FAMILIES AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS related term(s) Children and Youth
Addresses
Birth Defects: James L. Mills, E1743 [8SE]
Campaign for Human Development—Theological-Historical Roots: Joseph Bernadin, S13174-S13176 [11SE]
Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Dominic J. Perri, National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, E808 [6AP]
Executive Leadership Council and Foundation Recognition Dinner: Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., E2169 [13NO]
G.R.E.A.T. Press Conference: Brett Sturgill, E2224 [20NO]
Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12363 [11AU]
Women's Rights and Human Rights in the People's Republic of China: Hillary Rodham Clinton, S12625-S12627 [5SE], H8553 [6SE], H8888-H8890 [13SE]
Amendments
Civil liberties: provide protection for family privacy (H.R. 1271), H4130, H4137 [4AP]
Housing: prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (H.R. 117), H10648 [24OC]
Public welfare programs: 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, 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]
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H3880 [28MR], H3975, H3977, H3978 [29MR], H4264, H4290 [5AP]
USIA: extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), S18565, S18579 [13DE]
Analyses
Adult Education and Family Literacy Reform Act (S. 797), S6530-S6534 [11MY]
Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, S15199 [17OC], H9710, H9735 [29SE], H10670 [24OC]
Articles and editorials
Abandoned to Her Fate, S18687-S18689 [15DE]
Addicts Squander Checks on Drugs, Alcohol—Your Cash Supports Abusers' Habits, S11772-S11774 [7AU]
AFDC Numbers—Bad Enough, But Not That Bad, S12681 [6SE]
Allens Celebrate Golden Year, E2343 [12DE]
Budget Issue, E2441 [21DE]
Budgetary Bombast, H9865 [11OC]
California—A Society That Cuts Child Welfare But Boosts Jails, S10435 [20JY]
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]
Colorblind Adoptions Changed and Enriched Our Lives, S2975 [22FE]
Companies Merge, Families Break Up, H8587 [6SE]
Confronting the Myths, E2236 [28NO]
Confronting the Myths—The Truth About Poverty and Welfare, E2157 [10NO]
Curb Domestic Violence by Speaking Out, E1398 [10JY]
Death and Taxes, S7617 [26MY]
Democrats Lie About Lunch, H2377 [28FE]
Domestic Violence As A Health-Care Issue, S1790 [30JA]
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, S13524 [13SE]
Frayed Lifeline—Hunger Among Elderly Surges—Meal Programs Just Can't Keep Up, S1569 [26JA]
Friendless, Foundlings, and Homeless Half-Orphans, S12813-S12818 [7SE]
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 Would Keep School Lunches and Let States Run the Program, E520 [6MR]
Hard Hearts, Soft Heads, S19154 [22DE]
He Filled a Vacuum, H10142 [17OC]
Here's a Grand Little Story To Stir Your Blood on a Monday Morning, H5161 [17MY]
His Experiences Give Bishop Ideas on Welfare Reform, S5512 [6AP]
Homosexual Rights Need Clear and Direct Debate, S10923 [31JY]
House Takes Up Legislation To Dismantle Social Programs, H3700 [23MR]
Inflicting Pain on Children, S3550 [7MR]
Inside the Revolution—Moderate's Dilemma—Food Program Defender Becomes Dismantler, S5101-S5103 [4AP]
Kathryn Brunski, Raphael Fallon Vows Exchanged, E2228 [20NO]
Making a Difference, E1612 [3AU]
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]
Narrowing the U.S. Immigration Gate, S15168 [13OC]
New Military Readiness Worry—Old Housing, S7519 [25MY]
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]
Place To Call My Own, E1737-E1739 [8SE]
Politics of Paternity Leave, E1816 [20SE]
Program Gone Bonkers, S15743 [26OC]
Program Helps Iowans Get Off Welfare, S11765 [7AU]
Rape Victim Sues BHA—Says Attacker Should Have Been Evicted, H10656 [24OC]
Relief for the Hard-Working Poor, S16059 [27OC]
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]
Title I's Tightrope—Will Poor Kids Lose?, E2440 [21DE]
Transracial Adoptions—In the Children's Best Interests, S12625 [5SE]
Violence, Sex Fill Airwaves, H8490 [4AU]
Wardens' View On Crime—Mandatory Sentencing Won't Solve Problem, S1792 [30JA]
Way Out of the Welfare Bind, S13482 [13SE]
Welfare, End of—Events That Led to Its Demise in 1995, and the Striking Consequences in the Years Since, S18826 [18DE]
Welfare Contract a Worthwhile Idea, S11765 [7AU]
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—Two Kinds of Compromise, S12758 [7SE]
What Is a Doctor To Do When Faced With an Order To Commit Murder? A Question of Duty, S15073 [12OC]
What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]
Why Adoptive Parents Fight for Kids, S8123 [9JN]
Women and Children First?, S13560 [14SE], S19089 [21DE]
Work Not Welfare in the Mormon Church, S13136 [8SE]
Bills and resolutions
Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see S. 979), S9305 [28JN]
Adoptions: repeal regulations restraining interracial adoptions (see S. 637), S4717 [28MR]
AFDC: establish demonstration projects to expand State administration (see S. 246), S1207 [19JA]
———provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate the administration of services to needy families with children (see H.R. 710), H802 [26JA]
———reform (see H.R. 741, 886), H889 [30JA], H1555 [9FE]
———remove disincentives that prevent recipients from moving toward self-sufficiency (see H.R. 950), H1849 [15FE]
———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]
———weekly benefits relative to employment or attendance at courses at educational institutions (see H.R. 220), H169 [9JA]
Armed Forces: provide benefits under the survivor benefit plan to surviving spouses of certain retired members (see H.R. 107), H166 [9JA]
———provide benefits under the survivor benefit plan to surviving spouses of certain retirement-eligible reserve members (see H.R. 1760), H5690 [7JN]
———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 2096), H7461 [21JY]
———use of military health care system and commissary stores to an unremarried former spouse (see H.R. 1726), H5608 [25MY]
Child abuse: prevention (see S. 919), S8255 [13JN]
Child support: create a national child custody database and clarify jurisdiction in parental kidnapping cases (see S. 632), S4716 [28MR]
———denial of passports to noncustodial parents relative to nonpayment of child support (see H.R. 993), H1967 [21FE]
———State enforcement demonstration programs (see S. 642), S4717 [28MR]
Children and youth: adoption services (see H.R. 1066, 1166), H2306 [27FE], H2891 [8MR]
———child support enforcement (see S. 442, 456, 687, 926; H.R. 785, 801, 906, 2269), S2823 [16FE], S5403 [6AP], S8493 [15JN], H1051 [1FE], H1156 [2FE], H1688 [13FE], H8596 [6SE]
———child welfare services relative to foster care (see H.R. 586), H399 [19JA]
———consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (see S. 472), S3052 [23FE]
———consolidate Federal child care programs (see S. 850), S7388 [24MY]
———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H166 [9JA]
———protect parental rights (see S. 984; H.R. 1946), S9421 [29JN], H6481 [28JN]
———provide child care through public-private partnerships (see H.R. 986), H1907 [16FE]
———provide equal leave benefits for parents who adopt a child or provide foster care (see H.R. 2237), H8535 [4AU]
———require monthly reporting of child support obligations to consumer credit agencies (see H.R. 314), H172 [9JA]
———rights (see H.R. 278), H171 [9JA]
———treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (see H.R. 1044), H2223 [24FE]
———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (see H.R. 2387), H9452 [21SE]
Citizenship: constitutional amendment restricting citizenship by virtue of birth in U.S. (see H.R. 705; H.J. Res. 56, 64, 87, 88, 93), H399 [19JA], H802 [26JA], H4546 [3MY], H5190 [17MY], H5608 [25MY]
———status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4031 [30MR]
Civil liberties: provide protection for family privacy (H.R. 1271), consideration (see H. Res. 125), H4104 [3AP]
———provide protection for family protection (see H.R. 1271), H3416 [21MR]
Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H537 [23JA]
Courts: clerical and technical corrections to criminal justice system (see H.R. 2538), H10993 [26OC]
———enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (see H.R. 1029), H2176 [23FE]
———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to abortion (see H.R. 1624, 1958), H4915 [12MY], H6655 [29JN]
———restrict the authority of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia over certain cases involving child custody and visitation rights (see H.R. 1855), H6045 [15JN]
Crime: distribute to community-based organizations information on the prevention of youth violence and crime (see H.R. 2818), H15237 [20DE]
———increase and improve collection of criminal fines which are deposited into the crime victims fund (see S. 841), S7244 [23MY]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 3, 38, 120, 438, 1495; H.R. 3, 920), S47, S48, S50 [4JA], S2823 [16FE], S19110 [21DE], H159 [9JA], H1688 [13FE]
———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (see S. 694, 1483), S5404 [6AP], S18738 [15DE]
Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 1704), H5571 [24MY]
Dept. of Defense: long-term leasing of military family housing (see S. 855), S7497 [25MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish domestic violence community response teams (see H.R. 2665), H13341 [18NO]
———funding for community response teams to domestic violence (see S. 282), S1618 [26JA]
———grants to States to develop kinship care programs (see S. 1201), S12715 [6SE]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Office of Indian Women and Families (see S. 346), S2034 [2FE]
District of Columbia: transfer title of real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate construction of the National Children's Island (see H.R. 1508), H4431 [7AP]
Education: provide State and local assistance to improve adult education and family literacy (see S. 797; H.R. 1605), S6513 [11MY], H4795 [10MY]
Employment: clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H10848 [25OC]
ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (see H.R. 2140), H7990 [28JY]
———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (see H.R. 1048), H2223 [24FE]
Food stamps: implement electronic benefits transfer system to reduce fraud (see S. 1114), S11201 [2AU]
———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 843), S7244 [23MY]
Foreign Service: retirement, survivor, and health benefits for spouses relative to misconduct or disloyalty of officials (see H.R. 674), H691 [25JA]
Government: prohibit expenditure of funds for the promotion of homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle (see S. 25, 317; H.R. 862), S48 [4JA], S1920 [1FE], H1460 [8FE]
Guardians: require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 459; H.R. 1010), S2965 [22FE], H2063 [22FE]
Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 697; H.R. 1521), S5404 [6AP], H4432 [7AP]
Housing: creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (see H.R. 1016), H2063 [22FE]
———increase public housing opportunities for intact families (see S. 1204), S12715 [6SE]
———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (see H.R. 117), H166 [9JA]
Immigration: classification of children relative to international adoptions (see S. 457), S2965 [22FE]
———payment of single fee by petitioners filing concurrently for immigration classification on the basis of immediate relative status (see H.R. 1638), H4958 [15MY]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H3048 [10MR]
Income: unemployment compensation relative to family or medical leave reasons (see H.R. 1730), H5608 [25MY]
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 441), S2823 [16FE]
Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on evidence of domestic violence (see H.R. 1191), H2988 [9MR]
———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see S. 524; H.R. 1201, 1920, 2654), S3744 [9MR], H3048 [10MR], H6269 [22JN], H13142 [16NO]
Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act: enact (see H.R. 195), H169 [9JA]
Law enforcement officers: death benefits for retired public safety officers (see H.R. 1572), H4545 [3MY]
Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (see S. 171), S481 [5JA]
———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 844), S7244 [23MY]
National Children's Day: designate (see S. Res. 178), S14710 [29SE]
National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 146), S9517 [30JN]
Native Americans: status of Indian children (see S. 764), S6276 [8MY]
Parents: strengthen rights (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]
Pensions: cost-of-living contribution increases for uniformed services retirees relative to survivor annuities (see H.R. 2102), H7550 [24JY]
Public Health Service: permit family planning projects to offer adoption services (see S. 29, 321), S48 [4JA], S1920 [1FE]
———terminate family planning programs (see H.R. 1623), H4915 [12MY]
Public welfare programs: assist low income families and seniors relative to severe heat emergencies (see H.R. 2109), H7699 [25JY]
———establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1212), S12716 [6SE]
———establish grants to States and communities for churches that volunteer to offer assistance (see S. 1218), S12716 [6SE]
———funding for nutrition programs (see S. 904, 1265), S8097 [9JN], S14087 [21SE]
———increase block grant funding for family planning and adolescent family life programs (see S. 1209), S12716 [6SE]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H166 [9JA]
———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]
———reform (see S. 707, 736, 746, 828, 834, 840, 1117, 1120; H.R. 4, 999, 1181), S5404 [6AP], S5805 [27AP], S6082 [3MY], S6912 [18MY], S7014 [19MY], S7120 [22MY], S11323 [3AU], H159 [9JA], H1967 [21FE], H2988 [9MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 117, 119), H3326 [16MR], H3415 [21MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 319), H15237 [20DE]
Schools: provide free lunches and breakfasts to economically disadvantaged students (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3807 [24MR]
Sequoia National Park: renewal of cabin permits to heirs in Mineral King Addition (see H.R. 2528), H10847 [25OC]
Social Security: repeal offset for annuities under the survivor benefit plan for surviving spouses of retired Armed Forces members (see H.R. 2214), H8534 [4AU]
———repeal rule providing for the termination of benefits to the disabled upon marriage (see S. 466), S3052 [23FE]
———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H802 [26JA]
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]
States: funding for certain child welfare and LSC programs relative to family reconciliation counseling programs (see S. 1207), S12715 [6SE]
———use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (see H.R. 2288), H8725 [8SE]
Taxation: deductions for home health care, day care, and respite care for households with an Alzheimer's disease patient (see S. 407), S2647 [14FE]
———dependent care expenses (see S. 410), S2647 [14FE]
———dependent care tax credit (see S. 264), S1442 [24JA]
———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 1660), H5190 [17MY]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1555 [9FE]
———establish estate tax credit for certain employees of international organizations equivalent to the limited marital deduction (see H.R. 1401), H4335 [5AP]
———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (see S. 161), S480 [5JA]
———grant additional credit to married individuals and prevent fraud and abuse relative to the earned income tax credit (see S. 1208), S12715 [6SE]
———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (see S. 1299), S14883 [10OC]
———increase the child care credit for lower-income working parents (see H.R. 131), H167 [9JA]
———increase the personal exemption for dependents (see S. 147), S51 [4JA]
———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (see S. 1170), S12215 [10AU]
———provide credits for families (see S. 1134), S12079 [9AU]
———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]
———provide tax credits for families and encourage savings and investment (see S. 568), S4094 [16MR]
———rates (see H.R. 1215), H3072 [13MR]
———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (see H. Res. 128), H4176 [4AP]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 628; H.R. 1039), S4657 [27MR], H2223 [24FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 520, 1165, 1206; H.R. 1167, 1819, 1985), S3744 [9MR], S12215 [10AU], S12715 [6SE], H2891 [8MR], H5904 [13JN], H6698 [30JN]
———treatment of businesses with employees working in their home or in telecommuting centers (see H.R. 1316), H3807 [24MR]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see S. 867; H.R. 1099, 1212), S7615 [26MY], H2486 [1MR], H3049 [10MR]
———treatment of estates and trusts using similar rates applicable to married individuals filing separate returns (see H.R. 329), H172 [9JA]
———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see S. 1086; H.R. 2190), S10875 [28JY], H8360 [3AU]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see S. 287; H.R. 708, 1040), S1618 [26JA], H802 [26JA], H2223 [24FE]
Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see S. 332; H.R. 1807, 2030), S2034 [2FE], H5753 [8JN], H7011 [13JY]
———require new television sets to have built-in circuitry to allow viewers to block violent programs (see S. 306), S1848 [31JA]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see S. Res. 133), S8380 [14JN]
USIA: extension of au pair programs (see S. 1465; H.R. 2767), S18363 [11DE], H14764 [13DE]
Veterans: dependency and indemnity compensation benefits relative to remarriage of surviving spouses (see H.R. 469), H229 [11JA]
———minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried (see H.R. 1090), H2486 [1MR]
Week Without Violence: designate (see S. Res. 180), S15034 [11OC]
Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H3327 [16MR]
———protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 776), H1051 [1FE]
World War II: tribute to veterans and their families (see S. Res. 164), S12370 [11AU]
Cloture motions
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13199 [11SE]
Conference reports
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 4), H15317-H15487 [21DE]
Descriptions
Iowa Family Investment Program, S12883 [8SE]
Essays
Front Porch People: Marcel J. Pasciak, E1494 [21JY]
Factsheets
Examples of Families Who Would Get Smaller Family Tax Credit Under H.R. 1215 Than Under the Original Contract With America, E719 [29MR]
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]
Adoption Antidiscrimination Act: Carol Statuto Bevan, National Council for Adoption, S4727 [28MR]
Adoption of foreign children, H2474 [1MR]
Adult Education and Family Literacy Reform Act: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S6529 [11MY]
Child support enforcement: Judy Jones Jordon, Arkansas Office of Child Support Enforcement, S5419-S5421 [6AP]
Children's Media Protection Act: Arthur Kanegis, Working for Alternatives to Violence in Entertainment (organization), S2038 [2FE]
———Timothy J. Dyer, National Association of Secondary School Principals, S2039 [2FE]
———Whitney Vanderwerff, National Alliance for Non-Violent Programming, S2038 [2FE]
Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Jere W. Glover, SBA, H4317 [5AP]
———Leslie B. Samuels, Dept. of the Treasury, H4318 [5AP]
———Representative Archer, H4247 [5AP]
———Representative Bliley, H4248 [5AP]
Earned income tax credit: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S15672 [25OC]
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]
Father's Day observance: Chuck Everett, S8448 [15JN]
Federal child care programs: Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities U.S.A., S13184 [11SE], S13534 [13SE], S13600 [14SE]
———several educational organizations, S13185 [11SE]
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]
LIHEAP funding: Senator Jeffords, S18182 [7DE]
———Senator Wellstone, S14639 [29SE]
National policy to control crime and reform court procedures: Donald J. Gasparini, H7639, H7640 [25JY]
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]
Require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming: George D. Comerci, American Academy of Pediatrics, S8229 [13JN]
———K.C. Burton, Parent Action (organization), S8229 [13JN]
———Sally N. McConnell, National Association of Elementary School Principals, S8230 [13JN]
———Timothy J. Dyer, National Association of Secondary School Principals, S8229 [13JN]
———William H. Ayres, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, S8230 [13JN]
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]
Tax credit for families: Representative Wolf, H4037, H4038 [3AP]
———Representative Wolf and Senator Coats, H4038 [3AP]
Treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts: Gary L. Bauer, Family Research Council, S1627 [26JA]
———Harriett Woods, National Women's Political Caucus, S1628 [26JA]
———Jackie DeFazio, American Association of University Women, S1627 [26JA]
———Marshall Wittmann and Heidi Scanlon, Christian Coalition, S1627 [26JA]
Treatment of legal aliens relative to AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs: Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, S13596 [14SE]
Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S1504 [25JA]
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]
Lists
Citizens Task Force on TV Violence, S2037 [2FE]
———recommendations, S2040 [2FE]
Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 119, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3438 [22MR]
National organizations endorsing the Birth Defects Prevention Act, E395 [22FE]
Organizations opposed to child welfare services and foster care provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, S19170-S19172 [22DE]
Ranking of Members of Congress on appropriations votes: National Taxpayers Union, H4194, H4196, H4197 [5AP]
Studies on welfare and illegitimacy, S13527 [13SE]
Supporters of the American Family-Owned Business Act (S. 1086), S10877 [28JY]
Top Ten Losers During the First 100 Days of the Contract, S5168 [5AP]
Top Ten Winners During the First 100 Days of the Contract, S5168 [5AP]
Memorandums
Rising Caseloads in the AFDC Program: CBO, S12774 [7SE]
Messages
Middle-Class Bill of Rights Tax Relief Act: President Clinton, S2566 [13FE], S2852 [16FE], H1677 [13FE]
Motions
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13195 [11SE], H3495, H3499 [22MR], H3785 [24MR], H14136 [6DE]
———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531, H15532 [21DE]
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4311 [5AP]
Pamphlets
What You Can Do To Prevent Child Abduction and Exploitation, E2104 [2NO]
Papers
Federal Government Promotes Homosexuality Using ``Diversity'' Cover: Robert L. Maginnis, Family Research Council, S218-S221 [4JA]
Illegitimacy Ratio Test Would Reward States Even If Abortions Increase: David N. O'Steen, H3441 [22MR]
Petitions and memorials
Family Day: Tennessee General Assembly, E1109 [24MY]
Personal Responsibility Act: Rhode Island House of Representatives, S6744 [16MY]
Poems
``Nation Needs Your Lunch,'' Representative Owens, E774 [4AP]
Press releases
Children's Media Protection Act: Catherine A. Belter, PTA, S2038 [2FE]
———Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, S2037 [2FE]
———National Association for the Education of Young Children, S2039 [2FE]
———National Association of Elementary School Principals, S2039 [2FE]
———National Coalition on Television Violence, S2039 [2FE]
———Robert E. McAfee, AMA, S2040 [2FE]
House Republicans Cut $36 Billion From Current Education and Training Investments: White House Office of Media Affairs, E1647 [5AU]
Require New Televisions To Allow Blocking of Certain Programming: American Medical Association Alliance, Inc., S8229 [13JN]
———National Alliance for Non-Violent Programming, S8229 [13JN]
———National Association for the Education of Young Children, S8230 [13JN]
———National Coalition on Television Violence, S8229 [13JN]
Proclamations
Family—A Proclamation to the World: Mormon Church, E2214 [17NO]
Family's Role in Society: Gordon B. Hinckley, S18674 [15DE]
Wedding Anniversary of John L. and Mable A. Marstrell: Stillwater, OH, E972 [9MY]
Remarks in House
Abortion: use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1724-H1735, H1738 [14FE]
AFDC: provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate the administration of services to needy families with children (H.R. 710), E186 [26JA]
———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]
African Americans: participation in the Million Man March, H10050 [13OC], H10087, H10135-H10142 [17OC], H10285 [18OC]
———situation of socially disadvantaged children, H1972 [22FE]
Budget: allocation of funds, H3400-H3406 [21MR]
Centerforce (organization): anniversary, E1967 [18OC]
Chabot, Representative: fiftieth anniversary of mother and father, H15488 [21DE]
Children and youth: adoption services (H.R. 1066), E451 [27FE]
———adoption tax credit, H3504 [22MR]
———allow for single individuals to adopt children, H11643 [1NO]
———awareness of missing children, H11669, H11677-H11682 [1NO], E2095, E2104 [2NO]
———child support enforcement, H809 [27JA], H2232 [27FE], H2732 [7MR], H2975 [9MR], H3622-H3633 [23MR]
———child support enforcement (H.R. 785), H892, H895, H896 [31JA], H1028, H1031-H1038 [1FE], H1143, H1145 [2FE]
———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]
———illegitimacy rate, H10908 [26OC]
———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (H.R. 95), E10 [4JA], E188 [26JA]
———parental consent for participation in certain federally funded surveys and questionnaires, H4131-H4137 [4AP]
———policies to cut assistance programs, H2315 [28FE]
———prevention of abuse and neglect, H15548 [21DE]
———prevention of teenage pregnancies, H14141 [6DE]
———require monthly reporting of child support obligations to consumer credit agencies (H.R. 314), E43 [5JA]
———status and utilization of certain federally funded surveys and questionnaires, H4137-H4140 [4AP]
———treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (H.R. 1044), E433 [24FE]
———use of paternity leave, E1816 [20SE]
Citizenship: constitutional amendment restricting citizenship by virtue of birth in U.S. (H.J. Res. 56), E127 [19JA]
Civil liberties: provide protection for family privacy (H.R. 1271), H4129-H4141 [4AP]
———provide protection for family privacy (H.R. 1271), consideration (H. Res. 125), H4125-H4129 [4AP]
Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (H.R. 641), H477, H478 [23JA]
Congress: actions on agenda of the Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues, H9745 [10OC]
———sale of staff day care center, H10639 [24OC]
Courts: clerical and technical corrections to criminal justice system (H.R. 2538), H14322-H14326 [12DE]
———enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (H.R. 1029), H2034 [22FE], E425 [24FE]
———gender bias studies, E2302 [6DE], E2348 [13DE]
———restrict the authority of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia over certain cases involving child custody and visitation rights (H.R. 1855), E1273 [16JN]
Crime: national policy to control crime, H15239 [20DE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H1144 [2FE], H1293, H1344-H1348 [7FE], H1437, H1442-H1445 [8FE], H1542-H1549 [9FE], H1560 [10FE], H1697, H1699 [14FE], H1903 [16FE], H5173 [17MY], H5631 [7JN], H6401 [28JN], H9366 [21SE], E325 [13FE], E344 [14FE], E403 [22FE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3), H248 [17JA], H455 [20JA], H492 [23JA], H1470 [9FE], H1634, H1679 [13FE], H3884 [29MR], E295 [8FE], E325 [13FE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 920), H1619 [13FE]
———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, H1638 [13FE], H9223 [19SE], E2061 [26OC]
———prevention of domestic violence within the military, H6016 [15JN]
———use of drug treatment, educational, and recreational programs in the prevention of crime, H7687 [25JY]
Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8145 [1AU], H8223, H8249-H8262 [2AU], E1647, E1688 [5AU], E1700 [11AU]
Des Plaines, IL: tribute to Maryville Academy, E1737 [8SE]
District of Columbia: repeal expansion of city employee health benefits based on domestic partnership, H11656-H11661 [1NO]
———transfer title of real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate construction of the National Children's Island (H.R. 1508), H11387-H11389 [30OC], E864 [7AP]
Domestic violence: programs to combat, H3339, H3340 [21MR], E2040 [26OC]
———tribute to the Clothesline Project, E815 [7AP]
Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H10703, H10720-H10724 [24OC], E2005 [24OC], E2078 [31OC]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H8588 [6SE]
Education: funding of programs for at-risk students, E2440 [21DE]
———provide State and local assistance to improve adult education and family literacy (H.R. 1605), E990 [10MY]
———tax credits for payment of educational expenses, H4300-H4308 [5AP]
———vocational rehabilitation services, H9166-H9168, H9205-H9214 [19SE]
Eikenberg, Rosalie and George: Knights of Columbus' International Family of the Year first runner-up award, E535 [7MR]
ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (H.R. 2140), E1554 [28JY]
———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (H.R. 1048), E422, E437 [24FE]
Family and Medical Leave Act: exempt clarifications sought by employers from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2192-H2194 [24FE]
Family Nutrition Block Grant Program: procurement of infant formula, H3587-H3592 [23MR]
Federal-State relations: exempt child support enforcement regulation from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H829-H833 [27JA]
———exempt laws protecting individuals requiring welfare assistance from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H863 [30JA]
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]
———eligibility relative to persons delinquent in child support payments, H3605-H3609 [23MR]
———replace with State block grants, H3315-H3318 [16MR], H3612-H3616 [23MR]
Frederic, WI: tribute to the Owens family, E1513 [25JY]
Gang Resistance Education and Training Program: tribute, E2224 [20NO]
Government: prohibit expenditure of funds for the promotion of homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle (H.R. 862), H1471 [9FE]
Guardians: require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (H.R. 1289), H6675 [30JN]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (H.R. 1010), E395, E406 [22FE]
Housing: creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (H.R. 1016), E405 [22FE]
———enable a builder to use the installment method to calculate tax liability under certain specific circumstances, E545 [8MR]
———multifamily rental housing loans, H7334 [20JY]
———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (H.R. 117), H10648-H10661 [24OC]
Houston, TX: tribute to Julia C. Hester House, E2058 [26OC]
Immigration: classification of children relative to international adoptions (S. 457), H11386 [30OC]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references, H11386 [30OC]
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 441), H5737 [8JN]
INS: reform rules relative to adoption of foreign children, H2474 [1MR]
Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (H.R. 2654), E2199 [16NO]
Laroche, Joe and Pattie: Child Welfare League Foster Parents of the Year for the Southern States award recipients, E504 [3MR]
Law enforcement: provide counseling, stress reduction, and post shooting debriefing to police officers and their families, H7645 [25JY]
LIHEAP: funding, H2732 [7MR], H7134 [18JY], H8317, H8318, H8338, H8382-H8385 [3AU], H9722 [29SE], H12103 [10NO], H14263 [12DE], E1692 [5AU]
Los Angeles, CA: tribute to domestic violence organizations, E2088 [1NO]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, E922 [2MY]
LSC: provide legal services to victims of domestic violence, H7774 [26JY]
Marin County, CA: tribute to Marin Family Service Agency, E1939 [12OC]
Mormon Church: tribute to proclamation on the family, E2214 [17NO]
Mother's Day: observance, H4871 [11MY]
National objectives: standard of living changes, H2780 [7MR]
New York, NY: anniversary of Seabury Day Care Center, E2145 [9NO]
PeaceBuilders (youth program): tribute, E2401 [19DE]
Philadelphia, PA: tribute to Washington-Bonapart family, E1435 [13JY]
Port Huron, MI: tribute to the Domestic Assault Rape Elimination Services' International Candlelight March and Vigil for awareness of domestic violence, E1935 [12OC]
Public Health Service: terminate family planning programs (H.R. 1623), E1029 [12MY]
Public welfare programs: conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3515-H3521 [22MR]
———funding for nutrition programs, H664, H665, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H2180, H2181, H2182, H2214, H2215 [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, 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]
———funding for senior citizen nutrition programs, E1648 [5AU]
———medical services funding, H3500, H3501, H3507, H3508, H3509 [22MR]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (H.R. 104), H1077, H1078 [2FE]
———prohibit transfer of legal custody of children for the sole purpose of obtaining public service benefits (H.R. 446), E64 [9JA]
———reform, H662, H664 [25JA], H836 [27JA], H2973, H2975 [9MR], 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], 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]
———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15491-H15533 [21DE], E2444, E2452, E2453 [22DE]
———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 117), H3343-H3351 [21MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3424, H3436-H3449 [22MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15501 [21DE]
———reform (H.R. 999), H3134 [14MR], E404 [22FE]
———status of legal immigrants, H3591, H3592 [23MR]
———use of debit card system, H1379 [8FE]
———work requirements, H3503, H3504, H3506, H3507, H3510-H3514 [22MR]
Republican Party: national agenda, H2785 [7MR], H3980 [30MR]
Ryce, Jimmy: status as a missing child, H11677-H11682 [1NO]
Santa Barbara, CA: tribute to Parent Project, E1523 [27JY]
Sequoia National Park: renewal of cabin permits to heirs in Mineral King Addition (H.R. 2528), H10640 [24OC]
Social Security: repeal offset for annuities under the survivor benefit plan for surviving spouses of retired Armed Forces members (H.R. 2214), E1663 [5AU]
State Justice Institute: funding, E1599 [2AU]
States: use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (H.R. 2288), H9512 [27SE]
Sumter County, SC: tribute to descendants of Jack Spann, E1292 [20JN]
Sunday, Ray and Irene: anniversary, E948 [3MY]
Taxation: dependent care tax credit, H4251, H4257 [5AP]
———earned income tax credit, H4249 [5AP], H10894, H11208 [26OC], H11382 [30OC], H11790 [7NO]
———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (H.R. 1660), E1057 [17MY]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (H.R. 881), H1471 [9FE]
———establish estate tax credit for certain employees of international organizations equivalent to the limited marital deduction (H.R. 1401), E787 [5AP]
———marriage penalty, H5910 [14JN]
———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (H.R. 6), E52 [5JA], E719 [29MR]
———rates, H5089 [17MY], H5702-H5709 [8JN], H13362 [20NO]
———rates (H.R. 1215), H3980, H3981, H3982, H3983, H3984, H3985, H4004, H4014, H4029 [30MR], H4034, H4035, H4036, H4039, H4041, H4042, H4043, H4074, H4077, H4081, H4086-H4091 [3AP], H4107, H4109, H4110, H4112, H4113, H4114, H4115, H4116, H4117, H4118, H4119, H4143, H4144, H4145, H4146, H4147, H4148, H4149, H4150, H4151, H4152, H4153, H4154, H4155, H4156, H4157, H4158, H4159, H4160, H4161, H4163, H4164, H4167-H4171 [4AP], H4180, H4181, H4182, H4183, H4184, H4185, H4186, H4187, H4188, H4189, H4190, H4191, H4192, H4213-H4319, H4329-H4334 [5AP], H4338, H4340, H4341, H4342, H4343, H4399, H4400, H4407-H4410 [6AP], H10866 [26OC], E716, E719, E725 [29MR], E744 [30MR], E761 [3AP], E776 [4AP], E808, E811, E814 [6AP], E825, E827, E835, E840, E869, E872 [7AP], E918, E919 [2MY]
———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (H. Res. 128), H4190, H4191, H4192-H4212 [5AP]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (H.R. 1039), E437 [24FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses, H4190 [5AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 1985), E1383 [30JN]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (H.R. 1099), E470 [1MR]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (H.R. 1212), E578 [10MR]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (H.R. 708), E191 [26JA]
Telecommunications: provide means of restricting access to unwanted materials in interactive telecommunications systems, H8469-H8472 [4AU]
Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, H7469 [24JY], H8486-H8496 [4AU], E1565 [31JY]
———establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (H.R. 2030), H6745 [11JY], H7468 [24JY], E1436 [13JY]
———require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, H5780 [13JN]
Tennessee: observance of Family Day, E1109 [24MY]
U.N.: International Conference on Women draft document, E1467 [19JY]
U.N. World Conference on Women: address by Hillary Rodham Clinton on women's rights and on human rights in the People's Republic of China, H8542, H8543, H8550 [6SE]
USIA: extension of au pair programs (H.R. 2767), H14961, H14962 [15DE], E2364 [14DE]
———extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), H14975, H14976 [18DE]
Violence Against Women Act: funding, H15241, H15242 [20DE]
———funding for programs, H7709, H7710 [26JY], H8211 [2AU]
Week Without Violence: designate (S. Res. 180), E1941 [12OC]
Wilkes-Barre, PA: anniversary of Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley, E307 [9FE]
Women: funding for Violence Against Women Act, H6740 [11JY]
———working outside the home, H3052 [13MR]
Remarks in Senate
Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (S. 979), S9307 [28JN]
Adoptions: repeal regulations restraining interracial adoptions (S. 637), S4725 [28MR], S13777 [19SE]
AFDC: establish demonstration projects to expand State adminstration (S. 246), S1223-S1226 [19JA]
———funding, S19086-S19089 [21DE]
———replace with State block grant programs (S. 842), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]
African Americans: participation in the Million Man March, S16632 [2NO]
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America: tribute, S17179 [16NO]
Budget: reduction of tax cut and application of savings to Federal aid programs, S7181-S7185 [23MY]
———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to public welfare programs, S7353 [24MY]
Child abuse: prevention, S5280 [6AP]
———prevention (S. 919), S8257, S8264 [13JN], S13612 [14SE]
———prevention (S. 919), star print, S13626 [14SE]
Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]
Child support: create a national child custody database and clarify jurisdiction in parental kidnapping cases (S 632), S4717-S4720 [28MR]
———State enforcement demonstration programs (S. 642), S4732-S4735 [28MR]
Children and youth: child support enforcement fees for non-assistance families, S16004, S16005 [27OC]
———child support enforcement (S. 442), S2841 [16FE]
———child support enforcement (S. 456), S2872, S2888 [16FE]
———child support enforcement (S. 687), S5414 [6AP]
———child support enforcement (S. 926), S8496 [15JN]
———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]
———development of parent-child participation programs, S13588, S13603 [14SE]
———establish dietary guidelines for school lunch programs, S12367 [11AU]
———implement program changes relative to budget decreases, S15541-S15544 [24OC]
———impose child support obligations on paternal grandparents when both parents are minors, S12810 [7SE], S13569 [14SE]
———increase awareness of and vigilance against child abuse, S18686 [15DE]
———protect parental rights (S. 984), S9427 [29JN]
———teenage pregnancies, S11822-S11824 [8AU]
China, People's Republic of: human rights policies on abortion and infanticide, S15073 [12OC]
Christian Coalition: national agenda, S6793 [17MY], S7261 [23MY]
Community Service Block Grant Act: funding, S4845, S4846 [30MR]
Congress: permit gifts to a family member of a Member, officer, or employee under certain circumstances, S10812, S10813 [27JY]
Courts: gender bias studies, S18173-S18175 [7DE]
Crime: increase and improve collection of criminal fines which are deposited into the crime victims fund (S. 841), S7244 [23MY]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S1633 [26JA], S1791 [30JA], S2348-S2351 [9FE], S2678 [15FE], S6435 [10MY], S6487-S6489 [11MY], S6590 [12MY], S6675 [15MY], S6729 [16MY], S9009 [23JN], S10435 [20JY], S14525-S14533 [28SE], S14643-S14647, S14693-S14695 [29SE], S15140 [12OC], S16633 [2NO], S17928 [4DE], S18139-S18150, S18153, S18155, S18164 [7DE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 120), S369 [4JA]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1495), S19113 [21DE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 3), S12, S75, S95-S97 [4JA]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 38), S232 [4JA], S688 [10JA]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 438), S2837-S2839 [16FE]
———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, S1790 [30JA], S5323 [6AP]
———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (S. 1483), S18740-S18743 [15DE]
———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (S. 694), S5427 [6AP]
Cuba: permit U.S. residents to send immediate family members small amounts of money, S14034 [21SE]
Day of Confronting Violence Against Women: observance, S15315 [19OC]
Dept. of Defense: domestic violence services, S12538, S12539 [5SE]
———long-term leasing of military family housing (S. 855), S7518 [25MY]
Dept. of HHS: funding for community response teams to domestic violence (S. 282), S1620-S1622 [26JA]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Office of Indian Women and Families (S. 346), S2060-S2063 [2FE]
Domestic violence: programs to combat, S4210 [21MR], S14506-S14513 [28SE], S14585, S14691, S14692 [29SE], S15283 [18OC]
Education: provide State and local assistance to improve adult education and family literacy (S. 797), S6523 [11MY]
Employment: displaced homemaker training, S14863-S14865, S14875 [10OC]
———funding for job training programs for displaced homemakers, S12889 [8SE]
Father's Day: observance, S8448 [15JN]
Federal-State relations: protection of children, pregnant women, and the elderly relative to ban on unfunded Federal mandates, S1401-S1407 [24JA], S1504-S1517 [25JA]
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]
Government: prohibit expenditure of funds for the promotion of homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle (S. 25), S217 [4JA], S10922 [31JY]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (S. 459), S2967 [22FE]
———downsizing of military health services, S10261-S10266 [19JY]
Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 697), S5440 [6AP]
Immigration: admission of siblings relative to permanent resident alien status, S15167 [13OC]
———classification of children relative to international adoptions (S. 457), S2965 [22FE], S10176 [17JY]
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 441), S2840 [16FE], S5734 [26AP]
Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (S. 524), S3752, S3753 [9MR]
Iowa: Family Investment Program implementation, S12883 [8SE]
Kid's Appreciation Day: designate, S8186 [12JN]
Law enforcement: funding, S9576 [30JN]
LIHEAP: funding, S9496-S9512 [30JN], S10329 [20JY], S10457-S10461, S10472 [21JY], S13573-S13575 [14SE], S14639 [29SE], S18126, S18181, S18182 [7DE], S18556 [13DE], S18695-S18700 [15DE], S18790 [17DE], S18800, S18812 [18DE]
Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (S. 171), S504 [5JA]
———replace with State block grant programs (S. 844), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]
National Children's Day: designate (S. Res. 178), S14797 [29SE]
National Family Week: designate (S. Res. 146), S9541 [30JN], S17420 [17NO]
National objectives: renewal of civil society legislation, S12716-S12718 [6SE]
National School Lunch Week: observance, S15365 [19OC]
Native Americans: 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]
———funding for resources relative to children, S18611 [14DE]
———status of Indian children (S. 764), S6277 [8MY]
Poplar Bluff, MO: tribute to Reed family, S13995 [21SE]
Public Health Service: permit family planning projects to offer adoption services (S. 29), S225 [4JA]
Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, S13375, S13376 [12SE]
———allow States to use an income tax intercept to collect overpayments in assistance, S13206 [11SE]
———assignment of block grant programs to county governments, S12827 [7SE]
———assistance to minors relative to time limitations of benefits, S12812-S12819, S12821 [7SE], S13342-S13345 [12SE], S13481-S13483 [13SE], S13644, S13645 [15SE]
———benefit eligibility for children relative to paternity establishment, S12898 [8SE]
———calculation of family participation rates in States, S13374 [12SE], S13491 [13SE]
———deny assistance for out-of-wedlock births to minors, S13507-S13516, S13527-S13529 [13SE], S13562, S13578 [14SE]
———Dept. of HHS report on Senate welfare reform, S16466 [1NO]
———development of tamper-resistant Social Security card, S12915 [8SE]
———establish State contingency fund, S13373 [12SE], S13780 [19SE]
———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 nutrition programs, 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 for nutrition programs (S. 1265), S14087 [21SE]
———funding for nutrition programs (S. 904), S8098 [9JN]
———funding formula for children's programs, S12927 [8SE], S13351-S13368 [12SE], S13484-S13486, S13536, S13537 [13SE], S13639, S13640, S13646 [15SE]
———funding to States to handle additional growth in welfare caseloads, S12808 [7SE], S13200-S13206 [11SE], S13316, S13317 [12SE]
———modify provisions relative to State plan requirements, S13602 [14SE], S13644 [15SE]
———participation of religious organizations, S13516-S13522 [13SE]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments, S12830 [7SE], S12897 [8SE]
———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (S. 8), S15, S24, S123, S129 [4JA]
———reform, S1568-S1571 [26JA], 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]
———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, S19086-S19107, S19140-S19143 [21DE], S19154-S19181, S19225-S19228 [22DE]
———reform (H.R. 4), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S19081 [21DE]
———reform (H.R. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S11736, S11782 [7AU], S12910, S13138 [8SE], S13497, S13524 [13SE], S13606 [14SE], S13640, S13653 [15SE]
———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]
———require development of strategic plan for State family assistance programs, S13628 [15SE]
———restrict benefits for foster care and adoption assistance programs relative to noncitizens, S13376 [12SE], S13515 [13SE]
———State authority to reserve welfare grant funding, S12820 [7SE]
———State determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13368-S13372 [12SE], S13487-S13489 [13SE]
———State sanctioning of recipients relative to drug testing, S12888 [8SE]
———treatment of legal aliens relative to AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs, S13596-S13598, S13605 [14SE]
———use of public school facilities for certain child care programs, S13570, S13572 [14SE]
Social Security: repeal rule providing for the termination of benefits to the disabled upon marriage (S. 466), S3056 [23FE]
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]
St. Francis Academy: anniversary, S15975 [26OC]
States: require spousal notification of HIV/AIDS infected individuals, S10708 [26JY]
———use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (H.R. 2288), S14798 [29SE]
———welfare grant levels relative to out-of-wedlock birth rate, S13533-S13536 [13SE], S13563-S13565 [14SE]
Taxation: credit for adoption of child, S16003 [27OC]
———credits for individuals with children, S15807, S15808 [26OC], S16461 [1NO]
———dependent care tax credit (S. 264), S1443 [24JA]
———earned income tax credit, S7449 [25MY], S15672, S15676-S15683 [25OC], S15709-S15713, S15777 [26OC], S16463 [1NO], S17146 [16NO]
———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (S. 161), S486 [5JA]
———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (S. 1299), S14883-S14885 [10OC]
———increase the personal exemption for dependents (S. 147), S407 [4JA]
———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (S. 1170), S12270 [10AU]
———provide credits for families (S. 1134), S12081, S12082 [9AU], S12210 [10AU]
———provide tax credits for families and encourage savings and investment (S. 568), S4094 [16MR]
———rates, S15189 [17OC], S15483-S15486, S15491-S15493 [23OC], S16716 [7NO]
———rates (H.R. 1215), S5294-S5298 [6AP]
———relief for family-owned businesses, S8082 [9JN], S8183 [12JN]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 628), S4660 [27MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses, S13584-S13588 [14SE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 520), S3749 [9MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 1165), S12259 [10AU]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (S. 867), S7615 [26MY]
———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax, S16029 [27OC]
———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (S. 1086), S10876-S10878 [28JY]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (S. 287), S1627, S1628 [26JA]
Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, S8227-S8234, S8247-S8250 [13JN], S8465 [15JN]
———establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (S. 332), S2035 [2FE]
———require new television sets to have built-in circuitry to allow viewers to block violent programs (S. 306), S1857 [31JA]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (S. Res. 133), S8400 [14JN]
U.N. World Conference on Women: perspectives on family and gender, S10964-S10966, S11039 [31JY], S11050, S11067 [1AU], S12361 [11AU]
USIA: extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), S18579 [13DE], S19270 [22DE]
———extension on Au Pair programs, S14539 [28SE]
Veterans: minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried, S11319 [3AU]
Violence Against Women Act: programs funding, S18170-S18172 [7DE]
Week Without Violence: designate (S. Res. 180), S15042 [11OC], S15170 [13OC], S15315 [19OC]
West Virginia: tribute to Teachers Involving Parents Successfully Program, S10436 [20JY]
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]
World War II: tribute to veterans and their families (S. Res. 164), S12424 [11AU]
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]
Nutrition, Health, and Economic Consequences of Block Grants for Federal Food Assistance Programs: Dept. of Agriculture, S958 [17JA]
Religion in the Public Schools—A Joint Statement of Current Law, S7261-S7263 [23MY]
Senate Welfare Reform: Dept. of HHS, S16466 [1NO]
TV Violence—1992 Versus 1994: Center for Media and Public Affairs, S2037 [2FE]
Unshared Sacrifice—The House of Representatives' Shameful Assault on America's Children: Children's Defense Fund, S3550 [7MR]
Reports filed
Child Abuse Prevention: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 919) (S. Rept. 104-117), S10426 [20JY]
Classification of Children Relative to International Adoptions: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 457), S8945 [22JN]
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]
Consideration of H.R. 1215, Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 128) (H. Rept. 104-100), H4176 [4AP]
Consideration of H.R. 1271, Family Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 125) (H. Rept. 104-97), H4104 [3AP]
Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1215) (H. Rept. 104-84), H3415 [21MR]
Criminal Justice System Clerical and Technical Corrections: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2538) (H. Rept. 104-391), H14252 [11DE]
Family Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H.R. 1271) (H. Rept. 104-94), H3974 [29MR]
Federal Child Care Program Consolidation: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 850) (S. Rept. 104-94), S8033 [8JN]
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act Appropriations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 441) (S. Rept. 104-53), S5603 [24AP]
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]
Senior Citizen Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 117) (H. Rept. 104-281), H10306 [18OC]
State Use of Automated Data Retrieval System for Child and Spousal Support Enforcement: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 2288), S14710 [29SE]
———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2288) (H. Rept. 104-250), H9244 [19SE]
Transfer Title of Real Property in Anacostia Park to the District of Columbia To Facilitate Construction of the National Children's Island: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1508) (H. Rept. 104-277), H10145 [17OC]
USIA Extension of Au Pair Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1465), S18437 [12DE]
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: Child Support, E32 [5JA]
———Reforming Welfare, E1718 [7SE]
———Welfare Reform, E726 [29MR]
Resolutions by organizations
Children's Media Protection Act: National Association of Secondary School Principals, S2040 [2FE]
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
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3496 [22MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531 [21DE]
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4317 [5AP]
Statements
Awareness of Missing Children: Representative Ros-Lehtinen, H11680 [1NO]
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]
Million Man March: Representative Owens, H10140 [17OC]
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]
Require New Televisions To Allow Blocking of Certain Programming: William S. Abbott, National Foundation To Improve Television, S8228 [13JN]
U.N. World Conference on Women: Madeleine Korbel Albright, U.N. Ambassador, S12362 [11AU]
Will Congress Produce More Hungry Children?: Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]
Studies
$500-Per-Child Tax Credit Means One Month's Food and Mortgage for a Typical American Family: Scott A. Hodge and Grover M. Hermann, Heritage Foundation, S18120 [7DE]
In Short Supply—The Growing Affordable Housing Gap: Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, H7823 [27JY]
What a Balanced Federal Budget With Tax Cuts Would Mean for Family College Costs: John S. Barry, Heritage Foundation, S18123 [7DE]
Summaries
Birth Defects Prevention Act (S. 459), S2968 [22FE]
Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act (S. 1299), S14898 [10OC]
Consolidate Federal Child Care Programs (S. 850), S7389 [24MY]
Crime Prevention Act (S. 1495), S19115-S19117 [21DE]
Graham-Bumpers Children's Fair Share Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13366-S13368 [12SE]
Interstate Child Support Responsibility Act (S. 456), S2887 [16FE]
Leadership Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13650 [15SE]
National Policy To Control Crime and Reform Court Procedures (S. 38), S233 [4JA], S691 [10JA]
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]
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Improvement Act (S. 3), S93-S95 [4JA]
Welfare Bill Modifications: Senator Dole, S12913 [8SE]
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]
Child tax credit payment amounts eligible to States, S4099 [16MR]
Comparison of State allocations, S13206 [11SE]
Distribution of total time on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]
Dynamic growth State welfare formula analysis, S13366 [12SE]
Earned income tax credit, S17252-S17254 [17NO]
Earned income tax credit reforms effect on the Federal budget, H10905 [26OC]
Earned income tax credits, S7146 [23MY]
Earned income tax for two parents, two children, fiscal year 1996, S15778 [26OC]
Examples of the flat tax system, S3421 [2MR]
Family income projections under the Republican budget plan, S15742 [26OC]
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 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]
Proportion of children receiving AFDC, S12682 [6SE]
Proposed allocations to the States under S. 1120, Dole welfare legislation, 1996-2000, S13205 [11SE]
Public welfare programs costs, S12777 [7SE]
Ranking of Members of Congress on appropriations votes: National Taxpayers Union, H4194-H4196, H4197-H4201 [5AP]
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]
Testimonies
International Conference on Women: Diane L. Knippers, E1467 [19JY]
National Family Enterprise Preservation Act: Chester Thigpen, S7616 [26MY]
Texts of
H. Res. 117, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3343 [21MR]
H. Res. 125, consideration of H.R. 1271, Family Privacy Protection Act, H4125 [4AP]
H. Res. 128, consideration of H.R. 1215, Contract With America Tax Relief Act, H4192 [5AP]
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]
H.R. 117, Senior Citizen Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act, H10648-H10650 [24OC]
H.R. 1508, transfer title of real property in Anacostia Park, District of Columbia, to facilitate construction of the National Children's Island, H11387 [30OC]
H.R. 2288, State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement, H9513 [27SE]
H.R. 2528, renewal of cabin permits to heirs in Mineral King Addition of Sequoia National Park, H10640 [24OC]
H.R. 2538, clerical and technical corrections to criminal justice system, H14322-H14325 [12DE]
H.R. 2767, USIA extension of au pair programs, E2364 [14DE]
S. 3, Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Improvement Act, S76-S93 [4JA]
S. 8, Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Parental Responsibility Act, S123-S129 [4JA]
S. 25, prohibit expenditure of Government funds for the promotion of homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle, S217 [4JA]
S. 29, Federal Adoption Services Act, S225 [4JA]
S. 38, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S688-S692 [10JA]
S. 120, Violent Crime Control Act, S369-S371 [4JA]
S. 161, American Family Business Preservation Act, S487 [5JA]
S. 171, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S506-S508 [5JA]
S. 246, Welfare Reforms That Work Act, S1226-S1231 [19JA]
S. 264, Working Families Tax Relief Act, S1444 [24JA]
S. 282, Domestic Violence Community Response Team Act, S1621 [26JA]
S. 332, Children's Media Protection Act, S2036 [2FE]
S. 346, Office of Indian Women and Families Act, S2063 [2FE]
S. 441, Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act appropriations, S2841 [16FE], H5737 [8JN]
S. 456, Interstate Child Support Responsibility Act, S2873-S2887 [16FE]
S. 457, classification of children relative to international adoptions, H11387 [30OC]
S. 457, classification of immigrant children relative to international adoptions, S10176 [17JY]
S. 457, immigration classification of children relative to international adoptions, S2966 [22FE]
S. 466, repeal rule of providing for the termination of Social Security benefits to the disabled upon marriage, S3057 [23FE]
S. 472, Child Care Consolidation and Investment Act, S3062 [23FE]
S. 524, Victims of Abuse Access to Health Insurance Act, S3752 [9MR]
S. 628, Family Heritage Preservation Act, S4661 [27MR]
S. 632, Child Custody Reform Act, S4718 [28MR]
S. 637, Adoption Antidiscrimination Act, S4726 [28MR]
S. 642, Child Support Assurance Act, S4733 [28MR]
S. 687, child support enforcement, S5414-S5419 [6AP]
S. 694, prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, S5427 [6AP]
S. 697, Domestic Violence Identification and Referral Act, S5440 [6AP]
S. 797, Adult Education and Family Literacy Reform Act, S6523-S6529 [11MY]
S. 855, long-term leasing of military family housing, S7518 [25MY]
S. 867, National Family Enterprise Preservation Act, S7616 [26MY]
S. 904, Nutrition Assistance Reform Act, S8099-S8109 [9JN]
S. 919, child abuse prevention, S8258-S8264 [13JN]
S. 1086, American Family-Owned Business Act, S10876 [28JY]
S. 1114, Food Stamp Fraud Reduction Act, S11213-S11216 [2AU]
S. 1134, American Family Tax Relief Act, S12081 [9AU]
S. 1165, Fairness for Adopting Families Act, S12260 [10AU]
S. 1201, Kinship Care Act, S12718 [6SE]
S. 1204, Family Housing Act, S12720 [6SE]
S. 1206, Adoption Assistance Act, S12721 [6SE]
S. 1207, Family Reconciliation Act, S12722 [6SE]
S. 1208, Family Fairness Act, S12723 [6SE]
S. 1209, Responsible Parenthood Act, S12724 [6SE]
S. 1212, Assets for Independence Act, S12728-S12732 [6SE]
S. 1218, Community Partnership Act, S12736 [6SE]
S. 1265, Community Food Security Act, S14087 [21SE]
S. 1299, Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act, S14885-S14898 [10OC]
S. 1465, USIA extension of au pair programs, S18580 [13DE], H14975 [18DE]
S. 1483, Victim Rights and Domestic Violence Prevention Act, S18741 [15DE]
S. Res. 133, ratification of U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, S8400 [14JN]
S. Res. 146, National Family Week, S9541 [30JN], S17420 [17NO]
S. Res. 164, tribute to World War II veterans and their families, S12412, S12425 [11AU]
S. Res. 165, Social Security Act anniversary, S12412, S12518 [11AU]
S. Res. 178, National Children's Day, S14753, S14797 [29SE]
S. Res. 180, Week Without Violence, S15042 [11OC], S15170 [13OC]