PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Amendments
Enact (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, S13644, 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]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 4, provisions, 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]
Changes in Welfare Rules Fulfill Will of the People, S11765 [7AU]
Charting the State of Welfare, S12681 [6SE]
Firm Foundations—New Approach to Welfare Reform—Humility, S14562 [28SE]
Four Drug Firms Could Gain $1 Billion Under GOP Nutrition-Program Revision, S13524 [13SE]
Friendless, Foundlings, and Homeless Half-Orphans, S12813-S12818 [7SE]
Mentor Projects a Good Idea, S11762 [7AU]
Program Helps Iowans Get Off Welfare, S11765 [7AU]
Take Good Ideas and Run With Them, S11763 [7AU]
This One's Different, S11765 [7AU]
Way Out of the Welfare Bind, S13482 [13SE]
Welfare Contract a Worthwhile Idea, S11765 [7AU], S12910 [8SE]
Welfare Reform Shows Promise, S11764 [7AU]
Welfare Shock, 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]
Women and Children First?, S13560 [14SE]
Work Not Welfare in the Mormon Church, S13136 [8SE]
Working While on Welfare, S13507 [13SE]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 4): consideration (see H. Res. 117, 119), H3326 [16MR], H3415 [21MR]
Cloture motions
Descriptions
Iowa Family Investment Program, S12883 [8SE]
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]
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]
Expenditure of welfare funds in accordance with State laws and procedures: James J. Lack, National Conference of State Legislatures, S12803 [7SE]
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]
Provisions: 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]
Public welfare programs reform: George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio, S13185 [11SE]
———Jane L. Campbell, National Conference of State Legislatures, S13184 [11SE]
———Senator Harkin, S12688 [6SE]
———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, and Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, National Governors, Association, S13649 [15SE]
State corrective action plans relative to block grant funding penalties: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13778 [19SE]
Treatment of legal aliens relative to AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs: Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, S13596 [14SE]
Virginia welfare reform programs: George Allen, Governor of Virginia, S13614 [14SE]
Memorandums
Rising Caseloads in the AFDC Program: CBO, S12774 [7SE]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 4), S13195 [11SE], H3495, H3499 [22MR], H3785 [24MR], H14136 [6DE]
Petitions and memorials
Provisions: Rhode Island House of Representatives, S6744 [16MY]
Remarks in House
Enact (H.R. 4), 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]
———consideration (H. Res. 117), H3343-H3351 [21MR]
———consideration (H. Res. 119), H3424, H3436-H3449 [22MR]
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3622-H3633 [23MR]
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]
———replace with State block grants, H3612-H3616 [23MR]
Public housing: preferential treatment relative to participation in State welfare work programs, H3595-H3600 [23MR]
Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H3420, H3422, H3423-H3545 [22MR]
———status of legal immigrants, H3591, H3592 [23MR]
———work requirements, H3503, H3504, H3506, H3507, H3510-H3514 [22MR]
Remarks in Senate
AFDC: funding, S13558-S13561 [14SE]
———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]
Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]
Children and youth: consolidate and expand Federal child care programs, S12784 [7SE], S12918-S12923, S12929-S12931 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13164 [11SE], S13776 [19SE]
———development of parent-child participation programs, S13588, S13603 [14SE]
———impose child support obligations on paternal grandparents when both parents are minors, S12810 [7SE], S13569 [14SE]
Employment: funding for job training programs for displaced homemakers, S12889 [8SE]
Enact (H.R. 4), 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]
———unanimous-consent agreement, S11736, S11782 [7AU], S12910, S13138 [8SE], S13497, S13524 [13SE], S13606 [14SE], S13640, S13653 [15SE]
Financial institutions: quarterly reporting by banks relative to child support, S13594-S13596 [14SE]
Food stamps: replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE], S13334-S13341 [12SE]
Immigration: prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens, S12898 [8SE]
Iowa: Family Investment Program implementation, S12883 [8SE]
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals Program: funding, S12820-S12822 [7SE]
LIHEAP: funding, S13573-S13575 [14SE]
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]
———provide social services block grants to tribes, S12932, S12934-S12937 [8SE]
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]
———awarding of national rapid response grants for dislocated workers, S12903 [8SE]
———benefit eligibility for children relative to paternity establishment, S12898 [8SE]
———benefits relative to criminal probation, parole violators, and fugitive felons, S12824 [7SE], S12874 [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]
———development of adult supervised living arrangements for unmarried teenage mothers, S13529-S13533 [13SE], S13598-S13602 [14SE]
———development of tamper-resistant Social Security card, S12915 [8SE]
———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]
———establish a job placement performance incentive bonus to States for placing individuals in unsubsidized jobs, S13504-S13507 [13SE]
———establish community works progress programs, S13571, S13572, S13609 [14SE], S13631, S13632, S13673 [15SE]
———establish State and county demonstration programs, S13571 [14SE]
———establish State contingency fund, S13373 [12SE], S13780 [19SE]
———exempt elderly, disabled, and children from optional State 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 State administrative purposes, S12894 [8SE]
———funding for State drug addiction and alcoholism treatment programs, S13628, S13634 [15SE]
———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]
———maintain partnership between the Federal Government and the States, S12910 [8SE]
———participation of religious organizations, S13516-S13522 [13SE]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments, S12830 [7SE], S12897 [8SE]
———prohibit the use of Federal funds for legal challenges to welfare reform, S13640-S13641 [15SE]
———require development of strategic plan for State family assistance programs, S13628 [15SE]
———require welfare recipients to work relative to State assistance services, S12819 [7SE], S13345-S13351 [12SE], S13483 [13SE]
———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]
———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 management of additional responsibilities through information technology, S13776 [19SE]
———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]
Senior Community Service Employment Program: funding, S13491-S13495 [13SE]
SSI: replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE]
States: welfare grant levels relative to out-of-wedlock birth rate, S13533-S13536 [13SE], S13563-S13565 [14SE]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses, S13584-S13588 [14SE]
———treatment of charitable contributions to poverty assistance organizations, S12906, S12924 [8SE], S13497-S13504 [13SE]
WIC: competitive bidding for infant formula, S13523, S13524 [13SE]
Reports filed
Consideration: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 117) (H. Rept. 104-83), H3326 [16MR]
Consideration of H.R. 4, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 119) (H. Rept. 104-85), H3415 [21MR]
Provisions: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4) (S. Rept. 104-96), S8177 [12JN]
Resolutions by organizations
State control of Federal welfare block grant funds: American Legislative Exchange Council, S12803 [7SE]
———National Speakers Conference, S12803 [7SE]
Rulings of the Chair
Statements
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]
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]
Summaries
Welfare Bill Modifications: Senator Dole, S12913 [8SE]
Tables
Additional costs of child care and work programs under the Senate Republican leadership welfare plan, S13366 [12SE]
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]
Number of families affected by a 60-month time limit on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]
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, provisions, H3343 [21MR]