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

Amendments

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (H.J. Res. 3), S1162 [17JA]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), S4975 [8AP], S5094 [9AP]

Federal aid programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), S12204, S12210 [30SE], H9008 [30SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7562, H7575 [24JY]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 4), H513, H530 [13FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), consideration (H. Res. 248), H4569 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1839), S16043 [25NO]

Appointments

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel, S86 [7JA]

Articles and editorials

Before the Next Tragedy, E24 [8JA]

Continuing Good News About Welfare Reform, H527 [13FE]

Hispanics Worry About Head Start Proposal, H6845 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (see H.J. Res. 3), H60 [7JA]

Charities: nullify contracting exemption provisions of Executive order on the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services (see H.R. 2605), H5928 [25JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (see S. 880), S5174 [10AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1142), S7134 [23MY]

———improve ability of the child welfare system to prevent and respond to child abuse and place children in safe, loving, and permanent homes (see H.R. 1534), H2585 [1AP]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see S. 995), S5725 [5MY] (see H.R. 2626), H6262 [26JN]

———improve school breakfast program (see S. 1020), S5859 [7MY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see S. 668), S3993 [19MR]

———promote better nutrition among school children participating in school breakfast and lunch programs (see S. 1007), S5771 [6MY]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems, increase Social Security match for private agencies receiving child welfare training funds, and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 2437), H5266 [11JN]

———provide grants to support farm-to-cafeteria projects under the National School Lunch Act (see S. 1755), S12838 [17OC]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see S. 448), S2838 [26FE] (see H.R. 936), H1395 [26FE]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H10236 [30OC]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see S. 256), S1812 (see S. 272), S1813 [30JA] (see S. 476), S2920 [27FE]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (see S. 389), S2456 [13FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consolidate and improve programs to assist homeless veterans and assume management of National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records facility (see H.R. 2518), H5661 [19JN]

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: authorize appropriations to fully enforce and implement such Act and its amendments (see S. 1538), S10618 [31JY]

Economy: require Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop methodology for measuring cost-of-living in each State, and require Comptroller General to ascertain impact on certain Federal benefits (see H.R. 3640), H12309 [21NO]

Employment: provide access to tools to stimulate employment (see H.R. 535), H318 [5FE]

ERISA: ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from pension and welfare benefits based on status misclassification or reclassification (see H.R. 1397), H2269 [20MR]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support (see S. 669), S3993 [19MR]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (see S. 1632), S11648 [17SE]

———extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (see H.R. 3146), H8490 [23SE]

———support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H7781 [25JY]

Government regulations: require identification used to obtain Federal public benefits meet restrictions ensuring that it is secure and verifiable (see H.R. 502), H244 [29JA]

Head Start Program: provide additional funding for States with increased numbers of children eligible for participation (see H.R. 2563), H5713 [23JN]

———reauthorize (see S. 1940), S15812 [24NO]

———reauthorize and improve (see S. 1483), S10140 [29JY] (see H.R. 2210), H4734 [22MY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (see H. Res. 336), H7453 [23JY]

Health: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals (see H.R. 3273), H9375 [8OC]

———ensure safety and accuracy of medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments (see S. 1197), S7476 [5JN]

———expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (see S. 100), S37 [7JA]

———promote improved nutrition for needy Americans by incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and juice products into Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 2592), H5814 [24JN]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 481), H12920 [8DE]

Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 2750), H6868 [15JY]

Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (see S. 542), S3163 [5MR]

———allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 1143), H1680 [6MR]

———coverage of disabled children and individuals who became disabled as children without regard to income or assets (see H.R. 2320), H4976 [4JN]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 63), S36 [7JA]

———establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (see S. 1394), S9303 [11JY]

———extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (see S. 1519), S10617 [31JY]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 883), S5174 [10AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 816), H701 [13FE]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 138), S133 [9JA]

———increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals (see H.R. 1757), H3303 [10AP]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 847), S5059 [9AP]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see S. 1771), S12969 [21OC] (see H.R. 3363), H9811 [21OC]

———provide complete reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians by federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian health care systems (see S. 1312), S8357 [23JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 622), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 1811), H3353 [11AP]

———provide fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (see S. 1012), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 2000), H3760 [7MY]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H1745 [11MR]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 1744), H3302 [10AP]

Medicare: improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 379), S2341 [12FE]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 1940), H3636 [1MY]

———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (see H.R. 3635), H12309 [21NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see S. 1988), S16119 [9DE] (see H.R. 3355), H9811 [21OC]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 73), S36 [7JA] (see H.R. 844), H703 [13FE]

National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor: establish (see H.R. 618), H321 [5FE]

National School Lunch Act: improve child and adult care food program (see S. 1022), S5859 [7MY]

———improve summer food service program for children (see S. 1021), S5859 [7MY]

Native Americans: reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs operated by Indian tribes (see S. 751), S4629 [1AP] (see H.R. 2770), H7085 [17JY]

Program Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 2903), H7781 [25JY]

Public housing: protect rights of tenants who are evicted as a result of criminal activity through no fault of their own (see H.R. 1429), H2310 [25MR]

———repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 1431), H2311 [25MR]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the earned income tax credit, the refundable portion of the child tax credit, and SSI benefits (see S. 1658), S11988 [25SE]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 732), S4512 [27MR]

Social Security: authorize payments under Federal retirement systems to trusts set up for disabled dependents of Federal employees (see S. 776), S4823 [3AP]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1033), S5950 [8MY] (see S. 1734), S12607 [15OC] (see H.R. 2268), H4737 [22MY] (see H.R. 3293), H9477 [15OC]

———improve women's health care through expanded Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits (see S. 1238), S7718 [11JN]

———increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training of certain child welfare agencies staff (see H.R. 1378), H2268 [20MR]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 845), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1689), H3051 [9AP]

———provide permanent funding level and permit States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to carry out programs relative to the Social Services Block Grant (see H.R. 1858), H3451 [29AP]

SSI: eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military compensation other than basic pay (see H.R. 2791), H7169 [18JY]

———increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (see H.R. 2187), H4527 [21MY]

States: provide homeland security and budget crisis relief grants and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments (see S. 565), S3253 [6MR]

Taxation: clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (see S. 235), S1736 [29JA]

———increase the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1134), H1679 [6MR]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see S. 1180), S7381 [4JN] (see H.R. 2047), H3973 [9MY]

———treatment of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 2346), H5043 [5JN]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 424), H218 [28JA] (see H.R. 1897), H3570 [30AP]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: address barriers to employment as a work activity (see S. 316), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 624), H321 [5FE]

———allow States to treat certain disabled and individuals caring for disabled persons as participating in work activities (see S. 1523), S10617 [31JY]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements (see S. 770), S4702 [2AP]

———exclude child care from determining limits on assistance (see S. 261), S1813 [30JA]

———expand purpose to include poverty reduction (see H.R. 625), H321 [5FE]

———extend State waivers (see S. 605), S3620 [12MR]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (see S. 574), S3369 [7MR]

———improve provision of education and job training (see S. 262), S1813 [30JA]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity (see S. 327), S2051 [6FE]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education (see S. 603), S3620 [12MR]

———promote financial education and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (see S. 813), S4957 [8AP]

———promote secure and healthy families (see H.R. 706), H391 [11FE]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs (see S. 786), S4824 [3AP] (see H.R. 3560), H11701 [20NO]

———provide racial equity and fair treatment (see H.R. 692), H390 [11FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (see S. 5), S2522 [14FE] (see S. 367), S2340 [12FE] (see S. 1443), S9708 [22JY] (see H.R. 4), H273 [4FE] (see H.R. 2350), H5043 [5JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 69), H459 [12FE]

———require States to develop a strategic plan and give them the flexibility to implement alternative welfare programs (see S. 263), S1813 [30JA]

———temporarily extend waivers granted to States (see H.R. 1438), H2311 [25MR]

Unemployment: ensure former employees of foreign air carriers receive same temporary enhanced unemployment benefits available to certain former employees of domestic air carriers (see H.R. 3405), H10130 [29OC]

———provide additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees, modify the trigger used in determining eligibility for second-tier benefits, and provide an extension of the temporary extended unemployment program (see H.R. 682), H390 [11FE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 35), S35 [7JA] (see S. 225), S1668 [28JA] (see S. 270), S1813 [30JA] (see S. 923), S5343 [11AP] (see S. 1075), S6507 [15MY] (see S. 1079), S6624 [19MY] (see S. 1839), S14271 [7NO] (see S. 1853), S14804 [12NO] (see S. 1943), S15812 [24NO] (see H.R. 17, 19), H52 (see H.R. 162), H57 [7JA] (see H.R. 1652), H2863 [7AP] (see H.R. 2185, 2188), H4527 [21MY] (see H.R. 3156), H8490 [23SE] (see H.R. 3270), H9375 [8OC] (see H.R. 3295), H9477 [15OC] (see H.R. 3639), H12309 [21NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see S. 1708), S12376 [2OC] (see H.R. 3244), H9213 [2OC] (see H.R. 3499), H11359 [17NO] (see H.R. 3568), H12306 [21NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 17), consideration (see H. Res. 232), H4011 [13MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 1652), consideration (see H. Res. 225), H3857 [8MY] (see H. Res. 398), H9477 [15OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), consideration (see H. Res. 248), H4527 [21MY]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 1239), H1811 [12MR]

———temporarily allow States to disregard certain look-back requirements for purposes of determining unemployment insurance eligibility (see H.R. 3554), H11701 [20NO]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 1801), S13660 [30OC] (see H.R. 3420), H10236 [30OC]

Cost Estimates

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs extension (H.R. 3146): CBO, S12209 [30SE]

Descriptions

Early Treatment for HIV Act (S. 847), S5087 [9AP]

Unemployment Benefits Extension Act (H.R. 1652), H4156 [15MY]

Factsheets

Parental Attitudes Towards Sex Education: Coalition for Adolescent Sexual Health, E263 [13FE]

Letters

Administration policies to help alleviate poverty: several faith-based organizations, H5186 [11JN]

Early Treatment for HIV Act: A. Cornelius Baker and Eugenia Handler, National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, S5088 [9AP]

———David Adkins, Beaver County AIDS Service Organization, S5089 [9AP]

———David R. Beckley, Metropolitan Community Church of Portland, S5089 [9AP]

———David Tseng, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (organization), S5089 [9AP]

———Deborah Dietrich, Association of Maternal Child Health Programs, S5090 [9AP]

———Ernest Hopkins, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, S5086, S5091 [9AP]

———Jerome J. Radwin, American Foundation for AIDS Research, S5086 [9AP]

———Julie M. Harris, AIDS Council of Northeastern New York, S5089 [9AP]

———Julie M. Scofield, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, S5090 [9AP]

———Kathy Kilcourse, Vermont People With AIDS Coalition, S5088 [9AP]

———Kenneth Haller, Jr., Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, S5088 [9AP]

———Mark Isaac, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, S5090 [9AP]

———Mark M. Levin and A. Cornelius Baker, Whitman-Walker Clinic, S5088 [9AP]

———Rebecca Isaacs, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, S5086 [9AP]

———Robert Greenwald, Treatment Access Expansion Project (organization), S5087 [9AP]

———Ruth Taylor, Parents Anonymous of Oregon (organization), S5089 [9AP]

———Thomas Gegeny, Center for AIDS—Hope and Remembrance Project, S5090 [9AP]

———Tom Peterson, Southern California HIV Advocacy Coalition, S5090 [9AP]

———William E. Arnold, AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Working Group, S5087 [9AP]

———Winnie Stachelberg, Human Rights Campaign (organization), S5086 [9AP]

Ensure that dual-eligible beneficiaries are eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage: Paul Baldwin, Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance, S8640 [26JN]

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S10148 [29JY]

Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States: Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, S3982 [19MR]

Medicaid Psychiatric Hospital Fairness Act: Carol Carothers, NAMI Maine (nonprofit organization), S12982 [21OC]

———Dennis P. King, Spring Harbor Hospital, S12983 [21OC]

———Marcia Goin, American Psychiatric Association, S12981 [21OC]

———Mark Covall, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, S12982 [21OC]

———Richard C. Birkel, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S12981 [21OC]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S12981 [21OC]

———Sabra C. Burdick, Maine Dept. of Behavioral and Developmental Services, S12982 [21OC]

———Steven Michaud, Maine Hospital Association, S12982 [21OC]

———Thomas E. Bryant, National Association of County Behavioral Health Directors, S12981 [21OC]

Omnibus consolidated appropriations: Paul E. Patton and Dirk Kempthorne, National Governors Association, S1197 [21JA]

Oregon's participation under waiver in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, H9010 [30SE]

Pathways to Independence Act: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S10646 [31JY]

———Lorey H. Freeman, Oregon Law Center, S10647 [31JY]

Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H497 [13FE]

Provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S14298 [10NO], S14717 [12NO]

———Annette M. Copeland, Employment Security Dept. of Washington, H12183 [21NO]

———Bill Gilbertson, S14659 [12NO]

———Laura Perry, S14659 [12NO]

———Marshall Dunlap, S14659 [12NO]

———Ronnie Harper, S14659 [12NO]

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act: several Senators, S5969, S5970 [8MY]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S5969, S5970 [8MY]

Lists

Supporters of S. 847, Early Treatment for HIV Act, S5087 [9AP]

Texans endorsing benefits of participating in Head Start Program, H7523 [24JY]

Motions

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), S5011 [9AP]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7592 [24JY]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 4), H550 [13FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4623 [22MY]

Poems

``Welfare Mother at the Vietnam Wall,'' Representative Owens, E1254 [13JN]

Press releases

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act: Sarah Greene, National Head Start Association, S10148 [29JY]

Remarks in House

American Samoa: Head Start Program funding, H7559 [24JY]

Birth control: abstinence-only sex education programs funding, H483, H484, H485, H486 [13FE], E263 [13FE]

Children and youth: increase child care programs funding, H550, H551 [13FE], E379 [6MR]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems, increase Social Security match for private agencies receiving child welfare training funds, and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (H.R. 2437), E1219 [11JN]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (H.R. 936), E304 [27FE]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (H.R. 3416), E2195 [31OC]

———reform child welfare systems, E24 [8JA]

Collingwood, NJ: starvation and mistreatment of foster children, H11125 [7NO]

Denton, TX: Denton Housing Authority recipient of National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials Merit Awards, E2378 [21NO], E2390 [22NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: decision to revise verification process used to determine eligibility for free or reduced school meals, H9488 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: impact of spending priorities on social and domestic programs, H162 [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consolidate and improve programs to assist homeless veterans and assume management of National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records facility (H.R. 2518), E1318 [20JN]

Federal aid programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), H8815-H8819 [24SE]

———extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), Senate amendment, H9008-H9011 [30SE]

Good Neighbor Settlement House (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E2486 [8DE]

Government regulations: require identification used to obtain Federal public benefits meet restrictions ensuring that it is secure and verifiable (H.R. 502), H2281 [25MR]

Head Start Program: conduct a study comparing participants with eligible children who do not participate, H7527 [24JY]

———ensure coverage of children of migrant and seasonal workers and Native Americans, H7527, H7548, H7549, H7593 [24JY]

———funding, H1911 [18MR], H2580 [1AP], H6386, H6388, H6389, H6439 [9JY], H6872 [16JY], H7203 [21JY]

———prohibit faith-based organizations providing Head Start services from religious discrimination in hiring, H7523, H7526, H7548, H7557-H7561, H7571-H7575, H7583, H7584, H7587, H7590 [24JY], H11560 [19NO]

———provide block grants to States, E1635, E1636 [25JY]

———provide scholarships for teachers pursuing post-secondary degrees, H7527 [24JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H4983 [5JN], H5257-H5263 [11JN], H5541-H5549 [18JN], H6845, H6848-H6858 [15JY], H7236 [22JY], H7457, H7458, H7542-H7595 [24JY], H8893 [24SE], E1052, E1053 [22MY], E1249 [13JN], E1582 [24JY], E1618, E1624, E1635, E1636, E1642, E1644, E1648, E1650, E1651, E1653, E1663 [25JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (H. Res. 336), H7518-H7531, H7542 [24JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), motion to recommit, H7593 [24JY]

Health: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals (H.R. 3273), E2014 [8OC]

———promote improved nutrition for needy Americans by incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and juice products into Federal nutrition programs (H.R. 2592), E2227 [4NO]

Immigration: impact of costs of illegal and legal immigration on U.S. health and social services systems, H2463-H2467 [27MR], H4870 [3JN], H9204 [2OC]

———provide benefits for legal immigrants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H483, H524 [13FE]

Indian Child Welfare Act: anniversary, E2282 [7NO]

———technical amendments (H.R. 2750), E1484 [15JY], E2282 [7NO]

Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (H.R. 1143), E551 [21MR]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, H6576 [10JY]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (H.R. 3363), E2190 [31OC]

———tribute to Cash and Counseling Program, H4261 [20MY]

———tribute to Consumer Directed Care, H4261 [20MY]

Medicare: improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (H.R. 1940), E853 [1MY]

———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (H.R. 3635), E2430 [23NO]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 844), E1273 [17JN]

National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor: establish (H.R. 618), H278 [5FE], E132 [5FE]

Reform, H395 [12FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H395 [12FE]

Social Security: Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H2580 [1AP]

SSI: eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military compensation other than basic pay (H.R. 2791), E1537 [18JY]

Taxation: modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (H.R. 2047), E921 [9MY]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: extend waivers and give States the flexibility to implement alternative welfare programs, H9009, H9010 [30SE]

———promote secure and healthy families (H.R. 706), E180 [11FE]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs (H.R. 3560), E2384 [21NO]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States, E1230 [11JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 2350), H5185-H5190 [11JN], E1254 [13JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 4), H396, H440, H441 [12FE], H471-H552 [13FE], H5185 [11JN], H8816-H8819 [24SE], E188 [12FE], E278 [25FE], E379 [6MR]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 4), amendment process, H315 [5FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 69), H465-H471 [13FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H550, H551 [13FE]

———temporarily extend waivers granted to States (H.R. 1438), E563 [25MR]

Territories: eligibility for supplemental, contingency, and child care block grant programs funding, H528 [13FE]

Transitional Medical Assistance Program: funding, H486 [13FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H434 [12FE], H3749, H3751 [7MY], H3817, H3818 [8MY], H3978 [13MY], H4022, H4036-H4040, H4096, H4097, H4099, H4100, H4101 [14MY], H4150, H4165 [15MY], H11828, H11832 [20NO], H12182, H12186 [21NO], E926 [9MY], E995 [19MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system, H12749, H12752, H12753, H12754-H12758, H12761-H12766, H12835, H12861 [8DE], E2556 [15DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (H.R. 3568), H12862 [8DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 17), E63, E65, E68 [27JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 1652), H3623 [1MY], H4152-H4157, H4159 [15MY], H4519-H4525 [21MY], H4532 [22MY], H9986, H9987, H9988 [29OC], H10160 [30OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4613-H4625 [22MY], E1095 [2JN]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), consideration (H. Res. 248), H4564-H4571 [22MY], E1091 [2JN]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), motion to recommit, H4623 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 3156), H8940 [25SE]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 3420), E2194 [31OC]

Remarks in Senate

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising criteria used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility, S11902 [24SE]

Charities: support initiative to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, S4932-S4937, S4943-S4945 [8AP]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (S. 880), star print, S5436 [28AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (S. 1142), S7137-S7139 [23MY]

———improve certain nutritional programs (S. 995), S5736 [5MY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 668), S4018 [19MR]

———promote better nutrition among school children participating in school breakfast and lunch programs (S. 1007), S5787, S5788 [6MY]

———provide grants to support farm-to-cafeteria projects under the National School Lunch Act (S. 1755), S12846 [17OC]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (S. 448), S2840 [26FE]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to child care funding, S4351 [25MR]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 272), S1835 [30JA]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), S4930-S4949 [8AP], S5007-S5044 [9AP], S5154 [10AP], S12439 [3OC]

———provide incentives to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), unanimous-consent agreement, S4870-S4872 [3AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: nutrition programs funding, S1436-S1438 [23JA]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (S. 389), S2465 [13FE], S2714 [25FE]

———Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program funding, S11282-S11285, S11294 [10SE]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S5015, S5016 [9AP]

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: enforcement funding, S14011 [5NO], S14151 [6NO], S15960 [25NO]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support (S. 669), S4156 [20MR]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (S. 1632), S11723 [18SE]

———extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), S12209 [30SE]

Federal courts: control of State and local political institutions, S8553 [25JN]

Head Start Program: funding, S9325 [14JY], S11054 [4SE], S11226, S11227 [9SE]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 1483), S10145-S10149 [29JY]

Health: ensure safety and accuracy of medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments (S. 1197), S7489 [5JN]

———expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (S. 100), S78-S80 [7JA]

———suspend the Outcome and Assessment Information Set requirement for non-Medicare and non-Medicaid patients to reduce paperwork, S8608 [26JN]

Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (S. 542), S3112 [5MR]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 63), S61 [7JA]

———establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (S. 1394), S9236 [10JY], S9304 [11JY]

———establish alternatives to Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S11106 [4SE]

———extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (S. 1519), S10643 [31JY]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (S. 883), S5232 [10AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S1505 [28JA], S3980-S3984 [19MR], S4112 [20MR]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 138), S164, S165 [9JA]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (S. 847), S5085 [9AP]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (S. 1771), S12980 [21OC]

———provide complete reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians by federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian health care systems (S. 1312), S8359 [23JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 622), S3740-S3742 [13MR]

———provide fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (S. 1012), S5862 [7MY]

———reform, S2654-S2657 [25FE], S2883 [27FE]

Medicare: eliminate asset test to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries, S8111, S8115 [18JN], S8169-S8172 [19JN], S8338-S8340, S8343-S8345 [23JN]

———ensure that dual-eligible beneficiaries are eligible for prescription drug coverage, S8324-S8329 [23JN], S8393 [24JN], S8640, S8641, S8644, S8647 [26JN]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (S. 379), S2363 [12FE], S2448 [13FE]

———update asset test to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries, S8623 [26JN]

Montana: grant waiver to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S12209 [30SE]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 73), S68 [7JA]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children participating in summer food service programs, S1436 [23JA]

Native Americans: reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs operated by Indian tribes (S. 751), S4633 [1AP]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the earned income tax credit, the refundable portion of the child tax credit, and SSI benefits (S. 1658), S11999 [25SE]

Reform, S9671 [22JY]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (S. 732), S4522 [27MR]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, S3425-S3428, S3468-S3478 [11MR], S3613 [12MR]

———authorize payments under Federal retirement systems to trusts set up for disabled dependents of Federal employees (S. 776), S4827 [3AP]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1033), S5966-S5971 [8MY]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1734), S12612-S12616 [15OC]

———improve women's health care through expanded Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits (S. 1238), S7728 [11JN]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S8424-S8428 [24JN], S8642-S8644 [26JN]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 845), S5083, S5084 [9AP], S5643 [1MY]

———restore Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to legal residents who are citizens of the Freely Associated States, S8330 [23JN]

States: provide homeland security and budget crisis relief grants and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments (S. 565), S3323 [6MR]

Taxation: clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (S. 235), S1739 [29JA]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (S. 1180), S7387-S7389 [4JN]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: address barriers to employment as a work activity (S. 316), S1996-S1999 [5FE]

———allow States to treat certain disabled and individuals caring for disabled persons as participating in work activities (S. 1523), S10645-S10648 [31JY]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements (S. 770), S4708-S4712 [2AP]

———exclude child care from determining limits on assistance (S. 261), S1822-S1824 [30JA]

———extend State waivers (S. 605), S3623 [12MR]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (S. 574), S3370 [7MR]

———improve provision of education and job training (S. 262), S1822 [30JA]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity (S. 327), S2053 [6FE]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education (S. 603), S3622 [12MR]

———promote financial education and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (S. 813), S4961 [8AP]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs (S. 786), S4837 [3AP]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 2350), S8711, S8712 [26JN], S8846 [27JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (S. 1443), S9671, S9705, S9718 [22JY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (S. 367), S2353-S2355 [12FE]

———require States to develop a strategic plan and give them the flexibility to implement alternative welfare programs (S. 263), S1822 [30JA]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S4342, S4343 [25MR], S6180-S6191 [14MY], S6410, S6411 [15MY], S7098 [23MY], S9170, S9178-S9181 [10JY], S9931 [25JY], S15806 [24NO], S16084 [9DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (S. 1708), S13476 [29OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), S7101, S7109, S7110 [23MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), unanimous-consent request, S7101, S7105, S7106 [23MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 225), S1661 [28JA], S1689 [29JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 270), S1834 [30JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 923), S5383-S5385 [11AP]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 923), unanimous-consent request, S6583, S6584 [19MY], S6912-S6914 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1079), S6638 [19MY], S6643 [20MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1079), unanimous-consent request, S6638 [19MY], S6912-S6914 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1839), S15954 [25NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1839), unanimous-consent request, S15713, S15714 [24NO], S15956 [25NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1853), S14550, S14571, S14628, S14658, S14667, S14679, S14785 [12NO], S15178 [19NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1853), unanimous-consent request, S14538, S14543, S14551, S14642, S14643, S14659, S14668, S14669, S14681, S14699, S14748, S14785, S14786 [12NO], S14993 [18NO], S15178 [19NO], S16083 [9DE]

Women: maternity homes funding, S4941 [8AP]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (S. 1801), S13668 [30OC]

Reports filed

CARE Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 476) (S. Rept. 108-11), S2919 [27FE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 880) (S. Rept. 108-37), S5172 [10AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 69) (H. Rept. 108-9), H459 [12FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2185, Temporary Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Program: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 248) (H. Rept. 108-123), H4527 [21MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 336) (H. Rept. 108-232), H7453 [23JY]

Family Opportunity Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 622) (S. Rept. 108-157), S12192 [30SE]

Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4) (S. Rept. 108-162), S12448 [3OC]

School Readiness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2210) (H. Rept. 108-184), H6261 [26JN]

Statements

Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Funding: Several Students, S11284 [10SE]

Summaries

American Indian Welfare Reform Act (S. 751), S4633-S4635 [1AP]

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act (S. 1483), S10146 [29JY]

Leave No Child Behind Act (S. 448), S2841 [26FE]

Surveys

Social Services Block Grant: United Way, S5015 [9AP]

Tables

Average starting salaries for certain jobs following two years of training in a vocational or community college program, S2053 [6FE]

Individuals benefiting from a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program by State, S6184 [14MY]

Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program estimated allotments, S11294 [10SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 69, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H465 [13FE]

H. Res. 248, consideration of H.R. 2185, temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H4564 [22MY]

H. Res. 336, consideration of H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act, H7518 [24JY]

H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H499-H513 [13FE]

H.R. 2185, temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H4613 [22MY]

H.R. 2350, Welfare Reform Extension Act, H5185 [11JN]

H.R. 3146, extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs, H8816 [24SE]

S. 63, Nursing School Clinics Act, S61 [7JA]

S. 73, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S68 [7JA]

S. 138, increase Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S164 [9JA]

S. 261, Children First Act, S1823 [30JA]

S. 262, Education Works Act, S1824 [30JA]

S. 263, Self Sufficiency and Accountability Act, S1824-S1827 [30JA]

S. 316, Chance To Succeed Act, S1996-S1998 [5FE]

S. 327, increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S2054 [6FE]

S. 379, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act, S2363 [12FE]

S. 389, Caring for Children Act, S2466 [13FE]

S. 476, CARE Act, S5020-S5043 [9AP]

S. 565, Homeland Protection and Tax Hike Prevention Act, S3323-S3325 [6MR]

S. 574, Unemployment Protection for Low-Income Families Through TANF (UPLIFT) Act, S3370 [7MR]

S. 622, Family Opportunity Act, S3740 [13MR]

S. 668, Child Care Quality Incentive Act, S4019 [19MR]

S. 770, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act, S4709-S4712 [2AP]

S. 776, authorize payments under Federal retirement systems to Social Security trusts set up for disabled dependents of Federal employees, S4827 [3AP]

S. 786, Business Links Act, S4838 [3AP]

S. 813, TANF Financial Education Promotion Act, S4961 [8AP]

S. 847, Early Treatment for HIV Act, S5091 [9AP]

S. 883, Transitional Medical Assistance Improvement Act, S5232 [10AP]

S. 995, Child Nutrition Initiatives Act, S5737 [5MY]

S. 1007, Better Nutrition for School Children Act, S5787 [6MY]

S. 1033, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S5967 [8MY]

S. 1142, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S7139-S7142 [23MY]

S. 1197, Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act, S7490 [5JN]

S. 1312, Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act, S8359 [23JN]

S. 1394, Money Follows the Person Act, S9304-S9306 [11JY]

S. 1443, Building on Welfare Success Act, S9720-S9736 [22JY]

S. 1519, Medicaid Federal-State cost-sharing program extension to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs, S10643 [31JY]

S. 1523, Pathways to Independence Act, S10646 [31JY]

S. 1632, extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States, S11724 [18SE]

S. 1658, Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Act, S12000 [25SE]

S. 1734, Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act, S12612-S12615 [15OC]

S. 1755, Farm-to-Cafeteria Projects Act, S12846 [17OC]

S. 1801, Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act, S13668-S13677 [30OC]