs (see S. 1207), S12715 [6SE]

———increase block grant funding for family planning and adolescent family life programs (see S. 1209), S12716 [6SE]

———prohibit transfer of legal custody of children for the sole purpose of obtaining public service benefits (see H.R. 446), H179 [9JA]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (see S. 8; H.R. 1115), S47 [4JA], H2584 [2MR]

Federal aid programs: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 66), S49 [4JA]

———reform workforce training and literacy programs (see H.R. 2332), H8993 [14SE]

Food: support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2003), H6829 [11JY]

Food stamps: implement electronic benefits transfer system to reduce fraud (see S. 1114), S11201 [2AU]

———program integrity (see S. 1112; H.R. 1093), S11201 [2AU], H2486 [1MR]

———provide administrative flexibility and commodity distribution consolidation (see H.R. 1997), H6735 [10JY]

———reduce fraud (see H.R. 1094), H2486 [1MR]

———reform program (see H.R. 1135), H2716 [6MR]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 843), S7244 [23MY]

———use of benefits to purchase nutritional supplements (see S. 1133, 1143; H.R. 236), S12079 [9AU], H170 [9JA]

Health: ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H1281 [6FE]

———maternity and housing services for pregnant women (see S. 1214; H.R. 1065), S12716 [6SE], H2306 [27FE]

Homeless: assistance for veterans (see S. 1257), S13728 [18SE]

———determination of the immunization status of children living in certain federally assisted housing and shelters (see H.R. 192), H169 [9JA]

Housing: benefits relative to the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1006), H1968 [21FE]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (see H.R. 2406), H9591 [27SE]

———encourage gainful employment of residents of public housing (see H.R. 921), H1688 [13FE]

———increase public housing opportunities for intact families (see S. 1204), S12715 [6SE]

———prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H4873 [11MY]

———public housing construction and revitalization (see H.R. 1613), H4873 [11MY]

———reform calculation of rent payments for public housing dwelling units (see H.R. 486), H229 [11JA]

Immigration: asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (see H.R. 375), H174 [9JA]

———prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (see S. 918; H.R. 341), S8255 [13JN], H173 [9JA]

———public charge status of aliens and financial responsibility of sponsors (see H.R. 372), H174 [9JA]

Income: eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H166 [9JA]

———establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1212), S12716 [6SE]

Medicaid: continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (see H.R. 1502), H4431 [7AP]

———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (see H.R. 1503), H4431 [7AP]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 972), S9174 [27JN]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (see S. 61), S49 [4JA]

———enforcement of State guardianship laws relative to benefit eligibility proceedings (see S. 430), S2822 [16FE]

———Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 237), H170 [9JA]

———flexibility for States to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plans (see S. 839), S7120 [22MY]

———improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 625), H468 [20JA]

———osteopathic services (see S. 896; H.R. 1791), S8034 [8JN], H5752 [8JN]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 844), S7244 [23MY]

Medicare: study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks (see H.R. 851), H1371 [7FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 2480), H10076 [13OC]

———payment integrity (see H.R. 2280), H8684 [7SE]

———public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (see S. 76), S49 [4JA]

Native Americans: provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes (see S. 285), S1618 [26JA]

———status of Indian children (see S. 764; H.R. 1448), S6276 [8MY], H4414 [6AP]

Nutrition programs: funding (see S. 904, 1265), S8097 [9JN], S14087 [21SE]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see H.R. 547), H296 [17JA]

———publication of data (see H.R. 919), H1688 [13FE]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: reduce waiting period for benefits (see H.R. 2594), H11938 [8NO]

Recipients: enhance education, increase school attendance, and promote self-sufficiency among recipients (see S. 19), S48 [4JA]

Reform (see S. 36, 140, 209, 707, 736, 746, 828, 834, 840, 1117, 1120; H.R. 4, 315, 759, 781, 819, 982, 999, 1146, 1157, 1181, 1214, 1250, 1267), S48, S51 [4JA], S901 [12JA], S5404 [6AP], S5805 [27AP], S6082 [3MY], S6912 [18MY], S7014 [19MY], S7120 [22MY], S11323 [3AU], H159, H172 [9JA], H969 [31JA], H1051 [1FE], H1207 [3FE], H1907 [16FE], H1967 [21FE], H2810 [7MR], H2891 [8MR], H2988 [9MR], H3072 [13MR], H3276 [15MR], H3415 [21MR]

Reform (H.R. 4): consideration (see H. Res. 117), H3326 [16MR]

———consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 319), H15237 [20DE]

Reform (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 119), H3415 [21MR]

Schools: provide free lunches and breakfasts to economically disadvantaged students (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3807 [24MR]

Social Security: establish a disability review account for expenditures in reviewing cases (see H.R. 1586), H4618 [9MY]

———establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (see H.R. 1587), H4618 [9MY]

———establish fingerprint identification system to deter multiple enrollment for certain benefits (see S. 249), S1207 [19JA]

———maintain and protect (see H. Con. Res. 75), H5983 [14JN]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6200 [21JN]

———tax treatment of benefits (see S. 30, 50), S48, S49 [4JA]

Social Security Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 165), S12370 [11AU]

SSI: reform eligibility requirements for children's programs (see S. 798), S6513 [11MY]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 845), S7244 [23MY]

———require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H467 [20JA]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (see S. 1418; H.R. 2320), S17336 [17NO], H8903 [13SE]

State and local governments: assistance to able-bodied individuals relative to participation in workfare programs (see H.R. 161), H168 [9JA]

States: exclude certain programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer (see S. 131; H.R. 1485), S51 [4JA], H4430 [7AP]

Tamaqua, PA: conversion of Tamaqua Highrise housing project (see H.R. 654), H592 [24JA]

Taxation: treatment of monetary contributions to charities serving the poor by individuals volunteering for such charities (see S. 846), S7244 [23MY]

Weather: assist low income families and seniors relative to severe heat emergencies (see H.R. 2109), H7699 [25JY]

Cloture motions

Reform (H.R. 4), S13199 [11SE]

Conference reports

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 4), H15317-H15487 [21DE]

Definitions

`Raid': ``Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'', S16581 [2NO]

`Reform': ``Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'', S16581 [2NO]

Descriptions

Iowa Family Investment Program, S12883 [8SE]

Documents

Status of Native American children in adoptions, H6024 [15JN]

Essays

Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in America From Becoming a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial To the Public: Jonathan Swift, E521 [6MR]

Factsheets

Budget Reconciliation: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H11211 [26OC]

Charities Cannot Fill the Gap That Substantial Cuts in Federal Funding of Social Programs Would Create: several charitable organizations, E361 [16FE]

Letters

Administration for Children and Families staff working on AFDC and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs: Mary Jo Bane, Dept. of HHS, S11757 [7AU]

Community Service Block Grant Program: Mark Sullivan, Citizens for Citizens, Inc., E602 [15MR]

Equal welfare treatment for naturalized and native-born citizens: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S12826 [7SE], S13590 [14SE]

———Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York, NY, S13591 [14SE]

———several State and local organizations, S13591 [14SE]

Exclusion of certain public welfare programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S385 [4JA]

———Alice M. Rivlin, CBO, S383 [4JA]

———Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, S385 [4JA]

———David Walters, S384 [4JA]

———Douglas R. Norton, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers, S385 [4JA]

———Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, S385 [4JA]

———H. Kurt Helwig, Electronic Funds Transfer Association, S386 [4JA]

———John F. Michaelson, California Dept. of Public Social Services, S387 [4JA]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S386 [4JA]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, and Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, National Governors' Association, S386 [4JA]

———Mike Sullivan and Dave Ferrari, S384 [4JA]

———Pete Wilson, Governor of California, S384 [4JA]

Expenditure of welfare funds in accordance with State laws and procedures: James J. Lack, National Conference of State Legislatures, S12803 [7SE]

Family assistance block grant work requirements: Robin Arnond-Williams, Utah Dept. of Human Services, H3701 [23MR]

Federal child care programs: Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities U.S.A., S13184 [11SE], S13534 [13SE], S13600 [14SE]

———several educational organizations, S13185 [11SE]

Federal entitlement spending: Senator Gregg, S1323 [23JA]

Food Stamp Block Grant Program: A. Wayne Lord, National Peanut Council, Inc., S13339 [12SE]

———David Beckmann, Bread for the World (organization), S13635 [15SE]

———Food Research and Action Center, S13635 [15SE]

———Kevin Burke, Food Distributors Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S13635 [15SE]

———Sheri Spader, National Cattleman's Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S13338 [12SE]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, S13338 [12SE]

Infant formula procurement: Michael E. Antalics, FTC, H3588 [23MR]

Medicare/Medicaid reform: several hospital plans, S17286 [17NO]

Nutrition programs funding: Morton A. Madoff and George Comerci, Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Percentage of children receiving AFDC assistance: Wendell E. Primus, Dept. of HHS, S12622 [5SE]

Personal Responsibility Act: Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii, H3691 [23MR]

———Gaston Caperton, Governor of West Virginia, H3694 [23MR]

———Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, H3691 [23MR]

———John Sharp, H3548 [22MR]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, H3691 [23MR]

———Mike Lowry, Governor of Washington, H3693 [23MR]

———National Governors' Association, H3391 [21MR]

———President Clinton, H3365 [21MR]

———Representative Archer, H3353, H3354, H3355 [21MR]

———Representative Bliley, H3354 [21MR]

———Representative Spence, H3353 [21MR]

———Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, H3694 [23MR]

———several Republican Governors, H3683 [23MR]

———Thomas R. Carper, Governor of Delaware, H3692 [23MR]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Gregory S. Lashutka, Douglas R. Bovin, and Norman B. Rice, S19106 [21DE]

———National League of Cities, National Association of Counties, and U.S. Conference of Mayors, H15508 [21DE]

———Stephen D. Minnich, Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, S19173 [22DE]

———Thomas E. McGlinchy, School District of Philadelphia, PA, H15523 [21DE]

Public welfare programs reform, E720 [29MR]

———George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio, S13185 [11SE]

———Jane L. Campbell, National Conference of State Legislatures, S13184 [11SE]

———Senator Harkin, S12688 [6SE]

———Senator Moynihan, S18434 [12DE]

———several religious organizations, S12360 [11AU]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, and Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, National Governors, Association, S13649 [15SE]

Senior citizen nutrition programs: Mary desVignes-Kendrick, Houston, TX, Dept. of Health and Human Services, H1541 [9FE]

SSI children's programs eligibility requirements reform: several mental health and disability organizations, S6536 [11MY]

State corrective action plans relative to block grant funding penalties: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13778 [19SE]

Status of Native American children in adoptions: Colette Rost, H6023 [15JN]

Virginia welfare reform programs: George Allen, Governor of Virginia, S13614 [14SE]

WIC funding, S4561 [24MR]

———Barbara Wilkens, S4561 [24MR]

———Diane Aston, S4561 [24MR]

———Donna M. Fine, S4561 [24MR]

———Eddie Carter, S4561 [24MR]

———Fondy Lee, S4561 [24MR]

———Janet L. Pettie, S4561 [24MR]

———Jennifer Meltzer, S4561 [24MR]

———Julie Allen, S4560 [24MR]

———Katheran Northrop, S4560 [24MR]

———Koi Fong Saeleuon, S4561 [24MR]

———Martina Sambrano, S4561 [24MR]

———Mary Jane Brogan, S4561 [24MR]

———Mischel V. Sullivan, S4561 [24MR]

———Phyllis Sanders, S4561 [24MR]

———Sarah Zottman, S4561 [24MR]

———Sondra Erskine, S4561 [24MR]

———Susan Bess, S4560 [24MR]

WIC supplemental nutrition program: Clara H. Lawhead, H2217 [24FE]

Lists

Black Dollar Days Task Force contributors, S7573 [25MY]

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 119, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3438 [22MR]

Organizations opposed to child welfare services and foster care provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, S19170-S19172 [22DE]

Proposed reductions to entitlement spending, S1323-S1327 [23JA]

Studies on welfare and illegitimacy, S13527 [13SE]

Memorandums

Rising Caseloads in the AFDC Program: CBO, S12774 [7SE]

Messages

Working Wage Increase Act: President Clinton, S2964 [22FE], H1677 [13FE]

Motions

Reform (H.R. 4), S13195 [11SE], H3495, H3499 [22MR], H3785 [24MR], H14136 [6DE]

———conference report, H15531, H15532 [21DE]

Papers

Illegitimacy Ratio Test Would Reward States Even If Abortions Increase: David N. O'Steen, H3441 [22MR]

Petitions and memorials

Personal Responsibility Act: Rhode Island House of Representatives, S6744 [16MY]

Poems

``Farmers on the Dole,'' Representative Owens, E533 [7MR]

``Nation Needs Your Lunch,'' Representative Owens, E774 [4AP]

Proposals

Impact of school-based nutrition block grants on nutrition programs funding in Texas, H2149 [23FE]

Remarks in House

AFDC: program reform, H3759-H3776 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 741), H847 [30JA]

———replace the Job Opportunities Basic Skills Training Program with self-sufficiency programs (H.R. 865), H2493 [2MR], E297 [8FE]

Agriculture: farm subsidies, E533 [7MR]

Arizona: reform welfare programs, H3538 [22MR]

Benefits: use of debit card system, H1379 [8FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3400-H3406 [21MR]

Children and youth: adoption tax credit, H3504 [22MR]

———expand child care block grant programs, H3582-H3586 [23MR]

———foster care and orphanage funding, H3501, H3502 [22MR]

———funding for programs for children, H3089, H3091, H3096 [14MR], H10851, H10853 [26OC]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 2066), E1471 [19JY], E1490 [21JY]

———policies to cut assistance programs, H2315 [28FE]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (H.R. 104), H1077, H1078 [2FE]

———protect programs for missing and exploited children, H3527 [22MR]

———treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (H.R. 1044), E433 [24FE]

Community Service Block Grant Program: funding, E602 [15MR]

Dept. of Defense: reduction of missile defense systems and application of savings to military personnel, H5951-H5955 [14JN]

Dept. of HUD: funding, E1501 [24JY]

District of Columbia: repeal expansion of city employee health benefits based on domestic partnership, H11656-H11661 [1NO]

Domestic policy: foreign aid versus social programs, H2317 [28FE]

Education: Head Start Program funding, H1143 [2FE], H7081 [18JY]

Employment: work requirements, H3503, H3504, H3506, H3507, H3510-H3514 [22MR]

Familes and domestic relations: prohibit transfer of legal custody of children for the sole purpose of obtaining public service benefits (H.R. 446), E64 [9JA]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H809 [27JA]

———conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3515-H3521 [22MR]

Family Nutrition Block Grant Program: procurement of infant formula, H3587-H3592 [23MR]

Federal-State relations: exempt laws protecting children from hunger or homelessness from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H861 [30JA]

———exempt laws protecting individuals requiring welfare assistance from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H863 [30JA]

———maintain certain low-income entitlement programs as Federal mandates, H934, H935 [31JA]

Food: support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (H.R. 2003), E1410 [11JY]

Food stamps: electronic transfer system relative to allowable food items and security, H3603-H3605 [23MR]

———electronic transfer system relative to photograph requirements, H3600-H3603 [23MR]

———program integrity (H.R. 1093), E480 [1MR]

———reform program (H.R. 1135), H2889 [8MR], H3124 [14MR]

———replace with State block grants, H3315-H3318 [16MR], H3612-H3616 [23MR]

———use of benefits to purchase nutritional supplements (H.R. 236), E55 [5JA]

Fort Lauderdale, FL: tribute to Step-Up program, E715 [29MR]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H15554 [21DE]

Head Start Program: tribute, E1072 [18MY]

Health: maternity and housing services for pregnant women (H.R. 1065), E451 [27FE]

———medical services funding, H3500, H3501, H3507, H3508, H3509 [22MR]

Homeless: funding for food and shelter program, H7883-H7886 [27JY]

Housing: assistance for low-income families, H7248, H7249 [19JY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H10653 [24OC]

———disbursement rates for public housing development funds and incremental rental assistance, H7881, H7882 [27JY]

———funding for low-income housing, H7555, H7556, H7557, H7558, H7560 [25JY], H7823, H7825, H7826, H7827, H7828, H7830, H7832, H7833, H7835, H7841, H7842, H7843, H7845 [27JY]

———public housing construction and revitalization, H6743 [11JY], H8048, H8049 [31JY]

———reform calculation of rent payments for public housing dwelling units (H.R. 486), H183 [11JA]

———reform of public housing regulations and appropriations, H2656 [6MR]

Immigration: asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (H.R. 375), E1 [4JA]

———benefits to legal immigrants, H2477-H2482 [1MR], H2569 [2MR]

———historical perspective, H3738 [24MR]

———prevention of illegal immigration, H8601 [7SE]

———public charge status of aliens and financial responsibility of sponsors (H.R. 372), E1 [4JA]

———status of legal immigrants, H3591, H3592 [23MR]

Kentucky: tribute to the Christian Appalachian Project, E1683 [5AU]

LIHEAP: funding, H2660 [6MR], H2899 [9MR], H3051 [13MR], H3295, H3297, H3298, H3314 [16MR], E677 [23MR]

Medicaid: continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (H.R. 1502), E864 [7AP]

———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (H.R. 1503), E864 [7AP]

———Federal funding of abortions (H.R. 237), E29 [4JA], E56 [5JA]

———improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R. 625), H450 [20JA]

Medicare: reform, H4675 [10MY]

———study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks (H.R. 851), E285 [7FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: payment integrity (H.R. 2280), E1741 [8SE]

———public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (H. Res. 221), H9250 [20SE]

Minimum wage: level, E268 [3FE]

Motion pictures: tribute to the film ``Hoop Dreams'', E344 [14FE]

Native Americans: status of Indian children (H.R. 1448), H6023 [15JN]

Nutrition programs: funding, H664, H665, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1911, H1912 [21FE], H1976 [22FE], H2070, H2071, H2073, H2149, H2157 [23FE], H2180, H2181, H2182, H2214, H2215, H2216 [24FE], H2227, H2230, H2231, H2232, H2233 [27FE], H2312, H2316, H2317, H2318, H2319, H2320, H2321, H2376, H2377 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400, H2401, H2473 [1MR], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493, H2494, H2567, H2577, H2578-H2582 [2MR], H2586, H2587, H2588, H2589 [3MR], H2657, H2658, H2659, H2661, H2707-H2709 [6MR], H2729, H2730, H2731, H2732, H2733, H2734, H2735, H2793, H2805-H2809 [7MR], H2814, H2815, H2816, H2817, H2889 [8MR], H2897, H2898, H2899, H2900, H2968, H2972, H2973, H2977 [9MR], H2992, H2993, H2994, H3033, H3036-H3038 [10MR], H3067-H3072 [13MR], H3090, H3093, H3095, H3096, H3125-H3140 [14MR], H3158, H3159, H3162 [15MR], H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3332, H3335, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340 [21MR], H3420, H3422, H3423, H3424, H3425, H3502, H3503, H3520, H3530-H3545, H3547-H3550, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3719 [23MR], H3739-H3742, H3770, H3777-H3784 [24MR], H3870-H3874 [28MR], H4145 [4AP], H5547 [24MY], H5778 [13JN], H7246 [19JY], H7376 [20JY], H7444 [21JY], H9906 [12OC], H12069 [9NO], H12186 [13NO], H15182 [19DE], H15509 [21DE], E102 [17JA], E515 [3MR], E523 [6MR], E593 [14MR], E601 [15MR], E690 [24MR], E774 [4AP]

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration: funding, H8222 [2AU]

Poverty: national policy to reduce and alleviate, H2219 [24FE]

———publication of data (H.R. 919), E324 [13FE]

Public housing: preferential treatment relative to participation in State welfare work programs, H3595-H3600 [23MR]

Reform, H415, H450 [20JA], H542 [24JA], H662, H664 [25JA], H836 [27JA], H895 [31JA], H1028, H1030 [1FE], H1439, H1445, H1451, H1454 [8FE], H1560, H1601-H1604 [10FE], H1682-H1687 [13FE], H1910, H1911 [21FE], H2071 [23FE], H2296 [27FE], H2318, H2320 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400 [1MR], H2491, H2492, H2493, H2582 [2MR], H2585, H2586, H2588, H2589, H2590, H2640 [3MR], H2659, H2660 [6MR], H2730, H2734, H2735 [7MR], H2814, H2815 [8MR], H2900, H2973, H2975 [9MR], H2991, H2992, H2993, H3031 [10MR], H3095, H3123, H3124, H3126 [14MR], H3159, H3160 [15MR], H3280 [16MR], H3816, H3864-H3870 [28MR], H3884 [29MR], H4145 [4AP], H5161 [17MY], H5605 [25MY], H6911 [12JY], H9661-H9666 [28SE], H10799, H10805 [25OC], H11582 [31OC], H12197 [14NO], H13039 [16NO], H13295 [17NO], H13808 [30NO], H14029 [6DE], H14265 [12DE], H14878 [14DE], H15273 [20DE], E217 [30JA], E293 [8FE], E445 [27FE], E521 [6MR], E603 [15MR], E720 [29MR], E771 [4AP], E1221 [9JN], E1733 [7SE], E1937 [12OC], E2157 [10NO], E2188 [15NO], E2236 [28NO]

Reform (H.R. 4), H189 [11JA], H663, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1896, H1904, H1906 [16FE], H1911, H1912 [21FE], H2073, H2157 [23FE], H2319 [28FE], H2567, H2576 [2MR], H2973 [9MR], H3134 [14MR], H3280, H3315, H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3331, H3332, H3333, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340, H3341, H3352-H3398, H3406-H3414 [21MR], H3419-H3435, H3449-H3552, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3731 [23MR], H3736-H3790, H3793-H3796 [24MR], H3813, H3815, H3820, H3870-H3874 [28MR], H9223 [19SE], H9501-H9504 [25SE], H10783, H10808 [25OC], H12069 [9NO], H14136 [6DE], E693, E694, E696 [24MR], E704, E706, E707, E708 [28MR], E714, E718 [29MR], E755 [3AP], E832 [7AP]

———conference report, H15491-H15533 [21DE], E2444, E2452, E2453 [22DE]

———consideration (H. Res. 117), H3343-H3351 [21MR]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15501 [21DE]

Reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3424, H3436-H3449 [22MR]

Reform (H.R. 759), H1468, H1469, H1471 [9FE], E232, E233 [31JA]

Reform (H.R. 999), H3134 [14MR], E404 [22FE]

Reform (H.R. 1146), E538 [7MR]

Reform (H.R. 1214), H3334 [21MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, E805 [6AP], E1916 [11OC]

Rural areas: funding for low-income housing, H9910 [12OC]

Senior citizens: funding for nutrition programs, E1648 [5AU]

———nutrition programs relative to work requirements, H1146 [2FE], H1541 [9FE]

Smyrna, GA: development of task force to study the effects of illegal immigration on communities, H10812 [25OC]

Social Security: establish a disability review account for expenditures in reviewing cases (H.R. 1586), E968 [9MY]

———establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (H.R. 1587), E963 [9MY]

SSI: reform, E170 [24JA]

———require benefits in the form of vouchers (H.R. 612), E141 [20JA]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (H.R. 2320), H8912 [14SE]

States: administration of block grant programs, H10849, H10850 [26OC]

———restrict collection of welfare payments, H3502 [22MR]

Taxation: earned income tax credit, H10894, H11208 [26OC], H11382 [30OC], H11790 [7NO]

Veterans: elimination of public welfare benefits to legal immigrants, H1766 [15FE]

WIC: funding, H2311, H2312, H2314, H2316, H2319 [28FE], H2398, H2400 [1MR], H3090, H3091 [14MR]

———participation levels, H7337-H7344 [20JY], E1538 [28JY]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: establish demonstration projects to expand State adminstration (S. 246), S1223-S1226 [19JA]

———funding, S13558-S13561 [14SE], S19086-S19089 [21DE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 842), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———require recipients to enter into a personal responsibility contract, S12908-S12910 [8SE]

———work requirement for food stamp recipients, S13152-S13158, S13196-S13198 [11SE], S13377 [12SE]

Agriculture: farm subsidies, S4145, S4146 [17MR]

Benefits: eliminate benefits to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators (S. 599), S4383 [22MR], S5182 [5AP]

BIA: funding, S11879-S11887 [8AU], S11969-S11976 [9AU], S18598-S18600, S18615 [14DE]

Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform: report, S1690-S1695 [27JA]

Budget: reduction of tax cut and application of savings to public welfare programs, S7353 [24MY]

———welfare grant levels to States relative to out-of-wedlock birth rates, S16947 [13NO]

Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]

Children and youth: abstinence education funding, S13375, S13376 [12SE]

———benefit eligibility relative to paternity establishment, S12898 [8SE]

———consolidate and expand Federal child care programs, S12784 [7SE], S12918-S12923, S12929-S12931 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13164-S13196 [11SE], S13776 [19SE]

———consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (S. 472), S3061-S3064 [23FE]

———consolidate Federal child care programs (S. 850), S7389, S7390 [24MY]

———deny assistance for out-of-wedlock births to minors, S13507-S13516, S13527-S13529 [13SE], S13562, S13578 [14SE]

———development of adult supervised living arrangements for unmarried teenage mothers, S13529-S13533 [13SE], S13598-S13602 [14SE]

———development of parent-child participation programs, S13588, S13603 [14SE]

———establish dietary guidelines for school lunch programs, S12367 [11AU]

———Federal health initiatives, S6762 [16MY]

———funding formula for programs, S12927 [8SE], S13351-S13368 [12SE], S13484-S13486, S13536, S13537 [13SE], S13639, S13640, S13646 [15SE]

———implement program changes relative to budget decreases, S15541-S15544 [24OC]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments, S12830 [7SE], S12897 [8SE]

———proposals relative to hunger and homelessness, S714-S725 [10JA]

———restrict benefits for foster care and adoption assistance programs relative to noncitizens, S13376 [12SE], S13515 [13SE]

———school requirements relative to teenage recipients, S13529, S13533 [13SE]

———teenage pregnancies, S11822-S11824 [8AU]

———use of public school facilities for certain child care programs, S13570 [14SE]

Community service: establish community works progress programs, S13571, S13572, S13609 [14SE], S13631, S13632, S13673 [15SE]

Community Service Block Grant Act: funding, S4845, S4846 [30MR]

Courts: prohibit the use of Federal funds for legal challenges to welfare reform, S13640-S13641 [15SE]

Crime: allow clinical social workers to conduct required psychiatric examinations of offenders for mental defects (S. 75), S289 [4JA]

———benefits relative to criminal probation, parole violators, and fugitive felons, S12824 [7SE], S12874 [8SE]

Dept. of Energy: energy conservation program relative to public housing, S12029 [9AU]

Dept. of HHS: report on Senate welfare reform, S16466 [1NO]

Disabled: extend discretionary grant program for special education and assistance (S. 916), S8182 [12JN], S8402 [14JN]

Employment: awarding of national rapid response grants for dislocated workers, S12903 [8SE]

———establish a job placement performance incentive bonus to States for placing individuals in unsubsidized jobs, S13504-S13507 [13SE]

———establish a job placement voucher program (S. 579), S4201 [20MR]

———require welfare recipients to work, S11825-S11830 [8AU]

———require welfare recipients to work relative to State assistance services, S12819 [7SE], S13345-S13351 [12SE], S13483 [13SE]

Families and domestic relations: reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (S. 8), S15, S24, S123, S129 [4JA]

Federal aid programs: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 66), S284 [4JA]

Federal employees: reduce Federal bureaucracy, S13642 [15SE]

Federal-State relations: maintain partnership between the Federal Government and the States, S12910 [8SE], S13317-S13333 [12SE], S13538 [13SE]

———unfunded Federal mandates relative to welfare reform, S13565 [14SE]

Financial institutions: quarterly reporting by banks relative to child support, S13594-S13596 [14SE]

Food stamps: implement electronic benefits transfer system to reduce fraud (S. 1114), S10905 [28JY], S11212 [2AU]

———replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE], S13334-S13341 [12SE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 843), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———use of benefits to purchase nutritional supplements (S. 1133), S12080 [9AU]

———use of benefits to purchase nutritional supplements (S. 1143), S12097 [9AU]

Government: evaluation of Federal programs, S14958 [11OC]

Homeless: assistance, S14982 [11OC]

———assistance for veterans (S. 1257), S13742 [18SE]

Housing: presence of illegal immigrants in public housing, S2231 [7FE]

Immigration: eliminate retroactive requirements for legal immigrants, S13606-S13609 [14SE], S13637-S13639 [15SE]

———equal treatment of naturalized and native-born citizens, S12826, S12827 [7SE], S13590-S13594, S13604 [14SE]

———prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens, S8129 [12JN], S12898 [8SE], S13567-S13569 [14SE]

———prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (S. 918), S8256 [13JN]

———treatment of legal aliens relative to AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs, S13596-S13598, S13605 [14SE]

Iowa: Family Investment Program implementation, S12883 [8SE]

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals Program: funding, S12820-S12822 [7SE]

LIHEAP: funding, S13573-S13575 [14SE]

Local governments: assignment of block grant programs to county governments, S12827 [7SE]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 972), S9178 [27JN]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (S. 61), S281 [4JA]

———flexibility for States to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plans (S. 839), S7121 [22MY]

———offset revenues from tax deductions for advertising of tobacco products, S16029 [27OC]

———osteopathic services (S. 896), S8037 [8JN]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 844), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———State flexibility in providing benefits, S15816, S15817 [26OC], S15980 [27OC]

Medicare: study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks, S8473 [15JN]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (S. 76), S289 [4JA]

National objectives: renewal of civil society legislation, S12716-S12718 [6SE]

National School Lunch Week: observance, S15365 [19OC]

Native Americans: effects of public welfare program reforms and block grants on resources available to tribes, S3683 [8MR]

———enforcement of child support agreements between the States and tribal organizations, S13565-S13567 [14SE]

———funding for family assistance grants, S13373, S13374 [12SE], S13489-S13491 [13SE]

———provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes (S. 285), S1623-S1625 [26JA], S4685 [28MR]

———provide social services block grants to tribes, S12932, S12934-S12937 [8SE]

———status of Indian children (S. 764), S6277 [8MY]

Nevada: tribute to the Nevada Partners employment program, S4567 [24MR]

Nutrition programs: funding, S2991, S2992 [23FE], S3139, S3140, S3142 [27FE], S3549-S3554 [7MR], S4004 [16MR], S4559-S4562 [24MR], S5065 [3AP], S5091-S5094, S5106-S5108 [4AP], S5237 [5AP], S5370-S5373 [6AP], S6473 [11MY], S7318, S7323 [24MY], S7453, S7457 [25MY], S13690, S13692 [18SE], S15087 [12OC], S15360 [19OC]

———funding (S. 904), S8098 [9JN]

———funding (S. 1265), S14087 [21SE]

Poverty: establish State and county demonstration programs, S13571, S13572 [14SE]

Recipients: enhance education, increase school attendance, and promote self-sufficiency among recipients (S. 19), S210 [4JA]

Reform, S1568-S1571, S1635 [26JA], S1796-S1798 [31JA], S1868 [1FE], S2993 [23FE], S4677-S4682 [28MR], S5028 [3AP], S5087, S5089 [4AP], S5512 [6AP], S5687-S5689 [26AP], S6846-S6848, S6881 [18MY], S7172, S7222, S7225-S7227 [23MY], S8129 [12JN], S8994 [23JN], S10070 [14JY], S10768, S10771 [27JY], S10860-S10864 [28JY], S10911, S10937, S10955 [31JY], S11099-S11101 [1AU], S11190 [2AU], S16050, S16051 [27OC], S16675 [3NO], S16940 [9NO], S17006 [13NO], S18433-S18437 [12DE], S18826 [18DE]

Reform (H.R. 4), S958 [17JA], S6744 [16MY], S9493, S9596 [30JN], S10333-S10335 [20JY], S11556, S11575-S11602, S11711-S11713 [5AU], S11735-S11784, S11800-S11802 [7AU], S11803-S11845, S11888-S11890 [8AU], S12360, S12363, S12428, S12510-S12513 [11AU], S12622 [5SE], S12680-S12715 [6SE], S12757-S12796, S12802-S12830 [7SE], S12873-S12958, S13136, S13139 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13152-S13207 [11SE], S13315-S13378 [12SE], S13481-S13539 [13SE], S13558-S13575, S13578-S13617 [14SE], S13627-S13653, S13673 [15SE], S13746 [18SE], S13749, S13751, S13752, S13770-S13804 [19SE], S13885 [20SE], S14097 [21SE], S14562 [28SE], S14772-S14777 [29SE], S15360 [19OC], S18262-S18264 [8DE]

———conference report, S19086-S19107, S19140-S19143 [21DE], S19154-S19181, S19225-S19228 [22DE]

———conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S19081, S19082 [21DE]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S11736, S11782 [7AU], S12910, S13138 [8SE], S13497, S13524 [13SE], S13606 [14SE], S13640, S13653 [15SE]

Reform (S. 36), S228 [4JA]

Reform (S. 140), S394-S397 [4JA]

Reform (S. 209), S902 [12JA]

Reform (S. 707), S5448 [6AP]

Reform (S. 736), S5838-S5841 [27AP]

Reform (S. 746), S6083-S6085 [3MY]

Reform (S. 828), S6917-S6920 [18MY]

Reform (S. 834), S7016 [19MY]

Reform (S. 840), S7127 [22MY]

Reform (S. 1117), S11325, S11326, S11327, S11328 [3AU]

Reform (S. 1120), S11840 [8AU], S12201 [10AU]

Religious organizations: participation, S13516-S13522 [13SE]

Seattle, WA: tribute to Black Dollar Days Task Force, S7572 [25MY]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: funding, S13491-S13495 [13SE]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to Hamilton Terrace Learning Center for receiving the Innovations in American Government Award, S15700 [25OC]

Social Security: development of tamper-resistant identification card, S12915 [8SE]

———reduce waiting period for disability benefits, S17928 [4DE]

———tax treatment of benefits (S. 50), S273-S275 [4JA]

Social Security Act: anniversary (S. Res. 165), S12518 [11AU]

SSI: reform eligibility requirements for children's programs (S. 798), S6534-S6537 [11MY]

———replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 845), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (S. 1418), S17336 [17NO]

States: allow use of an income tax intercept to collect overpayments in assistance, S13206 [11SE]

———assistance to minors relative to time limitations of benefits, S12812-S12819, S12821 [7SE], S13342-S13345 [12SE], S13481-S13483 [13SE], S13644, S13645 [15SE]

———authority to reserve welfare grant funding, S12820 [7SE]

———calculation of family participation rates, S13374 [12SE], S13491 [13SE]

———determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13368-S13372 [12SE], S13487-S13489 [13SE]

———establish contingency fund, S13373 [12SE], S13780 [19SE]

———exclude certain programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer (S. 131), S382 [4JA], S13551 [13SE]

———exempt elderly, disabled, and children from optional food assistance block grants, S13635, S13636 [15SE]

———exempt victims of domestic violence from certain eligibility requirements, S13525-S13527 [13SE], S13561, S13562 [14SE]

———expenditure of funds in accordance with State laws and procedures, S12802-S12804 [7SE], S12875 [8SE]

———funding for administrative purposes, S12894 [8SE]

———funding for drug addiction and alcoholism treatment programs, S13628, S13634 [15SE]

———funding to handle additional growth in welfare caseloads, S12808 [7SE], S13200-S13206 [11SE], S13316, S13317 [12SE]

———management of additional responsibilities through information technology, S13776 [19SE]

———modify provisions relative to State plan requirements, S13602 [14SE], S13644 [15SE]

———require development of strategic plan for family assistance programs, S13628 [15SE]

———sanctioning of welfare recipients relative to drug testing, S12888 [8SE]

———welfare grant levels relative to out-of-wedlock birth rate, S13533-S13536 [13SE], S13563-S13565 [14SE]

Taxation: earned income tax credit, S16463 [1NO], S17146 [16NO]

———treatment of adoption expenses, S13584-S13588 [14SE]

———treatment of monetary contributions to charities serving the poor by individuals volunteering for such charities (S. 846), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

WIC: competitive bidding for infant formula, S13523, S13524 [13SE]

———designate funds to promote immunization, S5322 [6AP]

———investigate food industry lobbyists' involvement in the transfer to State controlled block grants, S5101-S5104, S5106 [4AP]

Workforce Development Act: community college participation, S13537 [13SE]

Reports

Child Nutrition Programs: Congressional Research Service, H3710 [23MR]

Expert Group Recommends Steps To Restructure Supplemental Security Disability Program for Children, Adolescents: National Academy of Social Insurance, S6535 [11MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization, S8402 [14JN]

Nutrition, Health, and Economic Consequences of Block Grants for Federal Food Assistance Programs: Dept. of Agriculture, S958 [17JA]

Senate Welfare Reform: Dept. of HHS, S16466 [1NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 104-431), H15237 [20DE]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 117) (H. Rept. 104-83), H3326 [16MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 119) (H. Rept. 104-85), H3415 [21MR]

Federal Child Care Program Consolidation: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 850) (S. Rept. 104-94), S8033 [8JN]

Food Stamp Program Reform: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1135) (H. Rept. 104-77), H3155 [14MR]

Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4) (S. Rept. 104-96), S8177 [12JN]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4) (H. Rept. 104-430), H15237 [20DE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 104-81), H3275 [15MR]

Welfare Reform Consolidation Act: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 999) (H. Rept. 104-75), H3048 [10MR]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Reforming Welfare, E1718 [7SE]

———Welfare Reform, E726 [29MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Dietary guidelines for Americans: American School Food Service Association, S12368 [11AU]

State control of Federal welfare block grant funds: American Legislative Exchange Council, S12803 [7SE]

———National Speakers Conference, S12803 [7SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Reform (H.R. 4), H3496 [22MR]

———conference report, H15531 [21DE]

Statements

Family Support Act (1986): Ronald Reagan, S6925 [18MY]

Federal Child Care Programs: Gerald H. Miller and A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13184 [11SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13183 [11SE]

Medicaid Reform: Bruce C. Vladeck, Health Care Financing Administration, S16847 [9NO]

National Women's Pledge on Welfare Reform, Principles for Eliminating Poverty: Council of Presidents (organization), H1684 [13FE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: American School Food Service Association, H15523 [21DE]

———Charles Miller, Fred Kammer, Kenneth L. Hodder, and Preme Mathai-Davis, S19106 [21DE]

Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood in Welfare Reform: John H. Ricard, S13599 [14SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13600 [14SE]

Will Congress Produce More Hungry Children?: Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Summaries

Consolidate Federal Child Care Programs (S. 850), S7389 [24MY]

Graham-Bumpers Children's Fair Share Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13366-S13368 [12SE]

Leadership Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13650 [15SE]

Nutrition Assistance Reform Act (S. 904), S8109 [9JN]

Public Welfare Program Reform (S. 828), S6920-S6925 [18MY]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12510, S12511 [11AU]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 736), S5840 [27AP]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Welfare Bill Modifications: Senator Dole, S12913 [8SE]

Welfare Reform (H.R. 1250), H3760 [24MR]

Welfare Reforms That Work Act (S. 246), S1231 [19JA]

Tables

Additional costs of child care and work programs under the Senate Republican leadership welfare plan, S13366 [12SE]

Budget reconciliation: extraneous provisions, S16052 [27OC]

———medicaid and welfare extraneous provisions, S16049 [27OC]

Change in average numbers of AFDC recipients, S13330 [12SE]

Comparison of State allocations, S13206 [11SE]

Distribution of total time on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Dynamic growth State welfare formula analysis, S13366 [12SE]

Impact of congressional proposals on poverty: under the pre-tax money income definition used for official poverty statistics, S17007 [13NO]

———using a comprehensive post-tax, post-transfer definition of income, S17006 [13NO]

Number of families affected by a 60-month time limit on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: proposed provisions comparison, S19156 [22DE]

Preliminary estimate of amendment providing state flexibility to participate in the TAP or WAGE programs, S13162 [11SE]

Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to the 60 month time limit—under the House and Senate welfare bills, S17006 [13NO]

Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to time limit in the Senate Republican plan, S12818 [7SE]

Proposed allocations to the States under S. 1120, Dole welfare legislation, 1996-2000, S13205 [11SE]

Public welfare programs costs, S12777 [7SE]

State welfare allocation per child in poverty, S13365 [12SE]

State-by-State welfare allocations, S13364 [12SE]

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Block Grant Program estimated allocations, S13204 [11SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 117, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3343 [21MR]

H. Res. 319, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, H15501 [21DE]

H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S11576-S11601 [5AU]

H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3449-H3491 [22MR]

S. 8, Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Parental Responsibility Act, S123-S129 [4JA]

S. 36, Welfare to Work Act, S229-S231 [4JA]

S. 61, coverage of medicaid services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs, S282 [4JA]

S. 66, ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program, S284 [4JA]

S. 75, allow clinical social workers to conduct required psychiatric examinations of offenders for mental defects, S289 [4JA]

S. 76, grant Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice, S289 [4JA]

S. 131, exclude certain public welfare programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer, S384 [4JA]

S. 140, Welfare and Medicaid Responsibility Exchange Act, S395 [4JA]

S. 246, Welfare Reforms That Work Act, S1226-S1231 [19JA]

S. 285, provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes, S1623 [26JA]

S. 472, Child Care Consolidation and Investment Act, S3062 [23FE]

S. 599, eliminate public welfare program benefits to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators, S4384-S4386 [22MR]

S. 839, Medicaid Managed Care Act, S7122-S7127 [22MY]

S. 904, Nutrition Assistance Reform Act, S8099-S8109 [9JN]

S. 918, Illegal Alien Benefits Prohibition Act, S8256 [13JN]

S. 972, medicaid coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, S9178 [27JN]

S. 1114, Food Stamp Fraud Reduction Act, S11213-S11216 [2AU]

S. 1143, use of food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements, S12098 [9AU]

S. 1204, Family Housing Act, S12720 [6SE]

S. 1207, Family Reconciliation Act, S12722 [6SE]

S. 1209, Responsible Parenthood Act, S12724 [6SE]

S. 1210, Educational Choice and Equity Act, S12725-S12727 [6SE]

S. 1212, Assets for Independence Act, S12728-S12732 [6SE]

S. 1213, Urban Homestead Act, S12732 [6SE]

S. 1214, Maternity Shelter Act, S12733 [6SE]

S. 1218, Community Partnership Act, S12736 [6SE]

S. 1257, assistance for homeless veterans, S13742 [18SE]

S. 1265, Community Food Security Act, S14087 [21SE]

S. 1418, Prisoner Fraud Prevention Act, S17337 [17NO]

S. Res. 165, Social Security Act anniversary, S12412, S12518 [11AU]