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

Amendments

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 497), S12188, S12205 [8NO]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H1989, H1990, H2004, H2005, H2006 [29AP], H2092, H2093, H2094 [30AP], H2113, H2122, H2124, H2133, H2135, H2157, H2158 [1MY], H2169 [5MY], H2188, H2189, H2190, H2192, H2195, H2204, H2211, H2224, H2233, H2235, H2241, H2242 [6MY], H2265, H2266, H2267, H2271, H2352 [7MY], H2399, H2405, H2410, H2412, H2446 [8MY], H2488 [12MY], H2555, H2556, H2558, H2559, H2560, H2561, H2590 [13MY], H2619 [14MY]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (H.R. 849), H4847 [8JY]

———prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (S. 1258), S12188, S12207 [8NO]

Analyses

Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act (H.R. 217), E51 [7JA]

Articles and editorials

After Decades, Uncle Sam Tells Elderly Noncitizens We Won't Help You Anymore—Uncle Sam Rolling Up Welcome Mat, S2638 [20MR]

Amid Welfare Cuts, States Try To Aid Immigrants, S2237 [13MR]

Blair Scolds British Workless Class in Outline of Welfare Plan, E1355 [27JN]

Catastrophe Awaits, S2637 [20MR]

Clinton Promises, E986 [20MY]

College Off Limits in Welfare Plan, S6331 [25JN]

Confused by Law, Nursing Homes Bar Legal Immigrants—Fear Over Lost Benefits, S3562 [23AP]

GOP Contract With America Has Been a Blueprint for Action, E1630 [3SE]

GOP Welfare Plan Insults the Poor, E1251 [18JN]

Hundreds of Non-Citizens Here Legally Face Aid Loss, S2127 [11MR]

Immigrants Are New York City's Greatest Asset, E106 [21JA]

Off Welfare—Mental Migration, E357 [3MR]

Older Immigrants Face Welfare Dilemma, S2237 [13MR]

On Their Own—Elderly, Ailing Noncitizens Face Loss of Federal Benefits, S2126 [11MR]

Overwhelmed by Overhaul, S2236 [13MR]

Poverty Is Unfairly Defined, S514 [21JA]

Suicide Shows Why Welfare Fight Persists—Immigrant's Death Raises Questions Over Cuts in Aid, S3563 [23AP]

Targeting Legal Immigrants Will Return To Haunt Congress, E2098 [28OC]

Wages of Welfare Reform, H3268 [3JN]

Wanted—A Clearly Articulated Social Ethic for American Health Care, E2297 [10NO]

Welfare Reform Starts Hitting Home, S2126 [11MR]

Woman Gets $12,000 in Housing Aid Despite Undocumented Status, H4850 [8JY]

Workfare Rules Cause Enrollment To Fall, CUNY Says, S6331 [25JN]

Working-Class Ethic Made Public Housing Proud—It Could Again, E1270 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions

Aliens: exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 667, 1360), H451 [11FE], H1703 [17AP]

———modify laws relative to public assistance and benefits (see H.R. 666), H451 [11FE]

———provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (see S. 392; H.R. 931), S1979 [5MR], H766 [5MR]

———provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for mentally disabled aliens (see H.R. 1133), H1186 [19MR]

———repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (see S. 480), S2552 [19MR]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see S. 1144; H.R. 2436), S8723 [3SE], H7118 [9SE]

Children and youth: child care funding for low-income families (see H.R. 899), H701 [27FE]

———child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant (see S. 93), S161 [21JA]

———eligibility of SSI benefits for disabled children (see H.R. 1455), H1891 [24AP]

———improve child nutrition programs (see S. 1556), S12575 [13NO]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H152 [9JA]

———protect and improve child care programs for low-income families (see S. 19), S159 [21JA]

Crime: allow clinical social workers to conduct required psychiatric examinations of offenders for mental defects (see S. 164), S162 [21JA]

Dept. of HHS: application for waiver of certain demonstration projects (see H.R. 1192), H1260 [20MR]

Dept. of HUD: disposition of unoccupied and substandard multifamily housing projects (see H.R. 263), H147 [9JA]

———facilitate effective and efficient management of homeless assistance programs (see S. 1071; H.R. 2307), S8153 [25JY], H6406 [30JY]

———notify local government about proposed assisted multifamily housing projects (see H.R. 212), H146 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve homeless veterans programs (see H.R. 2206), H5569 [22JY]

Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H949 [12MR]

Employment: make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible work activity (see H.R. 2025), H4338 [24JN]

———make progress toward completion of high school or college a permissible work activity (see H.R. 1616), H2679 [14MY]

Families and domestic relations: establish program to provide child care through public-private partnerships (see H.R. 2719), H9501 [23OC]

———improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373, 2713), H1704 [17AP], H9501 [23OC]

———increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (see S. 1293; H.R. 2487), S10787 [9OC], H7527 [17SE]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (see H.R. 1736), H3202 [22MY]

———require the same distribution of child support arrearages to former welfare recipients collected by Federal tax intercept as by the States (see S. 639; H.R. 1569), S3550 [23AP], H2444 [8MY]

Federal aid programs: ensure accuracy of eligibility information relative to Federal benefit programs (see H.R. 2347), H6704 [31JY]

———improve program of block grants to States for temporary assistance to needy families (see H.R. 2861), H10171 [6NO]

Federal employees: granting of additional points to the passing grades of welfare recipients' competitive service examinations (see H.R. 1066), H1017 [13MR]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H2090 [30AP]

———require States to use electronic benefit transfer systems (see H.R. 273), H148 [9JA]

———State prevention of receipt by prisoners (see S. 388, 413; H.R. 1000), S1828 [3MR], S2078 [10MR], H812 [10MR]

Government: coordinate Federal financial assistance programs (see H.R. 1480), H1988 [29AP]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: amend Federal charter (see H.R. 3025), H10767 [12NO]

———repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 497), H282 [4FE]

Health: funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 1637, 1638), H2784 [15MY]

———provide funding to faith-based substance abuse treatment centers and allow individuals to choose either private or religious oriented treatment (see S. 1466), S12118 [8NO]

Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (see H.R. 217), H146 [9JA]

———housing programs for veterans (see H.R. 1754), H3273 [3JN]

———revise and extend assistance programs (see H.R. 1144), H1258 [20MR]

House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (see H.R. 1046), H948 [12MR]

Housing: authorize public housing agencies to establish rental amounts that do not discourage assisted families from obtaining employment (see H.R. 1014), H888 [11MR]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (see H.R. 1447), H1891 [24AP]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (see S. 784; H.R. 2), S5001 [22MY], H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 133), H1987 [29AP]

———increase public housing opportunities for intact families (see H.R. 265), H148 [9JA]

———public housing construction and revitalization (see H.R. 839, 973), H668 [26FE], H803 [6MR]

———temporary extension of certain public housing programs (see H.R. 2406), H6917 [4SE]

Immigration: exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 1445), H1891 [24AP]

———exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for legal aliens applying for naturalization (see H.R. 1416), H1794 [23AP]

———extend disqualification transition period for certain aliens (see H.R. 761), H586 [13FE]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (see S. 640), S3550 [23AP]

———food stamp eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 2154), H5177 [11JY]

———food stamp eligibility for certain elderly permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2638), H8727 [8OC]

———restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (see H.R. 2597), H8299 [1OC]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1468), H1987 [29AP]

———treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Income: establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1106, 1255; H.R. 2849), S8532 [31JY], S10428 [6OC], H10171 [6NO]

Indian Child Welfare Act: exempt voluntary child custody proceedings from coverage (see H.R. 1957), H3923 [18JN]

INS: pilot program to notify States of employment opportunities for welfare recipients created by the removal of unauthorized aliens (see H.R. 1258), H1391 [9AP]

Insurance: restrict imposition of liens and estate recovery on Medicaid long-term care services and amend tax treatment of long-term care coverage (see H.R. 1764), H3273 [3JN]

Legal aliens: extend transition period for receiving SSI and food stamps (see H.R. 1418), H1794 [23AP]

———SSI and food stamp eligibility (see S. 615), S3349 [17AP]

Medicaid: coverage of screening mammography and screening pap smears (see H.R. 184), H145 [9JA]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 1326; H.R. 1354), S11290 [28OC], H1611 [16AP]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 157), S162 [21JA]

———enforcement of State guardianship laws relative to benefit eligibility proceedings (see S. 655), S3727 [25AP]

———Federal funding of certain abortions relative to State law (see H.R. 137), H143 [9JA]

———improve provision of managed care (see S. 864), S5444 [10JN]

———increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 125; H.R. 835), S161 [21JA], H628 [25FE]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (see H.R. 2018), H4338 [24JN]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see S. 310; H.R. 697, 1610), S1300 [12FE], H522 [12FE], H2679 [14MY]

Medicare: expand and strengthen the telemedicine demonstration project (see S. 848), S5342 [5JN]

———improve quality and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and medical informatic networks (see H.R. 1101), H1111 [18MR]

———prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (see H.R. 443), H153 [9JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 251), H147 [9JA]

Native Americans: regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (see S. 569; H.R. 1082), S3117 [14AP], H1018 [13MR]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 1048), H949 [12MR], H1288 [21MR]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see S. 131), S162 [21JA]

Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform (see S. 513; H.R. 1508), S2741 [21MR], H2154 [1MY]

———multifamily rental assisted housing reform (see S. 853), S5413 [9JN]

Reform (see S. 140), S162 [21JA]

SBA: establish Welfare-to-Work Microloan Pilot Program (see S. 956), S6358 [25JN]

Social Security: exempt States from certain regulatory requirements relative to electronic distribution of benefits (see H.R. 156), H144 [9JA]

———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see S. 438; H.R. 530), S2274 [13MR], H283 [4FE]

———provide for the retirement of every U.S. citizen (see H.R. 2768), H9729 [29OC]

———State requirements for work experience and community service programs relative to child support (see H.R. 2463), H7262 [11SE]

SSI: denial of benefits to convicted sex offenders while confined (see H.R. 237), H147 [9JA]

———exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H407 [10FE]

States: clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program (see S. 671; H.R. 1950), S3844 [30AP], H3923 [18JN]

———permit use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (see S. 787; H.R. 1709), S5001 [22MY], H3201 [22MY]

———prohibit from penalizing single parents for not meeting work requirements if the parent cannot find suitable child care (see H.R. 1615), H2679 [14MY]

Taxation: extend the work opportunity credit (see S. 685; H.R. 1729), S3901 [1MY], H3202 [22MY]

———treatment of certain welfare benefits relative to earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1045, 1498), H948 [12MR], H2090 [30AP]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see S. 244, 859; H.R. 693), S855 [30JA], S5413 [9JN], H521 [12FE]

Unemployment: clarify that State base periods for unemployment compensation are not subject to certain Social Security Act provisions (see H.R. 125), H143 [9JA]

———reform benefit system (see H.R. 940), H766 [5MR]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (see S. 1258; H.R. 849), S10428 [6OC], H669 [26FE]

Wisconsin: approval of waivers submitted for operation of food stamp and medical assistance programs (see H.R. 2030), H4338 [24JN]

Cost Estimates

Prohibit relocation assistance to illegal aliens under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (S. 1258): CBO, S12208 [8NO]

Essays

American Success Story: Sarah Geving, E1684 [8SE]

Factsheets

Early Learning and Opportunity Act (H.R. 1373), H1850 [24AP]

WIC Funding, H2720 [15MY]

Letters

Clarify family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program: Representative Shaw, S12092 [8NO]

———Representatives Shaw and Archer, S12092 [8NO]

Dept. of Agriculture authority to sell food stamps to States relative to Federal cost reimbursement: Senators Kennedy and Kerry, S4183 [8MY]

Eligibility of certain aliens for public benefits: Forum Acoreano U.S.A. (organization), E1401 [11JY]

Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act: Mark Schwartz, National League of Cities, H2411 [8MY]

Multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform: Representative Lazio, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), H8685 [8OC]

State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility: June E. O'Neill, CBO, E1039 [22MY]

Tax treatment of Social Security benefits: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S878 [30JA]

———Thair Phillips, Seniors Coalition, S878 [30JA]

Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act: Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H1933 [29AP]

———Representative Stump, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H1933 [29AP]

Lists

Extraneous items added to emergency supplemental appropriations legislation, S5470 [10JN]

Motions

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2645 [14MY]

Projections

Welfare Reform Impact, E1168 [10JN]

Questions and answers

Repeal Federal charter for Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc. (H.R. 497), H637 [26FE]

Remarks in House

Aliens: repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens, H3277 [4JN]

Children and youth: child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant, E1963 [8OC]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (H.R. 1373), H1850 [24AP], H8709-H8716 [8OC]

———WIC Program funding, H1621, H1623 [17AP]

Colorado: public welfare programs reform legislation, E1273 [19JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H2781 [15MY]

Dept. of HUD: housing assistance programs, H5181 [14JY], H8680, H8683 [8OC]

———notify local government about proposed assisted multifamily housing projects, H2243 [6MY]

———provide for a study on the evaluation and performance of public housing agencies, H2417, H2420 [8MY]

Dept. of Labor: employment training for former welfare recipients, H5898 [28JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve homeless veterans programs (H.R. 2206), H6966 [8SE], H8271 [1OC], H8362-H8368, H8397 [6OC]

Education: expand vocational and higher education opportunities and allow use of college work study to fulfill additional work requirements (H.R. 3002), E2304 [10NO]

———Head Start Program: funding, H6868 [4SE]

———Head Start Program funding, H2063 [30AP]

Employment: make progress toward completion of high school or college a permissible work activity (H.R. 1616), H2429 [8MY], H3172 [22MY]

———require public housing authorities and contractors to try to hire public housing residents, H2241, H2242 [6MY]

———treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protection, H3790, H3792 [12JN], H3869, H3904, H3905 [18JN], H4078, H4080-H4082 [19JN], H4567, H4568, H4569, H4591 [25JN], H6325, H6328, H6329 [30JY]

———treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protections, H5031-H5040 [10JY]

Families and domestic relations: Communities in Schools Program funding, H8712 [8OC]

———improve child care and family support services, H2060 [30AP], H6868 [4SE], H10772 [13NO]

———improve child care and family support services (H.R. 1373), H1850 [24AP], H8709-H8716 [8OC]

———increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (H.R. 2487), H8081-H8084 [29SE]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility, H1285 [21MR]

Food stamps: eligibility requirements, H4587 [25JN], E1348 [27JN]

———funding, H5652 [23JY], H5683, H5726 [24JY]

———State prevention of receipt by prisoners (H.R. 1000), H1302, H1303 [8AP]

Gambling: analysis of results from Gaming Industry Employee Impact Survey, H10771 [13NO]

———employment of welfare recipients, H3218 [3JN]

Government: coordinate Federal financial assistance programs (H.R. 1480), H2010 [30AP], E784 [29AP]

———coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to streamline Government operations (H.R. 1480), E765 [29AP]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: amend Federal charter (H.R. 3025), H10868, H10869 [13NO]

———repeal Federal charter (H.R. 497), H636-H639 [26FE]

Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R. 217), E50 [7JA]

———housing programs for veterans (H.R. 1754), H3583 [10JN], H7613 [23SE]

House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (H.R. 1046), H2430 [8MY], E452 [12MR]

Housing: allow public housing agencies to comply with family self-sufficiency agreement requirements, H2204-H2210 [6MY]

———allow public housing agencies to establish residency limits, H2271-H2275 [7MY]

———assistance for low-income families desiring homeownership, H2124 [1MY]

———cap on rent for public and subsidized housing relative to income, H2233-H2235 [6MY]

———capital and operating grants funding, H2235-H2241 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H1547 [16AP], H2038-H2052 [30AP], H2107-H2151 [1MY], H2188-H2243 [6MY], H2265-H2281 [7MY], H2399-H2426 [8MY], H2553-H2567 [13MY], H2619-H2647 [14MY], E58 [7JA], E863, E864 [7MY], E1269 [19JN], E1355 [27JN]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 133), H2035-H2038 [30AP]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H2645, H2646 [14MY]

———eliminate block grant program giving local municipalities flexibility in administering Federal housing assistance, H2410-H2412 [8MY]

———establish a public housing replacement requirement in areas with public housing shortages, H2242, H2243 [6MY]

———establish occupancy preferences for certain families, H2266 [7MY]

———funding for choice based rental housing and homeownership assistance, H2406-H2408, H2412 [8MY]

———limit family income for choice based housing assistance, H2399-H2405 [8MY]

———prohibit violent sexual predators from receiving public housing assistance, H2190, H2191 [6MY]

———reduce minimum rental amounts and contributions relative to public housing, H2267-H2271 [7MY]

———require agreements with private housing project owners to allow law enforcement officers to enter certain areas, H2191 [6MY]

———revise income and occupancy levels for public housing developments, H2224-H2232 [6MY]

———set award criteria for economic development initiative grants to include the extent of regional cooperation demonstrated by the proposed plan, H2192 [6MY]

Immigration: exceptions to SSI naturalization requirements for blind legal aliens, H2053 [30AP]

———food stamp eligibility for certain elderly permanent resident aliens (H.R. 2638), H8694 [8OC]

———restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (H.R 2597), E1922 [2OC]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants, H1717, H1718 [23AP], H1916 [29AP], H2010 [30AP], H2096 [1MY], H4379, H4380, H4574, H4582, H4591 [25JN], H6325 [30JY], E761 [28AP], E766 [29AP], E1501 [23JY], E2098 [28OC]

INS: pilot program to notify States of employment opportunities for welfare recipients created by the removal of unauthorized aliens (H.R. 1258), E607 [9AP]

LSC: implement system of case information disclosure, H8005-H8008 [26SE]

Medicaid: waiver of enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (H.R. 2018), H4873, H4874 [8JY]

Medicare: prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (H.R. 443), E82 [9JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (H.R. 251), E5 [7JA]

Minimum wage: level relative to public work programs, H3278, H3279 [4JN]

Missouri: use of community administered welfare programs as an alternative to Federal programs, H884 [11MR]

Native Americans: regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (H.R. 1082), E462, E464 [13MR]

Older Americans Act: funding, H6940, H6941 [5SE]

Opportunity, Inc.: tribute to the Welfare to Work Program for the disabled, E1774 [17SE]

Orangeburg County, SC: tribute to efforts relative to welfare reform, E2302 [10NO]

Paterson, NJ: tribute to St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center WIC clinics, E2101 [28OC]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical amendments (H.R. 1048), H1917-H1935 [29AP], H2060 [30AP]

Public housing: allow local housing authorities flexibility in implementing certain requirements, H2561 [13MY]

———allow local housing authorities to use operating funds for child care services for residents, H2203, H2204 [6MY]

———exemption from community work requirements for certain primary caregivers, H2133-H2146, H2149, H2151 [1MY]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform, H2559 [13MY], H8684 [8OC]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform (H.R. 1508), E826 [5MY]

———prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2124-H2133, H2149 [1MY]

———require certain owners to comply with community work requirements applicable to residents, H2555, H2556 [13MY]

———require housing agencies to conduct an assessment to identify pest control problems and effectiveness in eradicating or controlling such problems, H2558 [13MY]

———require payment of minimum wage relative to community work requirements, H2195-H2203 [6MY]

Reform, H592 [25FE], H883-H885 [11MR], H1322 [8AP], H2246 [6MY], H2430 [8MY], H3266 [3JN], H4566, H4568, H4577, H4578, H4589, H4633, H4636 [25JN], H4897, H4898 [8JY], H5002 [9JY], H6688 [31JY], H6886, H6887 [4SE], E355, E357 [3MR], E986 [20MY], E1168 [10JN], E1251 [18JN], E1604 [1AU], E1684, E1685 [8SE]

Refugees: eligibility of Hmong refugees for SSI benefits, H1934 [29AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1584 [16AP]

Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (H.R. 530), E151 [4FE]

———provide for the retirement of every U.S. citizen (H.R. 2768), H9713 [29OC]

———reform, H1857 [24AP]

Somerset County, NJ: use of community administered welfare programs as an alternative to Federal programs, H883 [11MR]

SSI: eligibility of children for benefits, E839 [5MY]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, H2605 [14MY], H2690, H2694, H2709, H2711, H2739-H2743 [15MY]

States: approval of State plans reforming federally funded health and human services programs, H2772, H2773 [15MY]

———permit use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (H.R. 1709), E1039 [22MY]

———prohibit from penalizing single parents for not meeting work requirements if the parent cannot find suitable child care (H.R. 1615), H2429 [8MY]

Taxation: allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work opportunity tax credit hiring incentives (H.R. 2995), E2302, E2311 [10NO]

———extend the work opportunity credit (H.R. 1729), E1058 [23MY]

———treatment of certain welfare benefits relative to earned income tax credit (H.R. 1045), E493 [18MR]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 693), H458 [12FE]

Texas: Medicaid block grant process, H2599 [14MY]

———reform of public welfare programs, H1913 [29AP], H2491 [13MY]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (H.R. 849), H676 [27FE], H4846-H4851 [8JY], E385 [5MR], E1404 [11JY]

United Parcel Service: tribute to North Central Region employment programs, E1244 [18JN]

University of Pennsylvania: tribute to Crystal Stair Award recipients, E1069 [30MY]

Veterans: treatment of lump sum payments to U.S. trained Vietnamese commandos relative to eligibility for certain welfare benefits, H7122 [10SE]

Welfare-To-Work Grant Program: funding, H4894 [8JY]

WIC: funding, H1798 [24AP], H1916, H1958, H1959, H1962, H1966 [29AP], H2009, H2011, H2012, H2060, H2063, H2082 [30AP], H2098, H2102 [1MY], H2258, H2260, H2261, H2262 [7MY], H2353, H2354, H2355, H2430 [8MY], H2496, H2497, H2498, H2568 [13MY], H2596, H2597, H2601-H2608, H2613, H2615, H2657 [14MY], H2685, H2686, H2687, H2708, H2709, H2711, H2714, H2715-H2722, H2746, H2779 [15MY], H2796, H2861 [16MY], H3080 [21MY], H5553-H5560 [22JY], H5652 [23JY], H5672-H5677, H5727 [24JY], E854 [6MY], E878 [8MY], E909 [13MY]

———funding through rescissions of NASA funding, H2613 [14MY]

Remarks in Senate

Aliens: provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (S. 392), S1980 [5MR]

———repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (S. 480), S2568 [19MR]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (S. 1144), S8725-S8728 [3SE]

Budget: mandatory spending, S4831 [21MY]

Children and youth: child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant (S. 93), S473 [21JA]

———exempt budget outlays impacting education, nutrition, and health care programs from balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1008-S1010 [5FE], S1156-S1166 [10FE], S1203-S1210 [11FE], S1296 [12FE]

———improve child nutrition programs (S. 1556), S12600 [13NO]

———increase funding for Head Start Program, child nutrition programs, and school construction projects, S4973, S4975-S4977 [22MY], S5031, S5032 [23MY]

———increase funding for Healthy Start and Head Start Programs and child care developmental block grants, S4732-S4738 [20MY]

———protect and improve child care programs for low-income families (S. 19), S129, S352 [21JA], S3410 [22AP]

Crime: allow clinical social workers to conduct required psychiatric examinations of offenders for mental defects (S. 164), S545 [21JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: authority to sell food stamps to States relative to Federal cost reimbursement, S4183 [8MY]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate effective and efficient management of homeless assistance programs (S. 1071), S8156 [25JY]

———housing assistance programs, S7826, S7827 [22JY]

Dept. of Labor: Community Employment Alliance funding request, S9115 [11SE], S12091 [8NO]

Education: Head Start Program funding, S9053-S9058, S9063 [10SE]

———Head Start Program initiative for toddlers and infants funding, S9112 [11SE]

Employment: make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible work activity, S6297, S6298, S6331 [25JN]

———work requirements for low-income individuals, S3263 [16AP]

Families and domestic relations: allow States to waive work and educational requirements for victims of domestic violence, S4832 [21MY]

———increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (S. 1293), S10804, S10818 [9OC]

———require the same distribution of child support arrearages to former welfare recipients collected by Federal tax intercept as by the States (S. 639), S3558 [23AP]

Food stamps: eligibility of children of legal immigrants, S6151, S6152 [24JN], S6292 [25JN], S6780 [27JN]

———eligibility of cross-border Native Americans, S6322 [25JN]

———funding, S5337 [5JN]

———prevent receipt by prisoners, S6148 [24JN]

———State prevention of receipt by prisoners (H.R. 1000), S5430 [9JN], S5431 [10JN]

———State prevention of receipt by prisoners (S. 388), S1837 [3MR]

Government: national agenda, S1588-S1591 [25FE]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: amend Federal charter (H.R. 3025), S12692 [13NO]

———repeal Federal charter (H.R. 497), S12204, S12205 [8NO]

Health: provide funding to faith-based substance abuse treatment centers and allow individuals to choose either private or religious oriented treatment (S. 1466), S12132 [8NO]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs, S3986 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (S. 784), S5006 [22MY]

———Federal assistance relative to mobile homes, S10049, S10050 [26SE]

Immigration: exception to limited SSI eligibility for severely disabled aliens, S6302 [25JN]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (S. 640), S3559 [23AP]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants, S3562 [23AP], S6294, S6320 [25JN], S8349 [30JY], S8388 [31JY]

———treatment of elderly and disabled legal immigrants, S3082-S3084 [14AP], S5331 [5JN]

———treatment of legal immigrants, S3077 [14AP]

———treatment of legal immigrants relative to public welfare programs, S846-S848 [30JA], S2126 [11MR]

Income: establish asset-based welfare policies (S. 1106), S8567 [31JY]

Legal aliens: SSI and food stamp eligibility (S. 615), S3362, S3363 [17AP], S3417 [22AP]

LSC: conduct study of individuals filing grievances based on denial of certain welfare benefits, S8218 [29JY]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 1326), S11294 [28OC]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 157), S541 [21JA]

———enforcement of State guardianship laws relative to benefit eligibility proceedings (S. 655), S3729 [25AP]

———improve provision of managed care (S. 864), S5445 [10JN]

———increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 125), S509 [21JA]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (H.R. 2018), S7318 [11JY]

Medicare: expand and strengthen the telemedicine demonstration project (S. 848), S5367, S5376 [5JN]

Native Americans: regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (S. 569), S3120-S3123 [14AP]

Nutrition programs: funding, S10246 [1OC]

Older Americans Act: funding, S8785, S8792, S8793 [4SE]

Ottawa County, MI: tribute to welfare recipient employment programs, S10819-S10821 [9OC]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (S. 131), S513 [21JA]

Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform, S10736, S10740, S10742 [9OC]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform (S. 513), S2742-S2753 [21MR], S7847, S7848 [22JY]

———multifamily rental assisted housing reform (S. 853), S5417 [9JN]

Reform, S846-S848 [30JA], S3084 [14AP], S6299-S6301 [25JN], S8388, S8496 [31JY]

SBA: establish Welfare-to-Work Microloan Pilot Program (S. 956), S6359, S6360 [25JN]

Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (S. 438), S2279 [13MR], S3315 [17AP]

———reimbursement of secular nursing care services in religious nonmedical health care institutions, S6321 [25JN]

———termination of benefits for elderly legal immigrants, S2236 [13MR]

———termination of benefits for mentally disabled legal immigrants, S2637 [20MR]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, S4046-S4050-S4068, S4090 [7MY], S4194 [8MY], S4869, S4870 [21MY]

States: approval of State plans reforming federally funded health and human services programs, S6177-S6180 [24JN], S6308 [25JN]

———authority to require charities to verify immigration status of applicants for benefits, S8388 [31JY]

———clarify family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S9051-S9053, S9062 [10SE], S12091 [8NO]

———clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S8392 [31JY]

———clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program (S. 671), S3846 [30AP]

———correct penalty schedule for failure to meet work requirement and allow waiver for disasters or regional recessions, S6145 [24JN], S6291 [25JN]

Taxation: extend the work opportunity credit (S. 685), S3906 [1MY]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (S. 244), S878 [30JA]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (S. 859), S5423 [9JN]

Texas: reform of public welfare programs, S3781, S3783 [29AP], S4203 [8MY]

Unemployment: reform relative to localities with high unemployment rates, S846-S848 [30JA]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (S. 1258), S12207, S12208 [8NO]

Veterans: treatment of lump sum payments to U.S. trained Vietnamese commandos relative to eligibility for certain welfare benefits, S8902 [8SE]

Welfare-To-Work Grant Program: funding, S6323 [25JN], S9078 [10SE]

WIC: funding, S3701 [25AP]

Women: clarify regulations relative to domestic violence, S6297 [25JN]

Reports filed

Child Support Incentive Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2487) (H. Rept. 105-272), H8053 [26SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 133) (H. Rept. 105-81), H1987 [29AP]

Disapproval of Line-Item Veto of Certain Medicaid Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1144), S9411 [16SE]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., Federal Charter Repeal: Committee on Government Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 497), S11862 [6NO]

Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 105-76), H1908 [28AP], H1987 [29AP]

Illegal Alien Assistance Prohibitions Under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: Committee on Transportation on Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 849) (H. Rept. 105-147), H4221 [23JN]

Medicaid Waiver of Enrollment Composition Rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (H.R. 2018): Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2018) (H. Rept. 105-165), H4912 [8JY]

Regulations Relative to Certain Native American Adoption and Child Custody Proceedings: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 569) (S. Rept. 105-156), S12574 [13NO]

State Prevention of Receipt of Food Stamps by Prisoners: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1000) (H. Rept. 105-43), H1337 [8AP]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1258), S11667 [4NO]

Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2206) (H. Rept. 105-293), H8320 [2OC]

Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1048) (H. Rept. 105-78), H1908 [28AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Public Welfare Programs Reform Legislation: Colorado General Assembly, E1273 [19JN]

Statements

Child Proverty: Kristina Sweet, E1124 [5JN]

Clarify Family Violence Option Under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program: Children's Defense Fund (organization), S9051 [10SE]

Summaries

Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act (H.R. 2), E58-E60 [7JA]

Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act (S. 513), S2750 [21MR]

Tables

Aliens receiving SSI payments, S4870 [21MY]

Number of aliens receiving SSI payments by legal status and State, S1981 [5MR]

Numbers of SSI recipients receiving preliminary noncitizen status notices by State, S3364 [17AP]

State administration costs for formula grant programs, H9574 [28OC]

Tax treatment of Social Security benefits, S879 [30JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 133, consideration of H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act, H2035 [30AP]

H.R. 497, repeal Federal charter for Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., H636 [26FE]

H.R. 849, prohibit assistance to illegal aliens under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, H4847 [8JY]

H.R. 1000, State prevention of receipt of food stamps by prisoners, H1302 [8AP]

H.R. 1048, Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act, H1917-H1931 [29AP]

H.R. 2018, waiver of Medicaid enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY, H4873 [8JY]

H.R. 2206, Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act, H8362-H8364 [6OC]

H.R. 2487, Child Support Incentive Act, H8082-H8084 [29SE]

H.R. 3025, Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., Federal charter amendments, H10868 [13NO]

S. 19, Working Families Child Care Act, S353 [21JA]

S. 93, child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant, S473 [21JA]

S. 157, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics, S542 [21JA]

S. 164, allow clinical social workers to conduct required psychiatric examinations of offenders for mental defects, S545 [21JA]

S. 388, State prevention of receipt of food stamps by prisoners, S1837 [3MR]

S. 392, provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens, S1980 [5MR]

S. 480, repeal restrictions on eligibility for public welfare benefits for certain aliens, S2568 [19MR]

S. 513, Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act, S2743-S2750 [21MR]

S. 569, regulations relative to certain Native American adoption and child custody proceedings, S3120-S3122 [14AP]

S. 671, clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S3847 [30AP]

S. 685, work opportunity tax credit extension, S3906 [1MY]

S. 848, Rural Telemedicine Demonstration Act, S5368 [5JN]

S. 864, Medicaid Managed Care Improvement Act, S5445-S5455 [10JN]

S. 1106, Assets for Independence Act, S8568-S8571 [31JY]

S. 1258, prohibit relocation assistance to illegal aliens under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, S12208 [8NO]

S. 1293, Child Support Performance Improvement Act, S10804-S10807 [9OC]

S. 1326, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, S11294 [28OC]

S. 1466, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Choice Act, S12133 [8NO]

S. 1556, Child Nutrition Initiatives Act, S12601-S12603 [13NO]