    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS related term(s) Federal Aid Programs; Food
        Stamps; Social Security
      Addresses
        Workforce Development:  Edward Rendell, Mayor of Philadelphia, PA,
            E457 [24MR]
      Amendments
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), S3163 [2AP], S7306 [26JN], H682 [26FE], H851 [4MR],
            H852 [4MR], H876 [5MR], H5370 [25JN]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
            1733), S12464 [14OC], S12565 [14OC]
        Government:  coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
            streamline Government operations (S. 1642), S12398 [12OC],
            S12427 [12OC]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9067 [27JY],
            H7620 [14SE]
      Appointments
        Conferees:  H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act,
            S5245 [20MY], H2296 [23AP]
        ------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
            improvement, S10544 [17SE], H9202 [1OC]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE], H8602
            [24SE]
      Articles and editorials
        End Welfare's Catch-22, S7819 [9JY]
        Head Start Vote in the House, H7641 [14SE]
        Man Behind the Votes, E2336 [17DE]
        Most Dropped From Welfare Don't Get Jobs--Critics of Work Rules Cite
            New York Study, S2379 [23MR]
        Pessimism Retains Grip on Appalachian Poor, S503 [9FE]
        Rethinking the Safety Net, H648 [26FE]
        Sanctions--A Force Behind Falling Welfare Rolls--States Are Cutting
            Off Tens of Thousands Who Won't Seek Work or Follow Rules, S2378
            [23MR]
        Special Needs Child Care Is ``Accident Waiting to Happen'', S5461
            [22MY]
        States Must Ask the Right Questions, S502 [9FE]
        Your Mother Was Right (Again)--Free Breakfasts May Be a Good Way To
            Help Poor Kids Do Better at School, S10644 [21SE]
      Bills and resolutions
        Aliens:  clarify and improve public assistance and benefits for
            noncitizens, (see H.R. 4558), H7690 [14SE]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish, (see H.R. 3095), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3546), H1549
            [25MR]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), consideration, (see H. Res. 410), H2422
            [28AP]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs, (see S. 2046), S4528 [7MY]
        Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs,
            (see H.R. 3666, S. 2166), S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2286), S7939
            [10JY], H2053 [1AP]
        ------ reauthorize child nutrition programs, (see S. 1581), S113
            [28JA]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive, (see S. 2598), S12163
            [9OC], (see H.R. 4825), H10832 [13OC]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  establish demonstration
            projects to determine the effects of asset-based welfare
            policies, (see H.R. 4254), H5736 [16JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  study options for the design, development,
            implementation, and operation of a national database to track
            participation in Federal means-tested public assistance
            programs, (see S. 2447), S9973 [8SE]
        Dept. of HHS:  make grants to States and businesses to improve the
            quality of child care services, (see H.R. 3686), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Labor:  State assistance for pre-vocational training
            programs to improve the transition of welfare recipients to
            employment, (see S. 1709), S1336 [4MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE], (see H.R. 3292), H676 [26FE], (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see S. 1697), S1200
            [2MR], (see H.R. 3400), H903 [5MR]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of school-
            based child care, (see H.R. 3768), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see S. 2489), S10517 [17SE]
        ------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs, (see H.R. 3130), H99 [28JA]
            increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), consideration,
            (see H. Res. 378), H850 [4MR] increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement programs, (see S. 1809),
            S2424 [23MR]
        Federal aid programs:  prohibit States from imposing restrictions on
            additional children relative to the temporary assistance to
            needy families program, (see H.R. 4066), H4628 [16JN]
        ------ reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and Employment Program
            and apply savings to emergency food assistance programs, (see
            H.R. 4571), H7802 [15SE]
        ------ State eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance
            to needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates,
            (see H.R. 4692), H9345 [2OC]
        Food stamps:  exception to work requirements relative to loss of
            adequate child care, (see H.R. 4486), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ exception to work requirements relative to victimization by
            sexual harassment, (see H.R. 4487), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ prevention of issuance to deceased individuals, (see S.
            1733), S1697 [10MR], (see H.R. 4366), H6879 [31JY]
        ------ State prevention of receipt by prisoners or fugitives, (see
            H.R. 3670), H2054 [1AP]
        Government:  coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
            streamline Government operations, (see S. 1642), S730 [12FE]
        Head Start Act:  amend, (see H.R. 4241), H5736 [16JY]
        Head Start Program:  initiative for toddlers and infants funding,
            (see S. 2183), S6488 [17JN]
        ------ reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
            [23JN], H3311 [14MY], (see H.R. 4439), H7411 [6AU]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H329 [4FE]
        ------ ensure that tenant-based rental assistance programs are
            carried out in an efficient and fair manner, (see H.R. 3545),
            H1549 [25MR]
        ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
            methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, (see
            H.R. 4551), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435, S. 1877), S2719 [27MR], H1111 [11MR]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
        Immigration:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, (see H.R.
            3379, S. 1763), S1990 [16MR], H903 [5MR]
        Income:  disregard payment of earned income tax credits in
            determining eligibility for the temporary assistance for needy
            families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing programs,
            (see H.R. 4818), H10667 [12OC]
        Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
            under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
            the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H2813 [5MY]
        Legal aliens:  extend transition period for receiving SSI and food
            stamps, (see H.R. 4426), H7411 [6AU]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, (see S. 2013), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see S.
            2485), S10423 [16SE], (see H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see S. 1649), S731 [12FE], (see
            H.R. 3281), H676 [26FE]
        Medicare:  enroll eligible low-income beneficiaries in certain cost-
            sharing assistance programs, (see H.R. 4836), H10917 [14OC]
        Recipients:  guarantee loans and provide State grants to finance
            transportation services for welfare recipients, and establish
            preferences for Federal contractors that hire welfare
            recipients, (see H.R. 3638), H2052 [1AP]
        Social Security:  investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses
            into program, (see H. Res. 340), H63 [27JA]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children, (see H.R. 3459), H1158 [12MR]
        States:  provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services, (see S.
            1994), S3709 [28AP], (see H.R. 4255), H5737 [16JY]
        Taxation:  designate renewal communities, (see S. 1995), S3709
            [28AP], (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125, S. 2230),
            S7172 [25JN], H99 [28JA]
        Temporary assistance to needy families program:  require States to
            pass child support directly through to families and disregard
            child support in determining eligibility, (see S. 2586), S11970
            [8OC]
        Unemployment:  eligibility for compensation for individuals leaving
            employment relative to loss of adequate child care, (see H.R.
            4702), H9536 [5OC]
        ----- eligibility for compensation for individuals leaving
            employment relative to victimization by sexual harassment, (see
            H.R. 4701), H9536 [5OC]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs, (see H.R.
            3874), H3311 [14MY]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims,
            (see S. 2558), S11582 [6OC]
      Conference reports
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act (S. 2206), H9697-H9719 [6OC]
        WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Programs Improvement (H.R. 3874),
            H9680-H9697 [6OC]
      Factsheets
        Medicaid Protections for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries, E2161
            [14OC]
      Histories
        Legislative History of Senate and House Amendments to H.R. 3130,
            Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, S7314-S7321 [26JN],
            H5378-H5384 [25JN]
      Letters
        Children's Health Equity Act:  Washington congressional delegation,
            E1736 [16SE]
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Sarah M. Greene, National Head Start
            Association, H7641 [14SE]
        Equal consideration for religious organizations with other private
            groups to provide assistance under certain government programs:
            L. Anthony Sutin, Dept. of Justice, H10204 [8OC]
        Exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a
            managed care entity:  Polly Spare, Voice of the Retarded
            (organization), S766 [12FE]
        Food stamp eligibility for certain aliens:  Diana Aviv, Council of
            Jewish Federations, S4655 [12MY]
        ------ John Cardinal O'Connor, S4655 [12MY]
        Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:  Alex
            Penelas, Mayor of Miami, FL, H720 [3MR]
        ------ Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Community Partnership for Homeless,
            Inc., H720 [3MR]
        ------ Andrew M. Cuomo, Sec. of HUD, H720 [3MR]
        ------ George C. Duggins, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., H714
            [3MR]
        ------ Julie Sandorf, Corp. for Supportive Housing, H715 [3MR]
        ------ Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness &
            Poverty, H715 [3MR]
        ------ Nan Roman, National Alliance To End Homelessness, Inc., H714
            [3MR]
        ------ Paul S. Grogan, Local Initiatives Support Corp., H715 [3MR]
        ------ several organizations, H714 [3MR]
        Make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible
            work activity under public welfare programs:  Deborah L. Floyd,
            S7819 [9JY]
        ----- Milton J. Little, Jr., National Urban League, S7823 [9JY]
        ----- Sherri Barker and Daisy Johnson, Kentuckians for the
            Commonwealth (organization), S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Tom Burch, S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Viola P. Miller, Kentucky Dept. of Families and Children,
            S7818 [9JY]
        ----- several organizations, S7822 [9JY]
        National Dialogue on Social Security Act:  Horace B. Deets, AARP,
            H2491 [29AP]
        ------ Martha Phillips, Concord Coalition, H2491 [29AP]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House),
            H8500 [23SE]
        ------ Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H8500
            [23SE]
        ------ Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House),
            H8499 [23SE]
        Prevent issuance of food stamps to deceased individuals:
            Representative Archer, H10936 [15OC]
        ------ Representative Robert F. Smith, H10936 [15OC]
        Use of controlled substances for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing:  Thomas A. Constantine, DEA, S12493 [14OC]
      Lists
        Organizations supporting Wellstone amendment on making postsecondary
            or vocational education training a permissible work activity
            under public welfare programs to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7823 [9JY]
        Supporters of H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and
            Flexibility Act, H714 [3MR]
      Motions
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2507 [29AP]
      Petitions and memorials
        Massachusetts:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, S3113 [2AP]
      Press releases
        America's Most Vulnerable List--1.8 Million Poor Seniors and
            Children Locked Out of Nation's Housing:  Dept. of HUD, H5814
            [17JY]
      Remarks in House
        Aliens:  clarify and improve public assistance and benefits for
            noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8498-H8501 [23SE], E1796 [24SE]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2487-H2510 [29AP], E471 [25MR]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), consideration (H. Res. 410),
            H2478-H2487 [29AP]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), motion to recommit, H2507 [29AP]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H11034-H11041 [16OC]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs, H10204 [8OC], H10206 [8OC]
        Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs
            (H.R. 3666), E584 [2AP]
        Columbia University:  anniversary of School of Social Work, E815
            [12MY]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10565 [12OC],
            H10677 [13OC], H10816 [13OC]
        Courts:  require only Federal agencies which administer benefit
            programs or enforce the tax code to adhere to precedents
            established in Federal judicial circuits, H591-H595 [25FE]
        Dept. of HUD:  notify local government about proposed assisted
            multifamily housing projects, H9623 [6OC]
        ------ Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding, H9621 [6OC]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, H1903 [1AP], H1997-H2000 [1AP]
        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 (H.R. 1050), H5915 [20JY]
        Economy:  economic impact of a depreciating currency, H2375-H2377
            [28AP]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish individual development
            accounts for low-income families, H7639 [14SE], H7641 [14SE]
        ------ improve child care and family support services, H2994 [7MY]
        ------ improvement of social services, E1746 [17SE]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, H1279 [18MR], H1281 [18MR] increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care (H.R. 3292), E239
            [26FE] increase availability, affordability, and quality of
            child care during periods outside school hours (H.R. 3400),
            H1282 [18MR], E313 [5MR] increase availability, affordability,
            and quality of school-based child care (H.R. 3768), H3077
            [12MY], H3078 [12MY], E726 [30AP]
        ------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), H647 [26FE],
            H865-H877 [5MR], H5370 [25JN], H5377 [25JN], H5378 [25JN], H5385
            [25JN] increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), consideration (H.
            Res. 378), H864 [5MR], H865 [5MR] increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), corrections in engrossment, H878 [5MR]
        ------ reduction of teenage pregnancy rates, H3480 [19MY], H3737
            [21MY] reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation
            of prevention programs (H.R. 1736), E968 [22MY]
        ------ role of Government, H647 [26FE]
        ------ role of Government in establishing values, H1219-H1224
            [17MR], H1301 [19MR], H1322 [19MR], H1382 [24MR], H1386 [24MR],
            H1785 [31MR]
        Federal aid programs:  prohibit States from imposing restrictions on
            additional children relative to the temporary assistance to
            needy families program (H.R. 4066), E1142 [16JN]
        ------ reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and Employment Program
            and apply savings to emergency food assistance programs (H.R.
            4571), E1728 [15SE]
        ------ State eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance
            to needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates
            (H.R. 4692), E1880 [2OC]
        Federal-State relations:  reduce State and local costs due to
            unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
            H4123-H4129 [4JN], H4133 [4JN]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
            1733), H10935-H10937 [15OC]
        Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.:  amend Federal
            charter (H.R. 3025), E135 [11FE]
        Head Start Act:  amend (H.R. 4241), E1328 [17JY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3880), E860 [14MY],
            E967 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
            [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
            conference report, H9647 [6OC]
        Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
            217), H703-H722 [3MR], H883 [5MR], E353 [11MR]
        ------ housing programs for veterans (H.R. 1754), H883 [5MR]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5874-H5879
            [20JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H5642-H5649
            [16JY], H5814-H5821 [17JY], E1344 [17JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H9613-H9618
            [6OC], H9620 [6OC], H9621 [6OC], H9623 [6OC]
        ------ deregulation of public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, E1401 [23JY]
        ------ low-income housing assistance programs funding, H1804 [31MR]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons (H.R. 3635), E582 [2AP]
        Immigration:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, H3762-H3773
            [22MY]
        Income:  disregard payment of earned income tax credits in
            determining eligibility for the temporary assistance for needy
            families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing programs
            (H.R. 4818), E2097 [12OC]
        Johnson, Lyndon B.:  lasting effect of programs on current
            Democratic Party initiatives, E2336 [17DE]
        Lakewood, OH:  anniversary of George Fedor Manor, E814 [12MY]
        Legal aliens:  food stamp eligibility, H4066 [4JN], H4125 [4JN],
            H4127-H4129 [4JN], H4133 [4JN]
        LSC:  funding, H6974-H6983 [3AU], E1534 [4AU], E1537 [4AU], E1602
            [7AU], E1668 [9SE]
        Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
            Program allotment to cover additional low-income children (H.R.
            4583), E1736 [16SE]
        Medicare:  enroll eligible low-income beneficiaries in certain cost-
            sharing assistance programs (H.R. 4836), E2161 [14OC], E2171
            [14OC]
        Oregon:  use of State funds for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing, E363 [12MR]
        Paterson Task Force for Community Action, Inc.:  tribute, E813
            [12MY]
        Reform, H848 [4MR], H945 [10MR], H1223 [17MR], H1427 [24MR], H2084
            [21AP], H2085 [21AP], H7814 [16SE], H10839 [14OC], E703 [29AP],
            E1542 [4AU]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H1425 [24MR]
        Senior citizens:  nutrition programs funding, H5197 [24JN], H5198
            [24JN]
        Social Security:  provide prisoner information obtained by States to
            Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of
            benefits (H.R. 4172), E1275 [26JN]
        ------ reform, H368 [5FE], E785 [7MY], E1601 [7AU]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children (H.R. 3459), E361 [12MR]
        ------ treatment of certain cash awards from tax-exempt groups
            relative to fulfilling wishes for children with life-threatening
            diseases, H8500 [23SE]
        States:  provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services, H7639
            [14SE]
        Weld County, CO:  tribute to welfare reform programs, E1705 [11SE]
        WIC:  funding, H4984 [23JN]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            H5865-H5874 [20JY], E1366 [21JY], E1431 [24JY], E1437 [24JY]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            H9202 [1OC]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            conference report, H10197-H10200 [8OC], E2077 [11OC]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            permission to file conference report, H9647 [6OC]
      Remarks in Senate
        Aliens:  clarify and improve public assistance and benefits for
            noncitizens (H.R. 4558), S12036 [8OC]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs (S. 2046), S4534 [7MY]
        Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs (S.
            2166), S6199 [11JN]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs (S. 2286), S10537
            [17SE], S10585 [18SE], S10586 [18SE], S10644 [21SE], S10645
            [21SE]
        ------ reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 1581), S171-S173
            [28JA]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive (S. 2598), S12165 [9OC]
        Civilian Conservation Corps:  anniversary, S4132 [1MY]
        Colorado:  public welfare programs reform legislation, S10641-S10643
            [21SE]
        Columbia University:  anniversary of School of Social Work, S4372
            [5MY], S4563 [8MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  school breakfast research project funding,
            S10606 [18SE]
        ------ study options for the design, development, implementation,
            and operation of a national database to track participation in
            Federal means-tested public assistance programs (S. 2447), S9977
            [8SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  military families food stamp usage report, S9376
            [30JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  report on the number of former welfare recipients
            that are now economically self-sufficient, S1218-S1224 [3MR],
            S1234-S1236 [3MR], S2377-S2381 [23MR]
        Dept. of HUD:  Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding,
            S11842 [8OC]
        Dept. of Labor:  State assistance for pre-vocational training
            programs to improve the transition of welfare recipients to
            employment, S4257 [5MY]
        ----- State assistance for pre-vocational training programs to
            improve the transition of welfare recipients to employment (S.
            1709), S1347 [4MR]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, S1682-S1684 [10MR]
        Employment:  make postsecondary or vocational education training a
            permissible work activity, S7795-S7797 [9JY], S7816-S7824 [9JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, S103 [28JA], S690
            [12FE], S2709 [27MR], S2800-S2809 [31MR]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care (S. 1610), S388-S393 [4FE], S2784 [31MR], S5461 [22MY]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours (S. 1697), S1202 [2MR]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care (S. 2489), S10518-S10520 [17SE]
        ------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), S3183-S3185
            [2AP], S5245 [20MY], S7306-S7323 [26JN] increase effectiveness
            and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (S. 1293),
            S63 [27JA], S63 [27JA] increase effectiveness and efficiency of
            child support enforcement programs (S. 1809), S2424-S2429 [23MR]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
            1733), S1697 [10MR]
        ------ prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S. 1733),
            S12464 [14OC], S12465 [14OC]
        Government:  coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
            streamline Government operations (S. 1642), S747 [12FE]
        ------ coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
            streamline Government operations (S. 1642), S12398 [12OC],
            S12460 [13OC]
        Head Start Program:  initiative for toddlers and infants funding (S.
            2183), S6491 [17JN]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S7009 [24JN], S9061 [27JY],
            S9067-S9087 [27JY], S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  defer to State laws relative
            to physician supervision of nurse anesthetists, S12743 [21OC]
        Higher Education Act:  expand educational opportunities for students
            of low-income families, S7847 [9JY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, S6501-S6503 [17JN]
        ------ allocate savings from FHA property disposition reform to
            Federal housing assistance programs, S8369 [16JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, S11833 [8OC],
            S11837 [8OC], S11840-S11843 [8OC], S11845 [8OC]
        ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
            methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, S8366
            [16JY]
        ------ provide affordable housing and expand homeownership
            opportunities, S8438 [17JY], S8441 [17JY]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing (S.
            1877), S2724 [27MR], S2725 [27MR]
        Immigration:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, S4653-S4659
            [12MY], S4665-S4680 [12MY], S5367 [22MY]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens (S. 1763), S1991
            [16MR]
        Legal aliens:  food stamp eligibility, S2966 [1AP], S3113 [2AP]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program (S. 2013), S3930 [30AP]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children (S. 2485),
            S10437 [16SE]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity (S. 1649), S766 [12FE]
        Oregon:  law relative to assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy
            killing, S12491-S12494 [14OC]
        Poverty:  continuation of benefits for those completing higher
            education programs, S1548 [9MR], S3346 [21AP]
        ------ continuation of benefits for those completing higher
            education programs, S11089-S11093 [29SE]
        Reform, S107-S109 [28JA], S502 [9FE], S504 [9FE], S10641-S10643
            [21SE]
        States:  provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services (S.
            1994), S3715-S3720 [28AP]
        Taxation:  designate renewal communities (S. 1995), S3715-S3720
            [28AP]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit (S. 2230), S7192 [25JN],
            S7193 [25JN]
        Temporary assistance to needy families program:  require States to
            pass child support directly through to families and disregard
            child support in determining eligibility (S. 2586), S11981 [8OC]
        WIC:  funding, S8316 [16JY]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            S10538-S10544 [17SE], S10606 [18SE]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            conference report, S11807 [7OC], S12452-S12455 [13OC]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            insert S. 2286 language in lieu, S10538 [17SE]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims (S.
            2558), S11584 [6OC]
      Reports
        Hunger 1997--The Faces and Facts:  Second Harvest (organization),
            S1802 [11MR]
      Reports filed
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3546) (H. Rept. 105-
            493), H2317 [23AP]
        Child Nutrition Programs Extension and Improvements:  Committee on
            Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2286) (S.
            Rept. 105-243), S7939 [10JY]
        Child Support Performance and Incentive Act:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 3130) (H. Rept. 105-422), H691 [2MR]
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Committee of Conference (S. 2206) (H.
            Rept. 105-788), H9722 [6OC]
        Consideration of H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 378) (H. Rept. 105-
            428), H850 [4MR]
        Consideration of H.R. 3546, National Dialogue on Social Security
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 410) (H. Rept. 105-
            498), H2422 [28AP]
        Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act:  Committee
            on Government Affairs (Senate) (S. 1642) (S. Rept. 105-194),
            S5433 [22MY]
        Head Start Program Reauthorization and Amendments:  Committee on
            Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2206) (S. Rept. 105-256),
            S8657 [21JY]
        Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:
            Committee on Banking and Financial Service (House) (H.R. 217)
            (H. Rept. 105-407), H62 [27JA], H754 [3MR]
        Public Assistance and Benefits for Noncitizens Clarification and
            Improvement:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4558)
            (H. Rept. 105-735), H8461 [22SE]
        WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Programs Improvement:  Committee
            on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3874) (H. Rept.
            105-633), H5956 [20JY]
        ------ Committee of Conference (H.R. 3874) (H. Rept. 105-786), H9722
            [6OC]
      Statements
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Executive Office of the President, H8499 [23SE]
        SSI Treatment of Certain Cash Awards Relative to Fulfilling Wishes
            for Children With Life-Threatening Diseases:  Tony Leal, Jr.,
            Make-A-Wish Foundation, H8500 [23SE]
        Teen Pregnancy and Welfare Reform:  Several Vermont High School
            Students, E1427 [24JY]
      Summaries
        America After School Act (H.R. 3400), E313 [5MR]
        Are States Improving the Lives of Poor Families?--A Scale Measure of
            State Welfare Policies:  Tufts University Center on Hunger and
            Poverty, S1220 [3MR]
        Child Care A.C.C.E.S.S. Act (S. 1610), S391 [4FE]
        Child Support Performance and Incentive Act (H.R. 3130), S3184 [2AP]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
            Appropriations (H.R. 4194):  Title V on Deregulation of Public
            Housing and Rental Assistance Programs and Increase Community
            Control Over Such Programs, H9614-H9616 [6OC]
        Social Security and Welfare Reform (1972), E74 [3FE]
      Testimonies
        Jobs With Justice (organization) Hearing on Welfare/Workfare Issues:
             Brooks Sunkett, Communications Workers of America, E733 [1MY]
        ----- Christopher Lamb, Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law,
            E805 [7MY]
        ----- David Roth, Cleveland Works (organization), E734 [1MY]
        ----- Ilana Barger, People Organized To Win Employment Rights
            (organization), E818 [12MY]
        ----- Joselito Laudencia, Californians for Justice (organization),
            E804 [7MY]
        ----- Josie Mooney, Service Employees International Union, E734
            [1MY]
        ----- Laurie Barretto, Catholic Charities (organization), E817
            [12MY]
        ----- Paul Booth, American Federation of State, County and Municipal
            Employees, E806 [7MY]
        ----- Peggy Haack, E818 [12MY]
        ----- Sabrina Gillon, Campaign for a Sustainable Milwaukee
            (organization), E805 [7MY]
        ----- Wardell Yotaghan, Coalition To Protect Public Housing, E818
            [12MY]
        Toyota Family Literacy Program:  Raynice Brumfield, S3736 [28AP]
      Texts of
        H. Con. Res. 208, access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, H5874 [20JY]
        H. Res. 378, consideration of H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance
            and Incentive Act, H864 [5MR]
        H. Res. 410, consideration of H.R. 3546, National Dialogue on Social
            Security Act, H2478 [29AP]
        H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility
            Act, H703-H712 [3MR]
        H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, H872-H876
            [5MR], H5370-H5377 [25JN]
        H.R. 3546, National Dialogue on Social Security Act, H2487-H2490
            [29AP]
        H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs improvement,
            H5865-H5870 [20JY]
        ------, S10538-S10544 [17SE]
        H.R. 4558, Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical
            Amendments Act, H8498 [23SE]
        S. 1581, child nutrition programs reauthorization, S172 [28JA]
        S. 1642, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act,
            S748 [12FE]
        ------, S12460 [13OC]
        S. 1697, America After School Act, S1203-S1205 [2MR]
        S. 1733, prevent issuance of food stamps to deceased individuals,
            H10935 [15OC]
        S. 1733, prevention of issuance of food stamps to deceased
            individuals, S1698 [10MR]
        S. 1763, Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act, S1992
            [16MR]
        S. 1809, Child Support Performance Improvement Act, S2425-S2429
            [23MR]
        S. 2013, allow children covered under a State Medicaid health plan
            to continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, S3931 [30AP]
        S. 2166, child nutrition programs improvement and extension,
            S6199-S6204 [11JN]
        S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act, S9067-S9082 [27JY]
        ------, S10617-S10633 [18SE], H7620-H7638 [14SE]
        S. 2447, Dept. of Agriculture study of options for the design,
            development, implementation, and operation of a national
            database to track participation in Federal means-tested public
            assistance programs, S9977 [8SE]
        S. 2586, Children First Child Support Reform Act, S11982 [8OC]
        S. 2598, Children's Lead Prevention and Inclusive Treatment Act,
            S12165-S12167 [9OC]