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

Amendments

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 1147), H6904, H6905 [13DE]

——— allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 1147), consideration (H. Res. 922), H6832 [12DE]

Public debt: extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 2811), consideration (H. Res. 327), H1977 [26AP]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), S1849, S1850, S1851, S1852 [31MY], S1883, S1884, S1885, S1886, S1887, S1888, S1889, S1890, S1904, S1906, S1907, S1908, S1929, S1930, S1932, S1933, S1935, S1956, S1957, S1958 [1JN]

Appointments

Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, S5803 [6DE]

Articles and editorials

Poverty, Plunging—Child Poverty in the U.S. Has Fallen by More Than Half Since the Early 1990s, H2035 [26AP]

West Wing Playbook—Biden’s Welfare Flip-Flop, H2034 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see S. 1031), S1052 [29MR] (see H.R. 561), H427 [26JA]

Armed Forces: exclude basic allowance for housing from calculation of gross income for purposes of basic needs allowance for eligible servicemembers (see H.R. 1764), H1409 [23MR]

——— exclude basic allowance for housing from income for purposes of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see S. 497), S456 [16FE] (see H.R. 1763), H1409 [23MR]

Budget: help individuals receiving assistance under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in obtaining self-sufficiency and provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs (see S. 1188), S1210 [18AP]

Correctional institutions: remove Medicaid, Medicare, State Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Dept. of Veterans Affairs limitations on benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see S. 2194), S2224 [22JN]

Crime: account for age of certain juvenile offenders and allow Dept. of HHS to award competitive grants to enhance collaboration between State child welfare and juvenile justice systems (see H.R. 4792), H3887 [20JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain participants in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to receive variety of types of milk, including whole milk (see H.R. 5383), H4229 [8SE]

——— allow certain students, including those with expected family contribution of zero, to qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4456), H3159 [30JN]

——— allow for dual enrollment in supplemental nutrition assistance program and food distribution program on Indian reservations (see S. 2563), S3753 [27JY]

——— allow individuals convicted of felony drug offenses to participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1489), H1247 [9MR]

——— allow individuals with drug offenses to receive benefits under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 1753), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 3479), H2453 [18MY]

——— allow infant food combinations and dinners as WIC-eligible foods (see H.R. 4989), H4138 [27JY]

——— allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see S. 1957), S2071 [13JN] (see H.R. 1147), H866 [21FE]

——— allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 1147), consideration (see H. Res. 922), H6813 [11DE]

——— change competitive bidding process for infant formula manufacturers under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 3540), H2455 [18MY]

——— close broad-based categorical eligibility loophole in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to reduce fraud and waste (see H.R. 4154), H2956 [15JN]

——— designate food and food products to be made available under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 1485), S1566 [9MY] (see H.R. 4058), H2883 [13JN]

——— eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches, require income guidelines for determining eligibility for free meals, and base such eligibility on certain percentage of poverty-level (see H.R. 3113), H2135 [5MY]

——— enhance administrative and judiciary process for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers (see H.R. 3903), H2778 [7JN]

——— enhance and expand Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (see H.R. 4856), H3948 [25JY]

——— establish pilot program to connect people experiencing homelessness with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3847), H2761 [6JN]

——— establish program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals under National School Lunch Program (see S. 2320), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4620), H3574 [13JY]

——— establish waiver for schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to address certain school closures (see H.R. 2777), H1908 [20AP]

——— exclude certain military housing allowances from calculation of household income for eligibility under National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 5619), H4454 [21SE]

——— exempt workforce training dollars as income for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries (see H.R. 3087), H2134 [5MY]

——— expand eligibility of disabled veterans to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3698), H2636 [25MY]

——— expand Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (see S. 2015), S2122 [15JN] (see H.R. 4149), H2956 [15JN]

——— expand replacement of stolen electronic benefit transfer benefits under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 3089), S5110 [19OC] (see H.R. 6005), H5032 [19OC]

——— expand summer electronic benefits transfer for children program to include benefit transfer during school closures (see H.R. 4379), H3150 [27JN]

——— extend availability of certain flexible benefits under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 2645), H1759 [17AP]

——— extend certain certification periods for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 5757), H4713 [27SE]

——— extend eligibility of new moms for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 1593), S1646 [15MY] (see H.R. 3332), H2345 [15MY]

——— improve calculation and reduce taxpayer cost of payment errors under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 2923), S4678 [26SE] (see H.R. 6501), H5982 [29NO]

——— improve Child and Adult Care Food Program (see H.R. 6067), H5172 [26OC]

——— improve child nutrition in Tribal areas (see H.R. 1589), H1285 [14MR]

——— improve direct certification and community eligibility for school meal programs (see S. 2772), S4389 [12SE] (see H.R. 5407), H4263 [12SE]

——— improve Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (see S. 2577), S3753 [27JY]

——— increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 1604), S1647 [15MY] (see H.R. 3364), H2376 [16MY]

——— increase commodity assistance under summer food service program (see H.R. 6827), H6985 [14DE]

——— increase reimbursement rate of school meals (see S. 3093), S5110 [19OC] (see H.R. 1269), H1046 [1MR]

——— increase reimbursements under child and adult care food program (see S. 3294), S5507 [14NO] (see H.R. 5569), H4407 [19SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 4483), H3170 [6JY]

——— make commodities available for Emergency Food Assistance Program (see S. 2713), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 6203), H5362 [2NO]

——— make permanent moratorium on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit transaction fees (see S. 2449), S3459 [20JY] (see H.R. 4103), H2930 [14JN]

——— make publicly available information on infant formula procurement under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 974), S954 [27MR] (see H.R. 3151), H2171 [9MY]

——— modernize farmers’ market nutrition program under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 643), S636 [2MR]

——— modify certain requirements for local school wellness policies under National School Lunch Program (see S. 754), S743 [9MR] (see H.R. 3331), H2345 [15MY]

——— modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Thrifty Food Plan to apply to urban and rural parts of Hawaii (see H.R. 5181), H4171 [8AU]

——— permit States flexibility under certain conditions to use contractors to determine eligibility of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients (see H.R. 5094), H4156 [1AU]

——— permit States to record in writing that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants have provided telephonic verbal affirmation of application (see S. 2885), S4654 [21SE] (see H.R. 5643), H4455 [21SE]

——— permit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of items and increase amount of such benefits (see S. 2258), S2359 [12JY] (see H.R. 3519), H2454 [18MY]

——— permit video or telephone certifications under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 984), S954 [27MR] (see H.R. 2424), H1691 [30MR]

——— prohibit placement of photograph of any household member on electronic benefit card used by such household to purchase food with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5701), H4497 [26SE]

——— provide additional funds to States for administration of certain nutrition programs (see S. 2322), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4033), H2808 [12JN]

——— provide families year-round access to nutrition incentives that include frozen fruits, vegetables, and legumes through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 3127), H2170 [9MY]

——— provide families year-round access to nutrition incentives under Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (see S. 2223), S2287 [10JY]

——— provide for period of continuing appropriations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in event of lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 5668), H4456 [21SE]

——— provide guidance and enhanced technical assistance for States to establish Restaurant Meals Program under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 3034), S4948 [4OC]

——— provide training materials for use of health care professionals to inform patients about availability of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see S. 2536), S3620 [26JY]

——— reissue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to replace benefits stolen by identity theft or typical skimming practices (see H.R. 205), H105 [9JA]

——— rename Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (see H.R. 3747), H2664 [30MY]

——— rename Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as Jean E. Fairfax National School Lunch Act (see H.R. 4466), H3166 [3JY]

——— repeal sunset of work requirement exemption applicable to homeless individuals, veterans, and foster care individuals relative to eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 4060), H2883 [13JN]

——— repeal work requirements that disqualify able-bodied adults from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see S. 2435), S3459 [20JY] (see H.R. 1510), H1248 [9MR]

——— require adjustments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Thrifty Food Plan to be budget-neutral (see H.R. 4964), H4137 [27JY]

——— require period for public comment on proposal to change quality control guidance relative to verification requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients (see H.R. 6272), H5543 [7NO]

——— require school food authorities to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for National School Lunch Program (see S. 2301), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4613), H3574 [13JY]

——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, incentivize local food procurement, improve reimbursements, and assist food purchases during summer (see S. 1568), S1623 [11MY] (see H.R. 3204), H2307 [11MY]

——— require States to include photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 723), H627 [1FE]

——— restore and standardize work requirements and time limits for able-bodied adults enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4969), H4137 [27JY]

——— restore and standardize work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 1062), S1053 [29MR] (see H.R. 1550), H1278 [10MR] (see H.R. 1581), H1285 [14MR]

——— strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for families, adults looking for work, seniors, and disabled (see S. 1336), S1417 [27AP] (see H.R. 3037), H2124 [2MY]

——— transition Puerto Rico to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 949), S910 [22MR] (see H.R. 253), H150 [10JA]

——— treat attendance at institution of higher education same as work in determining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see S. 1488), S1566 [9MY] (see H.R. 3183), H2243 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: reduce appropriations (see H.R. 1134), H865 [21FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to higher education institutions to provide free meals to low-income students through existing on-campus meal programs (see S. 2441), S3459 [20JY] (see H.R. 4812), H3888 [20JY]

——— require institutions of higher education to notify students receiving work-study assistance about potential eligibility for Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 2881), S4653 [21SE] (see H.R. 309), H231 [12JA]

Dept. of HHS: address health, hygiene, and limited child care options available for infants and toddlers, medically complex children, and certain adults who lack sufficient diapers or adult incontinence supplies (see S. 2879), S4653 [21SE] (see H.R. 5644), H4455 [21SE]

——— allow expedited approval of generic prescription drugs and temporary importation of prescription drugs during noncompetitive drug markets and drug shortages (see S. 845), S825 [16MR]

——— conduct research to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from child abuse and neglect, include such demographics in child abuse reports, and train personnel on meeting needs of such youth (see H.R. 3850), H2761 [6JN]

——— ensure evidence-based funding approach to study effects of Health Profession Opportunity Grant program demonstration projects and evaluate such projects (see H.R. 4753), H3857 [19JY]

——— ensure Health Profession Opportunity Grant program projects train participants to earn recognized postsecondary credential and clarify eligibility of community colleges for grants to conduct such projects (see H.R. 4732), H3856 [19JY]

——— establish or expand and operate programs using network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 3443), H2425 [17MY]

——— establish universal child care and early learning programs (see S. 388), S313 [9FE] (see H.R. 953), H825 [9FE]

——— exclude individuals in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from eligibility for certain health plans, tax credits, cost-sharing reductions, and other tax-payer funded health assistance (see S. 2374), S3147 [19JY] (see H.R. 4727), H3856 [19JY]

——— extend and expand demonstration projects to provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow career pathway in health professions under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see S. 3449), S5851 [7DE] (see H.R. 4783), H3887 [20JY]

——— guarantee that grants under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program are made to grantees in each State that is not a territory (see H.R. 4747), H3857 [19JY]

——— improve training for Health Profession Opportunity Grant program to meet State and industry credentialing standards and exclude assistance provided from income tax (see H.R. 4885), H3949 [25JY]

——— increase availability of LIHEAP heating and cooling assistance (see S. 405), S397 [14FE] (see H.R. 893), H822 [9FE]

——— issue and disseminate guidance to States to clarify strategies to address social determinants of health under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1066), H852 [17FE]

——— issue guidance on strategies under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program to increase mental health and substance use disorder care provider education, training, recruitment, and retention (see S. 3158), S5213 [26OC]

——— make opioid treatment programs eligible for grants under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4788), H3887 [20JY]

——— permanently extend Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4771), H3886 [20JY]

——— promote child care and early learning (see S. 1354), S1418 [27AP] (see H.R. 2976), H2084 [27AP]

——— provide education and training for eligible individuals to enter career pathway in field of pregnancy and childbirth under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4833), H3895 [24JY] (see H.R. 4930), H4029 [26JY]

——— provide education and training for eligible individuals with arrest or conviction record to enter career pathway in health professions under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4730), H3856 [19JY]

——— provide for appropriate cost-sharing for individuals of certain age for insulin products covered under private health plans and Medicaid (see H.R. 1587), H1285 [14MR]

——— provide for technical assistance under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program to help local health organizations and schools to apply for, and implement, grants (see H.R. 4874), H3949 [25JY]

——— provide for use of peer support, peer mentoring, and career coaching in demonstration projects conducted under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4735), H3857 [19JY]

——— provide resources to access foundational educational training, such as English as foreign language and adult basic education, and provide child care in Health Profession Opportunity Grant program projects (see H.R. 4781), H3887 [20JY]

——— provide set-aside of funds for Indian populations under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 417), H249 [20JA]

——— require applications for Health Profession Opportunity Grant to contain evidence of in-demand jobs or worker shortages (see H.R. 4827), H3895 [24JY]

——— require geographical diversity in provision of grants and inclusion of transportation assistance plans under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4813), H3888 [20JY]

——— require preference for applicants under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program who have certain kinds of business and community partners (see H.R. 4734), H3857 [19JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide that final rule entitled ‘‘Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds’’ shall be given full force and effect of law (see H.R. 4998), H4138 [27JY]

Dept. of HUD: authorize security deposit and moving costs assistance for low-income households (see S. 1814), S1982 [6JN] (see H.R. 1087), H853 [17FE]

——— establish penalty for failure to enforce compliance with public housing community service and self-sufficiency requirements (see H.R. 113), H101 [9JA]

——— facilitate development of fair and affordable housing and decrease certain housing costs (see H.R. 4233), H3069 [21JN]

——— identify and make available information relative to best practices utilizing mixed income publicly owned housing to increase supply of affordable housing (see H.R. 6318), H5651 [8NO]

——— increase number of landlords participating in Housing Choice Voucher program (see S. 32), S74 [24JA] (see H.R. 4606), H3573 [13JY]

——— prohibit discrimination in rental of dwelling units based on use of Section 8 housing vouchers (see H.R. 1431), H1149 [7MR]

——— prohibit limiting or restricting award of Continuum of Care program funds to providers who require benefit recipients participate in certain wraparound services (see H.R. 3405), H2423 [17MY]

——— provide rental voucher assistance for homeless (see S. 680), S669 [7MR]

Dept. of Labor: promote registered apprenticeships, including those within in-demand industry sectors, through support of workforce intermediaries (see S. 249), S229 [2FE] (see H.R. 2900), H2048 [26AP]

——— promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning programs for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors (see S. 2200), S2224 [22JN] (see H.R. 6044), H5103 [25OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve coordination between Do Not Pay working system and Federal and State agencies authorized to use system (see S. 2492), S3522 [25JY]

Drugs: reauthorize certain programs to provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (see H.R. 4531), H3204 [11JY]

——— require certain programs to deny benefits to persons who fail drug test (see H.R. 204), H105 [9JA]

EPA: provide grants to reduce amount of food waste (see S. 177), S172 [31JA] (see H.R. 652), H574 [31JA]

Families and domestic relations: increase Federal support for nonprofit milk banks and access to donor milk for medically-vulnerable infants (see S. 2819), S4525 [14SE] (see H.R. 5486), H4345 [14SE]

FCC: make grants available to States to inform Medicaid enrollees, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants, and low-income residents of potential eligibility for Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs (see S. 3024), S4948 [4OC] (see H.R. 5886), H4985 [3OC]

Federal agencies and departments: improve effectiveness and performance of certain Federal financial assistance programs (see S. 2286), S2360 [12JY] (see H.R. 5934), H5007 [12OC]

——— permanently enact certain appropriations restrictions on use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations (see S. 197), S173 [31JA]

Federal aid programs: facilitate participation in Federal benefits programs (see H.R. 2376), H1640 [29MR]

——— recognize essential benefit of Medicare and Social Security programs to current enrollees and strengthen such programs for future generations (see H. Res. 73), H510 [30JA]

——— reinstate and modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and public housing and tenant-based rental assistance programs work requirements (see S. 39), S74 [24JA]

——— target additional child care funds by allocating to States based on number of children in poverty (see H.R. 479), H277 [24JA]

Food: limit conditions applicable to use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food (see H.R. 6657), H6739 [7DE]

Food and Nutrition Act: repeal limitation on maximum deduction for shelter expenses allowable for determination of benefits (see H.R. 1765), H1409 [23MR]

GAO: evaluate effects of post-incarceration ban on participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by drug felons (see H.R. 4855), H3948 [25JY]

Homeless: address root cause, meet needs of communities impacted by homelessness, support community housing efforts, and ensure democratic participation and inclusion of homeless (see H.R. 1708), H1326 [22MR]

——— provide path to end homelessness (see H.R. 4232), H3069 [21JN]

Housing: address homelessness and affordable housing crises (see S. 2701), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 5254), H4196 [22AU]

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage (see S. 2646), S3755 [27JY] (see H.R. 5008), H4139 [27JY]

——— fund southern border wall by requiring work-authorized Social Security number to claim refundable tax credits and welfare applicants to verify citizenship, and increasing illegal border crossing fines (see S. 332), S311 [9FE]

——— provide certain benefits to noncitizens (see S. 2038), S2123 [15JN] (see H.R. 4170), H2957 [15JN]

Investments: exempt certain college savings plans from asset limitations when determining SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or LIHEAP eligibility (see H.R. 5468), H4344 [14SE]

Malnutrition Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 371), S4721 [27SE] (see H. Res. 708), H4438 [20SE]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see S. 471), S456 [16FE] (see H.R. 1074), H852 [17FE]

——— apply asset verification program to all applicants for, and recipients of, medical assistance in all States and territories (see S. 2954), S4720 [27SE]

——— authorize States to provide swipe cards to recipients with funds designated for medical expenses, provide earned income tax credit for unused funds, and enroll patients in catastrophic plan (see H.R. 629), H509 [30JA]

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 1367), S1418 [27AP] (see H.R. 1634), H1292 [17MR]

——— determine State allotments for disproportionate share hospital payments based on State poverty levels and require States to prioritize such payments based on inpatient and low-income utilization rates (see S. 407), S397 [14FE] (see H.R. 990), H837 [14FE]

——— ensure enhanced Federal Medicaid funding made available to States is equitably distributed to political subdivisions (see H.R. 4339), H3141 [23JN]

——— establish Federal program to close coverage gap in States that have not expanded Medicaid and provide for temporary expansion of health insurance premium tax credits for certain low-income populations (see H.R. 3004), H2117 [28AP]

——— exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 5906), H4990 [6OC]

——— expand eligibility, outreach, and enrollment for former foster youth (see S. 2837), S4589 [19SE] (see H.R. 6484), H5936 [28NO]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 6437), H5892 [15NO]

——— extend full Federal medical assistance percentage to urban Indian organizations (see H.R. 6533), H6049 [30NO]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3260), H2309 [11MY]

——— provide assistance to individuals and families affected by disaster or emergency (see S. 3120), S5143 [24OC] (see H.R. 6029), H5042 [24OC]

——— provide consistent standard of health care to incarcerated individuals (see S. 1820), S1982 [6JN] (see H.R. 3860), H2762 [6JN]

——— provide higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures for behavioral health services, including those related to mental health and substance use (see H.R. 4892), H3950 [25JY]

——— provide incentives for education on risk of renal medullary carcinoma in individuals with sickle cell disease (see H.R. 124), H102 [9JA]

——— reduce maternal mortality by extending duration of coverage for women after they give birth, improving obstetric case management, and providing training to clinicians to better care for women of color (see S. 2846), S4589 [19SE] (see H.R. 5568), H4407 [19SE]

Medicare: provide for automatic qualification of certain Medicaid beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D (see H.R. 5384), H4262 [12SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve access to care for beneficiaries through models tested under Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (see S. 1296), S1381 [26AP]

——— improve access to Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (see H.R. 6590), H6143 [5DE]

——— improve treatment of U.S. territories (see H.R. 1029), H838 [14FE]

——— reform and improve mental health and substance use care (see S. 923), S909 [22MR]

Mental health: support mental health and well-being of children and youth in, and formerly in, foster care (see S. 2836), S4589 [19SE]

Native Americans: provide advance appropriations authority for certain BIA and Indian Health Service accounts (see S. 2424), S3458 [20JY] (see H.R. 4832), H3895 [24JY]

——— remove administrative barriers to participation of Indian Tribes in Federal child welfare programs and increase Federal funding for Tribal child welfare programs (see H.R. 2762), H1908 [20AP]

People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission: improve social safety net and increase social mobility by increasing access to resources which address underlying causes of poverty (see H.R. 323), H232 [12JA]

Poverty: establish national child poverty reduction target and make investments and policy changes to fully address child poverty (see H. Res. 551), H3142 [23JN]

——— reduce child poverty (see S. 2906), S4654 [21SE] (see H.R. 5629), H4455 [21SE]

——— support livable wage and expanded welfare benefits, provide quality healthcare and education, and institute political and economic reforms to address systemic poverty (see H. Res. 532), H3071 [21JN]

Public debt: extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (see H.R. 2811), H1944 [25AP] (see H.R. 3746), H2649 [29MY]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 2811), consideration (see H. Res. 327), H2046 [26AP]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), consideration (see H. Res. 456), H2664 [30MY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 3344), S5597 [27NO] (see H.R. 6485), H5936 [28NO]

Social Security: exclude certain funds received from income for purposes of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see S. 2579), S3753 [27JY] (see H.R. 3126), H2136 [5MY]

——— exclude from income certain cost of living adjustments for determining eligibility and benefits for disabled individuals for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5086), H4151 [28JY]

——— guarantee right of individuals to receive benefits in full with accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 521), H323 [25JA]

——— improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 948), S910 [22MR] (see H.R. 4605), H3573 [13JY]

——— improve Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers (see S. 3090), S5110 [19OC] (see H.R. 6004), H5032 [19OC]

——— limit recovery of certain overpayments to ten-year period (see H.R. 6858), H6997 [19DE]

——— permit and facilitate reimbursement of psychological services provided by certain supervised psychology trainees to Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries (see S. 2511), S3619 [26JY]

——— prohibit use of quality-adjusted life years and similar measures in coverage and payment determinations under Federal health care programs (see H.R. 485), H277 [24JA]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see S. 2280), S2360 [12JY] (see H.R. 4583), H3476 [12JY]

——— provide emergency cost-of-living increase for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1688), H1301 [21MR]

——— provide for extended periods of continuous coverage of children under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program and period of continuous eligibility for certain adults under Medicaid (see H.R. 1316), H1049 [1MR]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 3138), S5212 [26OC] (see H.R. 5434), H4296 [13SE]

——— provide funding to sustain and increase supply, quality, and affordability of child care (see S. 2013), S2122 [15JN] (see H.R. 5876), H4985 [3OC]

——— provide mental health and substance use services to incarcerated individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 3451), S5851 [7DE] (see H.R. 6675), H6740 [7DE]

——— reform (see H.R. 671), H575 [31JA]

——— require States to comply with Federal standards established under Indian Child Welfare Act (see H.R. 3403), H2423 [17MY] (see H.R. 3461), H2452 [18MY]

SSA: establish Office of Universal Child Assistance (see H.R. 2540), H1709 [6AP]

SSI: extend to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 256), H150 [10JA]

——— update resource limit for eligibility (see S. 2767), S4388 [12SE] (see H.R. 5408), H4263 [12SE]

Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: reauthorize (see S. 3393), S5712 [4DE]

——— reauthorize certain programs (see S. 2433), S3459 [20JY] (see S. 3106), S5143 [24OC]

——— reauthorize youth prevention and recovery initiative (see S. 3070), S5087 [18OC] (see H.R. 5598), H4437 [20SE]

Taxation: increase work opportunity credit for Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI beneficiaries and vocational rehabilitation referrals, expand disabled access credit, and enhance deduction to remove certain barriers (see S. 3076), S5088 [18OC]

——— permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts (see H.R. 5546), H4380 [18SE]

——— repeal inclusion of Social Security benefits in gross income (see H.R. 3206), H2307 [11MY]

——— waive fee for installment agreements for taxpayers with income below certain percentage of Federal poverty level and taxpayers using direct debit (see H.R. 2675), H1845 [18AP]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: conduct demonstration projects to test effectiveness of subsidized employment for recipients (see H.R. 2774), H1908 [20AP]

Territories: provide public benefits to citizens of Freely Associated States in U.S. (see S. 792), S772 [14MR] (see H.R. 1571), H1284 [14MR]

Unemployment: terminate benefits to jobless millionaires (see S. 3523), S5996 [14DE] (see H.R. 6779), H6983 [14DE]

Voting: require inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications (see H.R. 5290), H4204 [25AU]

Letters

Limit, Save, Grow Act: Representative Pascrell, H2032 [26AP]

National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs nutritional standards: several organizations, H6906 [13DE]

Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid funding: Vicenta Borja, Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Director, E427 [11MY]

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act: several organizations, H6891 [13DE]

Motions

Public debt: extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 2811), H2037 [26AP]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), S1868 [1JN]

Remarks in House

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman, H3114, H3131 [23JN]

Budget: reform entitlement programs, H195–H199 [11JA], H422–H424 [26JA], H566–H568 [31JA], H775–H777 [8FE], H954–H958 [28FE], H1201, H1203 [8MR], H1244 [9MR], H1618–H1621 [29MR], H1901–H1904 [20AP], H2417–H2419 [17MY], H2534–H2539 [23MY], H2746 [6JN], H2951–H2953 [15JN], H3104–H3106 [22JN], H3194–H3198 [11JY], H3880–H3884 [20JY], H3945–H3947 [25JY], H4289–H4292 [13SE], H4375–H4378 [18SE], H4901–H4907 [29SE], H4958 [3OC], H5716–H5720 [13NO], H5979–H5981 [29NO], H6734–H6737 [7DE], H6854 [12DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 1147), H1303 [22MR], H2143 [9MY], H2819 [13JN], H6827 [12DE], H6889–H6907 [13DE], H6945, H6946 [14DE], E1247 [19DE]

——— allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 1147), consideration (H. Res. 922), H6828–H6832 [12DE]

——— ensure that whole milk served in schools can be organic or non-organic, H6904 [13DE]

——— increase reimbursement rate of school meals (H.R. 1269), H1218 [9MR]

——— prevent from issuing rule banning varieties of milk, including chocolate milk, in schools that participate in National School Lunch Program, H6905–H6907 [13DE]

——— prohibit schools that participate in National School Lunch Program from purchasing or offering milk produced by China state-owned enterprises, H6904, H6905 [13DE]

——— prohibit work requirements that disqualify able-bodied adults from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility, H2749 [6JN]

——— protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H783 [9FE], H3649 [18JY], H4309 [14SE]

——— protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for former foster youth, H2985 [20JN]

——— provide families year-round access to nutrition incentives that include frozen fruits, vegetables, and legumes through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 3127), H2182 [10MY]

——— provide for period of continuing appropriations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in event of lapse in appropriations (H.R. 5668), H4900 [29SE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs, H286 [25JA], H1332, H1335 [23MR], H2179 [10MY], H2506, H2509 [23MY], H2715 [5JN], H3076 [22JN], H3213 [12JY], H4059 [27JY], H4234 [12SE], H5941 [29NO]

——— rename Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, H2107 [28AP]

——— require school food authorities to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for National School Lunch Program (H.R. 4613), E672 [13JY]

——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, H519 [31JA]

——— require States to include photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (H.R. 723), H617 [1FE]

——— restore and standardize work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H1335 [23MR], H2510 [23MY]

——— revision of Food and Nutrition Service community eligibility provision, H6119 [5DE]

——— Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) funding, H3002 [21JN], H3960 [26JY], H4356 [18SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H885 [27FE], H5479 [7NO], H5992 [30NO]

Dept. of HHS: promote child care and early learning (H.R. 2976), H2103 [28AP]

Dept. of HUD: identify and make available information relative to best practices utilizing mixed income publicly owned housing to increase supply of affordable housing (H.R. 6318), H5989 [30NO]

Drugs: provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, H2580 [24MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs to provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 4531), H6789–H6798 [11DE], H6821 [12DE]

Meals on Wheels America (organization): funding, H1541 [29MR]

Medicaid: exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (H.R. 5906), E938 [6OC]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 6437), E1107 [15NO]

——— funding, H1472 [28MR]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 3260), E427 [11MY]

——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, or enforce proposed rule relative to drug rebate program, H5837 [14NO]

North Carolina: expand Medicaid, H4274 [13SE]

Public debt: extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 2811), H1917, H1934, H1938–H1941 [25AP], H1953, H1954, H1957, H1959, H1979–H2038, H2040, H2041, H2042–H2044 [26AP], H2070, H2071, H2073 [27AP], H2105, H2106 [28AP], H2154 [9MY], H2182, H2236 [10MY], H2317, H2332, H2334–H2337 [15MY], H2354, H2355, H2359, H2362, H2363, H2364, H2367 [16MY], H2382, H2384, H2409, H2410–H2413, H2420 [17MY], H2432, H2442, H2445 [18MY], H2485 [22MY], H2511, H2521, H2533 [23MY], H2552, H2554, H2558, H2559, H2561, H2578, H2588–H2591 [24MY], H2602, H2607, H2608, H2609, H2610, H2611, H2612, H2613, H2614, H2615, H2618, H2619, H2621, H2622, H2623, H2628–H2632 [25MY], E377 [28AP], E391 [2MY], E491, E492, E496 [25MY]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 2811), consideration (H. Res. 327), H1960–H1978 [26AP]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), H2668, H2669, H2670, H2681–H2706 [31MY], H2733 [5JN], H2747 [6JN], H2890, H2892 [14JN], H3219 [12JY], H5997 [30NO], E534 [7JN]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), consideration (H. Res. 456), H2671–H2680 [31MY]

Social Security: exclude certain funds received from income for purposes of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (H.R. 3126), H2588 [24MY]

——— protect system and improve benefits, H292 [25JA], H435, H475 [27JA], H584 [1FE], H804 [9FE], H919 [28FE], H2466 [22MY], H2734 [5JN]

——— reform, H589 [1FE], H653, H654 [2FE]

Social Security Act: anniversary, H3962 [26JY], H4038 [27JY]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: reform entitlement programs, S1874–S1877 [1JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 1147), S5987, S6006 [14DE], S6025 [18DE]

——— allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 1147), unanimous-consent request, S5987 [14DE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs, S109 [26JA], S2014 [8JN], S2268 [10JY], S2447 [13JY], S4570 [19SE], S5172–S5175 [25OC]

——— remove sunset on modification of work requirement exemptions for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S1887 [1JN]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S4570 [19SE]

——— use up-to-date unemployment data for waivers of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements, S1891 [1JN]

Dept. of Education: require institutions of higher education to notify students receiving work-study assistance about potential eligibility for Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (S. 2881), S4657 [21SE]

Dept. of HHS: provide for appropriate cost-sharing for insulin products covered under Medicare part D and private health plans, S219 [2FE], S616 [2MR], S756 [14MR], S810 [16MR]

Dept. of HUD: provide rental voucher assistance for homeless (S. 680), S5905 [12DE]

Federal aid programs: establish special congressional rescue committees to craft legislation that restores and strengthens certain Federal trust funds, S66 [24JA], S343 [13FE]

Housing: address homelessness and affordable housing crises (S. 2701), S3765 [27JY]

Medicaid: funding, S434 [16FE], S875–S880 [21MR], S945 [27MR], S1642–S1645 [15MY]

Public debt: extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 2811), S1337 [25AP], S1353, S1357, S1375–S1377 [26AP], S1404 [27AP], S1429, S1443 [1MY], S1445, S1447, S1451 [2MY], S1471, S1472 [3MY], S1521, S1523, S1524 [4MY], S1553, S1556 [9MY], S1588–S1590 [10MY], S1642–S1645 [15MY], S1655–S1657, S1659 [16MY], S1716–S1719 [18MY]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), S1777, S1778 [30MY], S1813–S1815, S1818, S1820–S1823, S1852, S1855 [31MY], S1857, S1858, S1860–S1892 [1JN], S1964 [6JN], S2180 [21JN], S4422 [13SE]

——— extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), unanimous-consent agreement, S1882 [1JN]

Social Security: protect system and improve benefits, S92 [25JA], S338 [13FE], S2043 [12JN]

Reports

Steep Costs of a Republican Default Crisis: Committee on Economics (Joint), H2017 [26AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1147, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 922) (H. Rept. 118–308), H6813 [11DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 327) (H. Rept. 118–43), H2046 [26AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 456) (H. Rept. 118–81), H2664 [30MY]

Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 485) (H. Rept. 118–65), H2422 [17MY]

Streamlining Federal Grants Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2286) (S. Rept. 118–126), S5897 [11DE]

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1147) (H. Rept. 118–131), H3156 [30JN]

Tables

Changes in CBO baseline projections of deficit in H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act, H2029 [26AP]

Changes to CBO projections of discretionary spending under caps specified in H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act, H2029 [26AP]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act, H2030 [26AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 327, consideration of H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act, H1960 [26AP]

H. Res. 456, consideration of H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act, H2671 [31MY]

H. Res. 922, consideration of H.R. 1147, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, H6828 [12DE]

H.R. 1147, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, H6903 [13DE]

H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act, H1979–H2012 [26AP]

H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act, H2681–H2692 [31MY]

H.R. 4531, certain programs to provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment reauthorization, H6790–H6794 [11DE]

S. 2846, Community Access, Resources, and Empowerment (CARE) for Moms Act, S4592–S4597 [19SE]

S. 3024, Promoting Access to Broadband Act, S4951 [4OC]

S. Res. 371, Malnutrition Awareness Week, S4724 [27SE]