PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS see also Federal Aid Programs; Social Security

Addresses

Ride of Life: Bill Hicks, H1999 [26FE]

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1368 [6MR], S1419 [10MR], S1523, S1524, S1525 [11MR], S1539, S1545, S1554, S1555, S1556, S1559, S1562, S1566, S1568, S1587, S1588, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1593 [12MR], S1608, S1609, S1610, S1613, S1616, S1665 [13MR], S5772, S5836 [18SE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S71, S72, S76, S77 [7JA], S142, S147, S148, S149, S150, S151, S179, S180, S181, S183 [8JA], S204, S227, S229, S231 [9JA], S293, S294, S296, S297 [13JA], S329, S330, S332 [14JA], S545 [28JA], S703 [3FE], S737, S738, S768, S769 [4FE], S826, S827, S829, S830, S832 [6FE]

Articles and editorials

Best State in America—Vermont, for Its Healthy Kids, S3926 [24JN]

False Reasons for Filibustering Jobless Aid (excerpt), S384 [16JA]

Long-Term Jobless, Like Madera Man, Face Loss of Unemployment Payments (excerpt), S41 [7JA], S316 [14JA]

No. 1 Job for House—Extend Emergency Unemployment Aid—Program Will Help Economy by Creating Jobs, Boosting Growth, H1265 [27JA]

No. 1 Job for House—Extend Emergency Unemployment Aid, H178 [13JA]

No Jobs, No Benefits, and Lousy Pay, H252 [15JA]

1.3 Million Will Be Cut From Jobless Benefit Rolls (excerpt), S315 [14JA]

Study Ties Diabetic Crises to Dip in Food Budgets, H231 [15JA]

Unemployment Benefits Lapse Severs Lifeline for Longtime Jobless (excerpt), S41 [7JA], S315 [14JA]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: increase the statutory public debt ceiling, require House and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the budget, and restrict new entitlement spending (see H.R. 4027), H1718 [10FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 2501), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 4188), H2300 [11MR]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 4765), H5022 [29MY]

——— expand and improve Federal programs to reduce child hunger (see H.R. 4249), H2433 [13MR]

Crime: seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (see S. 2567), S4271 [8JY] (see H.R. 5158), H6580 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 2366), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 5242), H7039 [29JY]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 2527), S4003 [25JN] (see H.R. 5012), H5818 [26JN]

——— improve standards of school lunch programs (see H.R. 5891), H10335 [2JA]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 2210), S2161 [3AP]

——— modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility disqualification for certain convicted felons (see H.R. 5642), H7886 [18SE]

——— preserve access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5238), H7039 [29JY]

——— prohibit use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to purchase marijuana products (see H.R. 4142), H2147 [4MR]

——— provide incentives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participating households to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 4904), H5557 [19JN]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits (see S. 1922), S325 [14JA] (see H.R. 4006), H1686 [6FE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct outreach efforts to provide certain health information to individuals enrolled in qualified health plans through exchanges or State plans under Medicaid (see H.R. 4796), H5068 [2JN]

——— enable a State to be reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by a nonprofit educational institution in the State (see H.R. 5140), H6398 [17JY]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H2913 [3AP]

——— prohibit applicants from enrolling in a health plan on an exchange, in Medicaid, or in a child health plan if their self-attested personal information is inconsistent with Federal data sources (see S. 2701), S5135 [30JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect children affected by immigration enforcement actions (see H.R. 5879), H9303 [11DE]

Dept. of HUD: reform and update flat rent structure for public housing (see H.R. 5632), H7885 [18SE]

Dept. of Labor: issue implementing regulations for drug testing under State unemployment compensation programs (see H.R. 4310), H2695 [26MR]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, repeal medical device tax, restore 40-hour work week, and provide reemployment assessments (see H.R. 3885), H472 [15JA]

——— help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency and provide information on total spending and an overall spending limit on such programs (see S. 2015), S890 [11FE] (see H.R. 4731), H4828 [22MY]

Families and domestic relations: provide States with assistance in finding a permanent home for every child (see H.R. 4909), H5557 [19JN]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see H.R. 5196), H6814 [24JY]

Federal aid programs: constitutional amendment to control entitlement spending (see H.J. Res. 126), H7887 [18SE]

——— provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties (see H.R. 5571), H7883 [18SE]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2484 [14MR]

Health: clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 4077), H1937 [25FE]

——— clarify treatment of health care provider standards of care under Federal health care provisions (see H.R. 4750), H4909 [28MY]

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see S. 2662), S4903 [24JY]

House of Representatives: bring an action seeking relief in response to the failure of the Sec. of HHS to faithfully execute the law relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H. Res. 654), H5830 [7JY]

Investments: exempt certain college savings plans from asset limitations when determining SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or LIHEAP eligibility (see H.R. 5783), H8365 [3DE]

Medicaid: apply requirement that drug manufacturers that increase prices faster than inflation pay an additional rebate to State Medicaid programs to generic drug manufacturers (see S. 2948), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5748), H8169 [20NO]

——— ensure beneficiaries have the opportunity to receive care in home and community-based settings (see S. 2515), S3938 [24JN] (see H.R. 5547), H7882 [18SE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (see H.R. 4676), H4475 [19MY]

——— establish a demonstration project under which payment may be made to States for expenditures for medical assistance for substance use disorder treatment services (see H.R. 5136), H6397 [17JY]

——— extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 2694), S5134 [30JY] (see S. 3007), S6627 [11DE] (see H.R. 5723), H8033 [17NO]

——— protect enrollment of incarcerated youth for medical assistance (see S. 2211), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4390), H2913 [3AP]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 4016), H1686 [6FE]

——— provide an option of States to cover a children’s program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 4605), H4015 [8MY]

——— provide equitable treatment of primary care services (see H.R. 5353), H7183 [31JY]

——— provide payment for patient navigator services (see H.R. 4168), H2255 [6MR]

——— provide reimbursement to individuals and entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel (see S. 1940), S439 [16JA]

Medicare: provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 5380), H7184 [31JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 5481), H7617 [16SE]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (see H.R. 4302), H2694 [26MR]

——— provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 3966), H1510 [29JA]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (see S. 2110), S1519 [11MR]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 2706), S5135 [30JY] (see H.R. 5285), H7125 [30JY]

Social Security: allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (see H.R. 5274), H7125 [30JY]

——— continue pre-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act flexibility in providing State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage (see H.R. 3931), H1430 [27JA]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 2461), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 5364), H7183 [31JY]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 1980), S702 [3FE]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H5597 [20JN]

SSI: condition benefit eligibility of certain older disabled children on school attendance (see H.R. 4617), H4015 [8MY]

——— modify certain requirements for countable resources and income (see H.R. 4583), H3446 [6MY]

——— update eligibility (see S. 2089), S1365 [6MR]

States: test methods of program integration and coordination of services to move individuals and families towards self-sufficiency, reduce welfare dependence, and increase work and earnings (see H.R. 4206), H2301 [11MR]

Summer Meals Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 495), S4224 [7JY]

Taxation: exclude Social Security benefits from taxable income (see H.R. 5850), H9302 [11DE]

——— repeal inclusion of Social Security benefits in gross income (see H.R. 3894), H1240 [16JA]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: exclude child care from the determination of the limit on assistance (see H.R. 4294), H2644 [25MR]

——— prohibit assistance from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (see H.R. 4137, 4142), H2147 [4MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see S. 1931), S372 [15JA] (see S. 2077), S1281 [4MR] (see S. 2148), S1653 [13MR] (see S. 2149), S1691 [24MR] (see S. 2532), S4003 [25JN] (see H.R. 3813), H20 [7JA] (see H.R. 3824), H134 [9JA] (see H.R. 3936), H1479 [28JA] (see H.R. 4415), H2990 [7AP] (see H.R. 4970), H5768 [25JN]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), consideration (see H. Res. 490), H1937 [25FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (see S. 2097), S1366 [6MR]

——— provide that if unemployment benefits are extended, prospective benefits shall be subject to gradual reduction (see H.R. 4431), H3142 [9AP]

Veterans: promote identification of veterans and their health needs in furnishing items and services under Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs (see H.R. 5332), H7182 [31JY]

Cloture motions

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S5963 [13NO]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S5772 [18SE]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), motion to proceed, S1225 [27FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S311, S312 [14JA], S737, S738 [4FE], S794 [6FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S39 [7JA]

Essays

Half in Ten (organization) and Coalition on Human Needs Our American Story Project—50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty: Amy Treptow, H123 [9JA]

Factsheets

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (S. 1086), S6009 [17NO]

Texas and 18th Congressional District Employment and Unemployment Information, H178 [13JA]

Letters

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Celia Hartman Sims, Knowledge Universe (organization), H7478 [15SE]

——— Gerald M. Cutts, First Children’s Finance (organization), H7479 [15SE]

——— Grace Reef, Early Learning Policy Group, LLC, H7478 [15SE]

——— Helen Blank and Joan Entmacher, National Women’s Law Center, H7476, H7480 [15SE]

——— Janet Singerman, Child Care Resources Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Katy Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Lynette M. Fraga, L. Carol Scott, Michelle Noth McCready, and Nicholas P. Vucic, Child Care Aware of America (organization), H7476, H7481 [15SE]

——— M.-A. Lucas, Early Care and Education Consortium, H7478 [15SE]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H7479 [15SE]

——— Matthew Melmed, Zero to Three—National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, H7477 [15SE]

——— Olivia Golden, Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), H7477 [15SE]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H7475, H7480 [15SE]

——— Rhian Evans Allvin, National Association for the Education of Young Children, H7479 [15SE]

——— Richard Bland, Save the Children Federation, Inc., H7475, H7480 [15SE]

——— Sharon Veatch, Child Care Aware of Virginia (organization), H7476 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding: several mayors, H1446 [28JA]

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act: George N. Copadis and Richard J. Lavers, S127 [8JA]

——— Margaret W. Hassan, Governor of New Hampshire, S127 [8JA]

Medicaid expansion funding in Florida: Kathleen Voss Woolrich, E463 [27MR]

Protecting Access to Medicare Act: several physician organizations, H2717 [27MR]

Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act: Jon Greendeer and Heather Cloud, Ho-Chunk Nation Legislature, H7602 [16SE]

——— Melinda J. Danforth, Oneida Tribe of Indians Business Committee, H7602 [16SE]

——— Scott R. Vele, Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes, H7602 [16SE]

Unemployment benefits extension: Carol Blankenhorn, H123 [9JA]

Motions

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1169 [26FE], S1187 [27FE], S1257 [4MR], S1371 [10MR], S1487 [11MR], S1531 [12MR], S5772 [18SE], S5964 [13NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1855 [31MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204, S208 [9JA], S311 [14JA], S737 [4FE]

Press releases

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Results for America (organization), H7479 [15SE]

Economic Benefits of Acting on Critical Legislative Issues: Representative Hoyer, H1264 [27JA]

New Economic Analysis—400 Million Drained From State Economies in Unemployment Benefits This Week Alone: Committee on Ways and Means (House) Democratic Members, H252 [15JA]

SNAP Cuts in Farm Bill Will Lead to Less Food for Vulnerable People: Food Research and Action Center, H1446 [28JA]

Remarks in House

Budget: reform entitlement programs, H5762–H5764 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (H.R. 4765), E891 [30MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H80 [9JA]

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: anniversary of Veterans Braintrust Forum, E310–E313 [5MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow all fresh fruits and vegetables, including white potatoes, as supplemental foods under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC, H5283, H5286, H5287 [11JN]

——— allow veterans to file for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits under the status of disabled while their Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability claims are pending, H5304 [11JN]

——— anniversary of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC, E1638 [19NO]

——— importance of Summer Food Service Program, H5881 [9JY], H6220 [15JY]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (H.R. 5012), H6220 [15JY], H6940 [28JY]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H1497, H1498 [29JA]

——— Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC funding, H2366 [13MR]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H24, H31, H45, H47, H50 [8JA], H79 [9JA], H230, H452, H453 [15JA], H1262, H1264, H1425–H1428 [27JA], H1436, H1443–H1446, H1449 [28JA], H1484, H1486, H1488–H1499, H1502 [29JA], H1595 [5FE], H2245 [6MR], H2615 [25MR], H2859 [3AP], H3009, H3011 [8AP], H3134 [9AP], H3230 [28AP], H3452 [7MY], H5075 [9JN], H5501 [19JN], H5643 [24JN], H6139 [14JY], H6800–H6804 [24JY], H8044 [18NO], H8154 [20NO], E81 [15JA], E92 [16JA], E149 [31JA], E154 [3FE], E605 [28AP]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H3961, H4003 [8MY], H6673 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (H.R. 1732), E537 [7AP], E1226 [24JY]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), H7465–H7481 [15SE], E1431, E1432 [17SE], E1452 [19SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the definition of homeless veteran to include veterans displaced by domestic violence for purposes of benefits, H3305 [30AP]

——— require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with building and fire codes, H5132, H5133 [9JN]

Federal aid programs: provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties (H.R. 5571), E1490 [19SE]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (H.R. 4255), H2309 [12MR], H2411 [13MR], H2950 [4AP]

Funding, H156 [10JA]

Government: impact of Federal regulations and Federal aid on societal behavior relative to the role of Government in the lives of individual citizens, H153–H156 [10JA]

Health: improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (H.R. 3120), H2004 [27FE]

——— prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases, H2457 [14MR]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: reauthorize, H6220 [15JY]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (H. Res. 442), H114–H118 [9JA]

——— legislative priorities, H2174 [5MR]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H23, H24, H31, H32, H33, H34, H45, H46–H56, H69–H71 [8JA], H78, H79, H80, H81, H83, H86, H113, H118, H120, H121, H124 [9JA], H139 [10JA], H166, H173, H180 [13JA], H191, H212 [14JA], H230, H235, H236 [15JA], H1265 [27JA], H1537 [3FE], H1726 [11FE], H2010 [27FE], H3231 [28AP], E21, E22, E26 [8JA]

Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services, H8926 [9DE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (H.R. 4676), E761 [19MY]

——— States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H6666, H6667, H6670 [23JY], H7043, H7048 [30JY], H7400 [10SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: anniversary, H7058 [30JY]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 2305), H7391 [10SE]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), H2700–H2718, H2730, H2733 [27MR], H2865, H2866 [3AP]

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 1173), H2171, H2172 [5MR], H2307 [12MR], H2648 [26MR], H7621 [17SE]

North Carolina: impact of reduction of State unemployment benefits, H48 [8JA], H176 [13JA]

——— tribute to Moral Monday protests, H1886 [25FE]

Northampton, MA: tribute to Monte’s March, H8154 [20NO]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H13 [7JA], H31, H47, H49, H51 [8JA], H3109 [9AP]

Puerto Rico: GAO report regarding fiscal impact of statehood on Federal Government, H2809 [2AP]

Social Security: allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (H.R. 5274), E1272 [30JY]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 2744), H6 [7JA]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), H7599–H7603 [16SE], H7628 [17SE], E1469 [19SE]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: funding, H7554 [16SE]

——— prohibit assistance from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), H7603–H7605 [16SE]

Treptow, Amy: Half in Ten (organization) and Coalition on Human Needs Our American Story project 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty storyteller contest winner, H123 [9JA]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H6, H7, H13–H18 [7JA], H26, H30, H31, H32, H33, H34, H45, H46, H47–H52 [8JA], H76, H78, H79, H80, H84, H86, H87, H91–H94, H118–H124 [9JA], H137, H139, H144, H150–H153 [10JA], H176–H182 [13JA], H189, H190, H191, H192, H213 [14JA], H234, H237, H240, H241, H242, H243, H452, H453, H454, H460, H461, H464–H467 [15JA], H1218, H1222, H1224, H1230 [16JA], H1264–H1268 [27JA], H1443 [28JA], H1502 [29JA], H1540 [3FE], H1554, H1557 [4FE], H1604 [5FE], H1683, H1684 [6FE], H1944, H1969 [26FE], H2012 [27FE], H2079, H2086 [28FE], H2245 [6MR], H2307, H2309, H2338 [12MR], H2371, H2373 [13MR], H2620 [25MR], H2686 [26MR], H2946, H2948–H2951 [4AP], H2964 [7AP], H3039 [8AP], H3246 [29AP], H3394 [1MY], H3455, H3456, H3465 [7MY], H3949, H3952, H3953 [8MY], H4484, H4485 [20MY], H4926 [29MY], H5406 [18JN], H5503 [19JN], H5652 [24JN], H5734 [25JN], H6040 [10JY], H6123 [11JY], H7099 [30JY], E21, E23, E24 [8JA], E79 [15JA], E549 [8AP], E1024 [19JN]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), H2161, H2164 [5MR], H2204, H2205, H2224, H2232 [6MR], H2306 [12MR], H2411–H2417 [13MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), consideration (H. Res. 490), H2472 [14MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3773), H1435 [28JA], H2174 [5MR], H2371 [13MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), H121 [9JA], H188 [14JA], H243, H245, H246, H248–H253, H446 [15JA], H1230 [16JA], H2068 [28FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), unanimous-consent request, H246–H248, H250, H251 [15JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3936), H1449–H1458 [28JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 4415), H3004 [8AP], H3062 [9AP], H3300 [30AP], H3453, H3461, H3463, H3464 [7MY], H4689, H4690 [21MY], H4926 [29MY], H5886 [9JY]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), H112, H113 [9JA], E523 [4AP]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2148), H2471 [14MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (S. 2097), H2858 [3AP]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: reduce child poverty, S1603 [13MR]

Crime: seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (S. 2567), S4370 [10JY], S6490 [10DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (S. 2366), S3239 [21MY]

——— importance of Summer Food Service Program, S4259 [8JY]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (S. 2210), S2164 [3AP], S2191 [7AP]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S675, S688 [3FE], S730–S734 [4FE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S105 [8JA], S515 [28JA], S673, S680–S685, S696 [3FE], S711, S714–S718, S723, S724 [4FE], S813 [6FE], S2458 [29AP]

Dept. of HHS: allow Native American tribes to temporarily reduce services under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program in order to improve or replace facilities, S1570 [12MR]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (S. 1823), S4294 [9JY]

——— Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funding for Indian tribes and tribal organizations, S1556, S1560 [12MR]

——— clarify Federal definition of homelessness relative to Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility, S6011, S6012 [17NO]

——— clarify that certain parental rights provisions under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program do not favor the use of grants or contracts over child care certificates, S1566 [12MR]

——— clarify that Child Care and Development Block Grant Program reauthorization and improvement maintains existing Federal and State childcare services regulations, S1614 [13MR]

——— clarify that individuals convicted of certain crimes are prohibited from working at childcare facilities funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, S1611 [13MR]

——— conduct review in conjunction with Dept. of Education of Federal early learning and care programs and make recommendations to consolidate and streamline such programs, S1554–S1556 [12MR], S1608 [13MR]

——— ensure that under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program all child care programs on Federal facilities conduct the same background check on child care providers that are required on State land, S1563 [12MR], S2309 [9AP]

——— grant authority to withhold Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds from States failing to comply with a low-income or special needs priority requirement, S1613, S1614 [13MR]

——— prohibit Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility for high-income families, S1608–S1610 [13MR]

——— provide for evidence-based training in efforts to promote early language and literacy development under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, S1611 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1539–S1563, S1566, S1568–S1572 [12MR], S1601–S1617 [13MR], S2309 [9AP]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S5772 [18SE], S5895, S5896, S5940–S5944, S5951 [12NO], S5965 [13NO], S6005–S6013 [17NO], S6084 [18NO], S6192 [20NO]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), motion to proceed, S1169 [26FE], S1187, S1225 [27FE], S1257 [4MR], S1329 [6MR], S1371 [10MR], S1487 [11MR], S1531 [12MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), unanimous-consent agreement, S1305 [5MR], S1377 [10MR], S1556 [12MR], S1609 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), unanimous-consent request, S5940 [12NO]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, and restore 40-hour work week, S1907 [1AP]

——— restore 40-hour work week, S2294 [9AP], S2334 [10AP]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, S5849 [18SE]

Funding, S106 [8JA], S474–S476 [27JA]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, S97, S102, S105, S118–S123 [8JA], S344 [15JA], S474–S476 [27JA], S498 [28JA]

Maryland: tribute to efforts to fight child hunger, S1726 [25MR]

Medicaid: impact of increased funding obligations on States, S3449 [5JN]

——— reform, S95 [8JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1793 [27MR], S1839, S1843–S1849, S1851–S1857, S1859, S1862–S1866 [31MR], S2860 [8MY]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent agreement, S1809 [27MR]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent request, S1855 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (S. 2110), S1528 [11MR], S1531, S1566–S1568 [12MR]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to increase in number of individuals on public welfare programs, S783 [6FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S114 [8JA]

——— impact of regulations on rural health care, S6663–S6665 [11DE]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, S99 [8JA]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S. 2461), S3804 [18JN]

——— State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, S756 [4FE]

Summer Meals Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 495), S4231 [7JY]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), S5686, S5687 [17SE], S5862 [18SE]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (S. 1507), S5616–S5618 [16SE], S5686 [17SE], S5770 [18SE]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: prohibit assistance from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), unanimous-consent request, S6908 [16DE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S695, S697–S699 [3FE], S709 [4FE], S937 [12FE], S1785, S1786, S1800 [27MR], S1840–S1842, S1850 [31MR], S1883, S1886, S1889–S1903, S1906–S1912 [1AP], S2045–S2049, S2055, S2056, S2059–S2064, S2069, S2076–S2081 [2AP], S2136–S2143, S2145, S2148–S2150, S2154 [3AP], S2173–S2178, S2181–S2183 [7AP], S3160 [20MY], S3971 [25JN], S6899 [16DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S203–S209, S211, S213–S216, S219 [9JA], S268, S270, S273–S277, S281, S283–S288 [13JA], S299–S303, S307–S316 [14JA], S336–S338, S341, S347, S350 [15JA], S383, S392–S394, S407, S421, S427 [16JA], S479 [27JA], S545 [28JA], S612 [30JA], S665, S690–S693 [3FE], S736–S739, S744 [4FE], S775–S780, S783, S788–S791, S793, S794, S808 [6FE], S924, S943 [12FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S3–S9, S11, S15, S18 [6JA], S35–S57, S61–S65 [7JA], S87–S99, S102–S105, S107–S109, S116–S127, S185–S188 [8JA], S189–S196, S202 [9JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent agreement, S15 [6JA], S281 [13JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent request, S36 [7JA], S206, S207, S208 [9JA], S310, S311 [14JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1931), S380 [15JA], S383 [16JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2077), S1283 [4MR], S1326 [5MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2148), S1670 [13MR], S1678, S1679 [24MR], S2352 [10AP], S5171 [31JY]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2149), S1696 [24MR], S1697, S1712, S1713 [25MR], S1742, S1769 [26MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2532), S3978 [25JN]

——— extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (S. 2097), S1369, S1370 [6MR], S1371 [10MR]

——— prohibit receipt of unemployment benefits if individuals fail to accept any offer of suitable employment, S1891 [1AP]

——— terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, S195 [9JA], S338, S350 [15JA]

Vermont: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranking as State having healthiest children in the nation, S3925 [24JN]

Reports

Ryan Budget Would Slash SNAP by $137 Billion Over Ten Years—Low-Income Households in All States Would Feel Sharp Effects: Dorothy Rosenbaum, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H3011 [8AP]

War on Poverty 50 Years Later—A Progress Report: Council of Economic Advisers, H52–H54 [8JA]

Reports filed

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1086) (S. Rept. 113–138), S1048 [25FE]

Supporting At-Risk Children Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1870) (S. Rept. 113–137), S820 [6FE]

Rulings of the Chair

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S338 [15JA]

Statements

Effects of Long-Term Unemployment: Several Unemployed Citizens, H5503 [19JN]

Responsible Spending Restraint and Reform—Response to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Committee on the Budget (House), H3033 [8AP]

Texts of

H.R. 3043, Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act, H7599 [16SE]

H.R. 4137, Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act, H7603 [16SE]

H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, H2700–H2712 [27MR]

S. 1086, Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, S1539–S1545 [12MR], S1617–S1627 [13MR], H7465–H7473 [15SE]

S. 2515, Community Integration Act, S3940 [24JN]

S. Res. 495, Summer Meals Awareness Month, S4225 [7JY]