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| 103-hr-5308 | 103 | hr | 5308 | Social Security Payment Equity Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-11-29 | 1994-12-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 0 | Social Security Payment Equity Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to set limits on payment of OASDI benefits during any year, based on the work record of an individual with higher levels of income for such year, if total payments of such benefits have exceeded prior contributions plus interest. Specifies schedules of benefit reductions from ten percent to 100 percent for single and for married individuals. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to provide annual social security account statements to eligible individuals with respect to such benefit limitations. Adjusts the gradual increase in retirement age from 65 to 68 so as to commence with calendar year 1996 and reach age 68 for those who would attain age 65 in or after calendar year 2031. | 2025-08-26T13:51:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5308 |
| 103-hr-5252 | 103 | hr | 5252 | Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-10-07 | 1994-10-31 | Became Public Law No: 103-432. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Medicare Provisions Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Part A Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Part B Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B Subtitle D: Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies Title II: Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program Subtitle A: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Adoption Subtitle B: Child Support Enforcement Subtitle C: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle D: Aid to Families With Dependent Children Subtitle E: JOBS Program Subtitle F: Other Provisions Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 - Title I: Medicare Provisions - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Part A - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take occupational mix into account in developing Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB) guidelines for determining the area wage index; (2) provide that if labor markets are no longer based on Metropolitan Statistical Areas, the method of calculating the wage index for reclassification would not apply and the MGCRB guidelines may be revised; and (3) require the Secretary to set the labor and non-labor portion of each standardized amount equal to the national average beginning in FY 1995. (Sec. 102) Revises the essential access community hospital (EACH) program, with changes: (1) increasing the number of participating States; (2) providing for treatment of inpatient hospital services provided in rural primary care hospitals; (3) extending the authorization of appropriations for grants to States and hospitals; and (4) addressing adjoining State hospital designation, rural primary care hospital skilled nursing services, payment for inpatient and outpatient hospital services, and physician staffing. (Sec. 103) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OMBRA '87) to: … | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5252 |
| 103-sjres-230 | 103 | sjres | 230 | A joint resolution designating the week beginning October 16, 1994, as "National Penny Charity Week", and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1994-10-06 | 1994-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Designates the week beginning October 16, 1994, as National Penny Charity Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-joint-resolution/230 |
| 103-hjres-415 | 103 | hjres | 415 | Designating the week beginning October 16, 1994, as "National Penny Charity Week". | Social Welfare | 1994-09-27 | 1994-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 103-363. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 223 | Designates the week beginning October 16, 1994, as National Penny Charity Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/415 |
| 103-hr-5039 | 103 | hr | 5039 | Children's Homes for A Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-09-13 | 1994-10-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | G000439 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Conditions for Receiving Certain Welfare Benefits Title II: Rehabilitation Grants for Housing and Services Facilities Children's Homes for A Nuturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994 - Title I: Conditions for Receiving Certain Welfare Benefits - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA), SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI), and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to add requirements for unmarried minors who are parents or pregnant to live under adult supervision as a condition of receiving AFDC, SSI, and Federal rental housing assistance. Provides for similar requirements for receiving assistance under the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program. Requires AFDC to be provided to the parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative on behalf of the unmarried minor and any of the minor's dependent children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make matching grants to any Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents in which a qualified minor is living. Requires certain welfare benefits for minors living in Homes for Single Dependent Minor Parents to be provided in the form of payments to such entities. Denies AFDC and Federal rental housing assistance to drug addicts and alcoholics who do not undergo appropriate treatment for their substance abuse. Requires pregnant women under age 19 who are on Medicaid and addicted to drugs or alcohol to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of any treatment the woman is receiving for such condition, and with State imposed requirements for monitoring and testing to ensure the individual's compliance with treatment requirements. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with regard to Homes for Single Dependent Minor Parents. Title II: Rehabilitation Grants for Housing and Services Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program to provide assistance to eligible nonprofit entitie… | 2025-08-26T13:52:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5039 |
| 103-hr-5011 | 103 | hr | 5011 | Welfare-to-Work Incentives Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-08-21 | 1994-08-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations. | House | Rep. Barca, Peter [D-WI-1] | WI | D | B001226 | 6 | Welfare-to-Work Incentives Act of 1994 - Authorizes any State or local welfare program administering entity to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a waiver of compliance with any Federal statutory or regulatory requirement to the extent necessary to enable the applicant in determining eligibility for, or amount of, benefits under the program to disregard private sector income in accordance with rules set forth in the application. Specifies contents of a waiver application. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove an application within 90 days after receipt. Specifies approval procedures. Requires periodic evaluations by an entity with a waiver of the effects of plan implementation on benefit recipients, their communities, and the costs of administering the covered program. Provides for suspension or termination of a waiver. | 2025-08-26T13:51:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5011 |
| 103-hres-525 | 103 | hres | 525 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to welfare reform legislation. | Social Welfare | 1994-08-18 | 1994-08-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-11] | MI | R | K000288 | 45 | Declares that any welfare reform legislation that passes the House of Representatives should: (1) result in net savings to the U.S. taxpayer within five years; (2) limit increases in aggregate spending for welfare programs to the rate of inflation; (3) not require any new taxes; (4) not increase the Federal deficit by more than the amount by which it would increase in the absence of the legislation; and (5) not require State or local governments to bear any administrative costs that would not be borne by such governments in the absence of the legislation. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-resolution/525 |
| 103-hr-4982 | 103 | hr | 4982 | To improve the enforcement of child support obligations in both intrastate and interstate cases by requiring the imposition and execution of liens against the property of persons who owe overdue support. | Social Welfare | 1994-08-17 | 1994-08-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Torkildsen, Peter G. [R-MA-6] | MA | R | T000314 | 4 | Amends part A (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require State procedures under which a lien arises by operation of law against all property owned by an individual who resides or owns property in the State and owes overdue child support. Requires State agencies to accord full faith and credit to such liens arising in other States. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4982 |
| 103-hr-4983 | 103 | hr | 4983 | Welfare to Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-08-17 | 1994-09-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9] | MO | D | V000112 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Family Investment Program and Other Welfare Reform Title II: Improvements in the Collection of Child Support Title III: Welfare Restrictions for Aliens Welfare to Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 - Title I: Family Investment Program and Other Welfare Reform - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State AFDC plans in States without a waiver from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to provide for a program in which the State agency negotiates an agreement with each family on AFDC outlining the steps non-exempt family members must take. Includes among such steps participation in education or job training programs, or in substance abuse treatment or parenting programs, in order to obtain self-sufficiency within a certain period. Requires supplemental services, such as transportation and child care, when necessary for achieving such goal, as well as support and case management when adapting such agreement for changing family circumstances. Requires the State agency to offer such families enrollment in a limited benefit plan under which benefits are suspended after six months, and in which families failing to comply with the agreement are automatically enrolled. (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Labor, and of Education to ensure appropriate coordination in the planning, development, and operation of the family investment program above and other specified programs, including the JOBS program under SSA title IV part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) in order to improve departmental services and reduce program overlap and administrative costs. (Sec. 102) Makes numerous miscellaneous amendments to SSA title IV part A. Provides States with various specified options for moving AFDC recipients towards self-sufficiency, including options for: (1) increasing asset limits and disregards for work expenses, earned income, and au… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4983 |
| 103-hr-4964 | 103 | hr | 4964 | Family Service Center Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-08-12 | 1994-09-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000639 | 11 | Family Service Center Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to authorize States to conduct demonstration projects to coordinate the administration of services to needy families with children, including: (1) Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC); (2) child support enforcement; (3) the food stamp program; (4) the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); (5) the maternal and child health block grant program; (6) Medicaid; (7) substance abuse treatment programs; (8) JOBS programs under the Job Training Partnership Act; (9) mental health programs; (10) housing programs; (11) programs for the developmentally disabled; and (12) other State programs offering services for children, youth, or needy families with children. Requires the Secretary to ensure that, as a group, such demonstration projects serve urban, rural, and linguistically and culturally diverse clients and include the broadest possible range of services. Specifies other program requirements. Requires the Secretary to make three-year grants (renewable for another three years) to States to carry out such a project. Requires each State conducting a demonstration project to report to the Secretary on: (1) Federal, State, and local administrative policies and laws identified as impediments to the coordination of the delivery of services to needy families with children; and (2) measures the State has taken or intends to take to eliminate or reduce such impediments. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4964 |
| 103-hr-4883 | 103 | hr | 4883 | To deny Federal benefits for 10 years to persons convicted of making a fraudulent representation with respect to residence in order to receive benefits from 2 or more States, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1994-08-01 | 1994-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations. | House | Rep. Zimmer, Dick [R-NJ-12] | NJ | R | Z000008 | 16 | Makes ineligible for Federal benefits or services for a ten-year period any person convicted of making a fraudulent representation with respect to residence in order to receive State or local benefits from two or more States. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Agriculture, of Education, of Labor, and of Housing and Urban Development each to design and implement, and report to the Congress on, a program to assist the States in preventing persons from engaging in such fraudulent conduct. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4883 |
| 103-hr-4786 | 103 | hr | 4786 | To convert into a requirement the option of States to deny aid to families with dependent children to unmarried minors not living at home or under adult supervision, and narrow the exceptions to the requirement, and to deem to a minor parent all income of the minor's parents who are living in the same home as the minor parent. | Social Welfare | 1994-07-19 | 1994-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 6 | Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to convert into a requirement the option of a State to deny AFDC benefits to unmarried minors not living at home or under adult supervision. Repeals the exception to such requirement where no living parent or legal guardian of an individual allows him or her to live in the parent's or guardian's home. Deems to a minor parent all income of the minor's parents living in the same home as the minor parent. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4786 |
| 103-hr-4793 | 103 | hr | 4793 | Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-07-19 | 1994-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3] | UT | D | O000108 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Self-Sufficency Program Title II: Other Provisions Title III: Related Amendments Title IV: Effective Date Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 - Title I: Self-Sufficiency Program - Amends part A (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to grant States the option of establishing a self-sufficiency program in lieu of a job opportunities and basic skills (JOBS) training program. Requires any State that chooses such option to require increasing percentages of AFDC recipients to participate in the self-sufficiency program, reaching 100 percent participation by the end of ten years. Makes exceptions for recipients in specified circumstances. Sets forth reductions in AFDC payments to recipients who fail without good cause to participate in the self-sufficiency program. (Sec. 101) Sets forth general requirements for a State self-sufficiency plan. Requires a State to make an initial assessment of the educational, child care, and other supportive services needs as well as the skills, prior work experience, and employability of each program participant, including a review of the family circumstances and the needs of any child of the participant. Specifies the contents of a participant's self-sufficiency plan, including an employment goal. Requires the State to require the participant to negotiate and enter into an agreement on a specific self-sufficiency plan. Requires a State agency to inform AFDC applicants and recipients of education, employment, and training opportunities and support services (including child care and health coverage transition options). Requires establishment of procedures for resolution of disputes involving an individual's participation in the self-sufficiency program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop performance standards for the program. (Sec. 102) Requires the guarantee of child care to participants in State self-sufficiency programs. Increases the Federal matching rat… | 2025-08-26T13:49:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4793 |
| 103-hr-4764 | 103 | hr | 4764 | To provide for the payment of aid to families with dependent children through the use of debit cards. | Social Welfare | 1994-07-14 | 1994-09-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | F000348 | 0 | Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require State plans to establish a debit card account for each AFDC recipient into which the State will deposit aid payable, which shall be accessible to the recipient only through the use of the debit card. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4764 |
| 103-hr-4767 | 103 | hr | 4767 | Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-07-14 | 1994-10-07 | See H.R.5252. | House | Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5] | CA | D | M000249 | 30 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Promotion of Work and Self-Sufficiency Subtitle A: Expansion of Funding for, and Participation in, the JOBS Program Subtitle B: Job Creation, Job Placement and Development, and Work Requirements Subtitle C: Support for Working Families Subtitle D: Child Care Title II: Strengthening Parental Responsibility and Family Stability Subtitle A: Federal Responsibilities Subtitle B: Paternity Establishment Subtitle C: Enforcement Subtitle D: State Responsibilities Subtitle E: Demonstrations Subtitle F: Miscellaneous Title III: Teen Parents and Welfare Reform Subtitle A: Family Subtitle B: Education and Employment Subtitle C: Case Management Subtitle D: Demonstration Projects Title IV: Waivers Title V: Improving Government Assistance Subtitle A: AFDC Amendments Subtitle B: Food Stamp Act Amendments Title VI: Effective Date Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 - Title I: Promotion of Work and Self-Sufficiency - Subtitle A: Expansion of Funding for, and Participation in, the JOBS Program - Amends title IV (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) to increase funding and the matching rate for the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program. Revises JOBS participation requirements. (Sec. 104) Requires State plans to provide for a preliminary assessment of a family's self-sufficiency needs within 30 days after approval of an AFDC application. Subtitle B: Job Creation, Job Placement and Development, and Work Requirements - Authorizes any State to establish a public jobs creation program providing AFDC-eligible individuals with employment in the public sector or in private nonprofit organizations. (Sec. 112) Revises job placement, job development, and job retention activities retirements to provide for their expansion. (Sec. 113) Requires … | 2025-08-26T13:49:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4767 |
| 103-hr-4677 | 103 | hr | 4677 | To provide for monthly reporting of child support obligations to certain consumer reporting agencies. | Social Welfare | 1994-06-29 | 1994-07-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | L000263 | 32 | Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to establish procedures for monthly reporting to certain consumer reporting agencies of child support obligations owed by absent parents. Requires prior notice to such parents and a reasonable opportunity to contest the accuracy of any information about overdue support payable that would be provided to such agencies. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4677 |
| 103-hr-4667 | 103 | hr | 4667 | Welfare Innovation and Empowerment Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-06-28 | 1994-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: State and Local Welfare-To-Work Demonstration Projects Title II: Expansion of State Authority Title III: Individual Development Accounts Title IV: Other Asset Reforms Welfare Innovation and Empowerment Act of 1994 - Title I: State and Local Welfare-To-Work Demonstration Projects - Establishes an Interagency Waiver Request Board for expediting Federal approval of State demonstration projects for getting welfare recipients off welfare and to work through such Federal programs as the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, and food stamp program as modified by the State to incorporate such measures as time-limited benefits for moving recipients towards economic self-sufficiency. Requires: (1) the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on such projects; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make specified payments to States for each project participant in the State who gets off AFDC or SSI and obtains unsubsidized private employment. Title II: Expansion of State Authority - Amends part A (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for expanded State authority with regard to: (1) contracting for case management and job training services; (2) benefit determinations for children conceived by AFDC recipients; and (3) treatment of families based on the number of parents in the home. Title III: Individual Development Accounts - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for individual development accounts (IDAs), that are generally tax-exempt, for low-income individuals to use for keeping their savings and other contributions up to a certain limit for educational, first-home purchase, and other specified purposes. Title IV: Other Asset Reforms - Amends SSA title IV to make various specified changes with regard to asset (including automobile equity) limits and dependent child income, resource, and IDA disregards. Amends the United States Housing Act of 193… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4667 |
| 103-hr-4657 | 103 | hr | 4657 | To eliminate certain welfare benefits with respect to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators, and to facilitate sharing of information with police officers. | Social Welfare | 1994-06-27 | 1994-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Santorum, Rick [R-PA-18] | PA | R | S000059 | 14 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid), part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV, and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to eliminate specified benefits with respect to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators. Provides for exchange of information concerning such individuals with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. Amends the same SSA titles and Acts to require the appropriate agencies to furnish the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the names and addresses of, and other identifying information on, any individual known to be an illegal alien. Amends AFDC provisions to require termination of benefits for dependent children absent from the home for specified periods of time, with allowance for good cause exceptions. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4657 |
| 103-hr-4605 | 103 | hr | 4605 | Work and Responsibility Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-06-21 | 1994-10-07 | See H.R.5252. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-11] | FL | D | G000153 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: JOBS Title II: WORK Title III: Child Care Title IV: Provisions with Multi-Program Applicability Title V: Prevention of Dependency Title VI: Child Support Enforcement Title VII: Improving Government Assistance and Preventing Fraud Title VIII: Self Employment/Microenterprise Demonstrations Title IX: Financing Title X: Effective Dates Work and Responsibility Act of 1994 - Title I: JOBS - Amends parts A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) and F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the Federal welfare system for the purpose of making AFDC a transitional program with the goal of enabling participants to achieve maximum economic independence and self-sufficiency by, among other changes, imposing time-limited AFDC benefits and requiring participation in modified and new State-administered job training and subsidized employment programs that have been designed to eventually move them into the permanent work force and prepare them for a life without welfare by enabling them to get work experience and by requiring them to perform job searches for suitable nonsubsidized employment. (Sec. 101) Modifies current AFDC and JOBS participation requirements. Requires all AFDC recipients (including minor custodial parents not attending school full time) who are able to participate in the JOBS program to so participate, starting in FY 1996 or 1997 on a phased-in basis with custodial parents (including such minor parents) born in 1972 or later, and continuing thereafter with any such additional classes of parents of dependent children or other AFDC applicants or recipients. Requires a recipient unable to participate in the JOBS program because of a third trimester pregnancy, temporary incapacity, or other specified reason, to participate in related preparatory activities the State in appropriate cases may require pursuant to the recipient's employa… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4605 |
| 103-s-2218 | 103 | s | 2218 | A bill to provide authorization of appropriations for the Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program for the fiscal years 1995 and 1996. | Social Welfare | 1994-06-21 | 1994-08-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 1 | Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize appropriations for the emergency food and shelter program. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2218 |
| 103-s-2224 | 103 | s | 2224 | Work and Responsibility Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-06-21 | 1994-07-13 | Committee on Finance. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 6 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: JOBS Title II: WORK Title III: Child Care Title IV: Provisions with Multi-Program Applicability Title V: Prevention of Dependency Title VI: Child Support Enforcement Title VII: Improving Government Assistance and Preventing Fraud Title VIII: Self Employment/Microenterprise Demonstrations Title IX: Financing Title X: Effective Dates Work and Responsibility Act of 1994 - Title I: JOBS - Amends parts A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) and F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the Federal welfare system for the purpose of making AFDC a transitional program with the goal of enabling participants to achieve maximum economic independence and self-sufficiency by, among other changes, imposing time-limited AFDC benefits and requiring participation in modified and new State-administered job training and subsidized employment programs that have been designed to eventually move them into the permanent work force and prepare them for a life without welfare by enabling them to get work experience and by requiring them to perform job searches for suitable nonsubsidized employment. (Sec. 101) Modifies current AFDC and JOBS participation requirements. Requires all AFDC recipients (including minor custodial parents not attending school full time) who are able to participate in the JOBS program to so participate, starting in FY 1996 or 1997 on a phased-in basis with custodial parents (including such minor parents) born in 1972 or later, and continuing thereafter with any such additional classes of parents of dependent children or other AFDC applicants or recipients. Requires a recipient unable to participate in the JOBS program because of a third trimester pregnancy, temporary incapacity, or other specified reason, to participate in related preparatory activities the State in appropriate cases may require pursuant to the recipient's employa… | 2025-08-26T13:51:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2224 |
| 103-hr-4578 | 103 | hr | 4578 | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-06-14 | 1994-07-22 | See H.R.3838. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 18 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Interagency Council on the Homeless Title III: Federal Emergency Management Agency Food and Shelter Program Title IV: Housing Assistance Subtitle A: Reorganization of Certain McKinney Act Housing Provisions Subtitle B: Other Housing Assistance Programs for the Homeless Under McKinney Act Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Homeless Housing Provisions Title V: Health Care for the Homeless Subtitle A: Categorical Grants for Primary Health Services and Substance Abuse Services Subtitle B: Formula Grants to States for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Subtitle C: Categorical Grants Regarding Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Title VI: Education, Training, and Community Services Programs Title VII: Homeless Programs Relating to Federal Welfare Assistance Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1994 - Title I: General Provisions - Requires budget compliance. Title II: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Act) to authorize appropriations for and extend the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Title III: Federal Emergency Management Agency Food and Shelter Program - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency food and shelter program. Title IV: Housing Assistance - Subtitle A: Reorganization of Certain McKinney Act Housing Provisions - Amends title IV (Housing Assistance) of the Act to replace the current individual programs of emergency shelter grants, supportive housing program, safe havens for homeless individuals demonstration program, and the shelter plus care program with an inclusive flexible grant program. Sets forth program provisions. Subtitle B: Other Housing Assistance Programs for the Homeless Under McKinney Act- Amends … | 2025-08-26T13:51:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4578 |
| 103-hr-4566 | 103 | hr | 4566 | Real Welfare Reform Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-06-10 | 1994-10-07 | See H.R.5252. | House | Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] | MO | R | T000024 | 46 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients Title II: Promotion of Marriage and Social Responsibility Subtitle A: Welfare Benefits Subtitle B: Grants for Assistance to Children Born Out-Of-Wedlock Subtitle C: Removal of Barriers to Interethnic Adoption Subtitle D: Tax Credit for Certain Low-Income Families Title III: Child Support Enforcement Title IV: Specific Reforms in Welfare Spending Title V: State Options and Miscellaneous Provisions Title VI: Capping the Aggregate Growth of Welfare Spending Real Welfare Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients - Amends Part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require each State, as a condition of participation in the AFDC program, to establish a workfare and dependency reduction program meeting specified requirements. (Sec. 101) Sets forth program participation requirements for parents in the AFDC unemployed parent program and certain noncustodial parents, including a specified mix of weekly community work service and job search activities or benefits to wages program participation. Specifies participation requirements for each adult AFDC recipient in a single-adult family. Requires States to establish: (1) a community work service program under which a participating individual shall work for a public or nonprofit private sector organization; and (2) a benefits to wages program under which an individual shall work for a qualified private employer whom the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall pay a wage subsidy on behalf of such individual equal to the amount of AFDC allotment and the cash value of food stamp benefits the individual would otherwise receive. Sets forth penalties (including allotment reductions and eligibility denials) for individuals, including noncustodial parents, who fail to meet participation requirements. Prohibits participatin… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4566 |
| 103-hr-4557 | 103 | hr | 4557 | Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Act | Social Welfare | 1994-06-09 | 1994-06-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-43] | CA | R | C000059 | 50 | Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish, according to prescribed guidelines, an electronic program for American employers to verify the social security account and other relevant employment information to reduce the use of fraudulent social security documents for employment purposes; (2) implement the Social Security Account Number Anti-Fraud Program according to a prescribed schedule; and (3) report to the Congress on the Program's initial implementation. | 2025-08-26T13:50:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4557 |
| 103-hr-4546 | 103 | hr | 4546 | Family Investment and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-06-08 | 1994-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Flake, Floyd H. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | F000184 | 1 | Family Investment and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to permit a State agency to disregard: (1) the earned income of AFDC recipients; and (2) the child support payments received by them. Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to refunding credits to allow as a credit against tax a specified percentage of any cash paid by or on behalf of a low-income individual to a qualified asset account for the individual's benefit. Exempts such accounts from taxation. Increases the amount of income that a State agency shall disregard with respect to the stepparent of an AFDC child recipient. Repeals the mandate that State AFDC plans provide aid to dependent children of unemployed parents in accordance with specified requirements. Denies AFDC benefits for applicants who have abandoned a child. Grants a State AFDC plan the option to: (1) deny benefits for additional children and for children who have not received required immunizations; (2) disregard certain income and resources designated for education, training, employability, or self-employment; and (3) increase to $3,000 the disregard limitation on the value of an AFDC family's automobile. Modifies the treatment of student earnings under the AFDC program. | 2025-08-26T13:50:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4546 |
| 103-s-2161 | 103 | s | 2161 | Social Security Disability Amendments Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-06-07 | 1994-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 3 | Social Security Disability Amendments Act of 1994 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) disregard the deemed income and resources of an ineligible spouse when determining the continued eligibility of the disabled spouse for Medicaid; (2) provide that individual Plans for Achieving Self Support (PASS) shall be deemed approved unless disallowed within 60 days by the Social Security Administration; (3) disregard the income and/or resources received by a PASS recipient for the purpose of achieving housing or career goals; (4) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations that consider both individual career and housing goals, and the difficulty of achieving self-support; (5) treat certain grant, scholarship, or fellowship income as earned income according to a certain formula; and (6) retain SSI eligibility for students temporarily outside the United States who demonstrate that their absence is to conduct studies as part of an educational program sponsored by an educational institution in the United States and designed to prepare the individual for gainful employment. | 2025-08-26T13:52:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2161 |
| 103-hr-4521 | 103 | hr | 4521 | Social Security Access to Information Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-26 | 1994-07-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1524-1525) | House | Rep. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie [D-PA-13] | PA | D | M000129 | 12 | Social Security Access to Information Act of 1994 - Amends title XI (General Provisions and Peer Review) of the Social Security Act to require annual social security account statements to: (1) express wages, contributions, and benefits in terms of actual dollars and in terms of current dollars; and (2) contain the total amount of benefits paid to date to the eligible individual as well as the total paid to date to all beneficiaries on the basis of the individual's wages and self-employment income, expressed in terms of actual dollars and in terms of current dollars. Requires the Secretary to provide such annual statements to all eligible individuals who have attained age 60, regardless of whether they are receiving old age, survivors and disability insurance benefits. | 2025-08-26T13:50:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4521 |
| 103-hr-4498 | 103 | hr | 4498 | Job Start for America Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-25 | 1994-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 56 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: AFDC Amendments Title II: Housing Amendments Title III: Food Stamp Amendment Title IV: Head Start Amendment Title V: Effective Date Job Start for America Act of 1994 - Title I: AFDC Amendments - Amends part A of title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require each State agency to provide to the caretaker relative of each first phase family (as defined by this Act) vouchers entitling any child care provider meeting applicable State and local standards to State payments equal to the provider's cost of providing child care with respect to the family. (Sec. 101) Provides for continuance of AFDC benefits for first phase and second phase families (as defined by this Act) for: (1) two years after the principal earner parent becomes gainfully employed; or (2) six months after the family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line. Disregards the assets of a spouse who marries an AFDC recipient for the first six months after the wedding. (Sec. 103) Increases from $1,000 (or any State-determined lower amount) to $2,500 the eligibility resource threshold for receipt of AFDC benefits. (Sec. 104) Requires a State plan to provide that a State agency shall provide job training and job search counseling to all AFDC recipients, including educational activities, job skills training, job readiness activities, job development, and job placement. Sets priorities for provision of job training and job search counseling, first to all first phase families, then to all second phase families, then to any family neither one nor the other. (Sec. 105) Defines: (1) first phase family as one whose principal earner parent has never been gainfully employed for three or more months (whether or not consecutive); and (2) second phase family as one whose principal earner parent has graduated from secondary school or received a high school equivalency certificate, but has never been gainfully employed. (Sec. 106) Repeals: (1) part F… | 2025-08-26T13:50:11Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4498 |
| 103-hr-4473 | 103 | hr | 4473 | Real Welfare Reform Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-23 | 1994-08-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] | MO | R | T000024 | 42 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients Title II: Promotion of Marriage and Social Responsibility Subtitle A: Welfare Benefits Subtitle B: Grants for Assistance to Children Born Out-of-Wedlock Subtitle C: Removal of Barriers to Interethnic Adoption Subtitle D: Tax Credit for Certain Low-Income Families Title III: Child Support Enforcement Title IV: Specific Reforms in Welfare Spending Title V: State Options and Miscellaneous Provisions Title VI: Capping the Aggregate Growth of Welfare Spending Real Welfare Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients - Amends Part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require each State, as a condition of participation in the AFDC program, to establish a workfare and dependency reduction program meeting specified requirements. (Sec. 101) Sets forth program participation requirements for parents in the AFDC unemployed parent program and certain noncustodial parents, including a specified mix of weekly community work service and job search activities or benefits to wages program participation. Specifies participation requirements for each adult AFDC recipient in a single-adult family. Requires States to establish: (1) a community work service program under which a participating individual shall work for a public or nonprofit private sector organization; and (2) a benefits to wages program under which an individual shall work for a qualified private employer whom the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall pay a wage subsidy on behalf of such individual equal to the amount of AFDC allotment and the cash value of food stamp benefits the individual would otherwise receive. Sets forth penalties (including allotment reductions and eligibility denials) for individuals, including noncustodial parents, who fail to meet participation requirements. Prohibits participatin… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4473 |
| 103-s-2134 | 103 | s | 2134 | Welfare Reform Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-19 | 1994-05-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] | NC | R | F000437 | 19 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients Title II: Promotion of Marriage and Social Responsibility Subtitle A: Welfare Benefits Subtitle B: Grants for Assistance to Children Born Out-of-Wedlock Subtitle C: Tax Credit for Certain Low-Income Families Subtitle D: Expansion of Abstinence Education Title III: Child Support Enforcement Title IV: Specific Reforms in Welfare Spending Title V: State Options and Miscellaneous Provisions Title VI: Capping the Aggregate Growth of Welfare Spending Welfare Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients - Amends Part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require each State, as a condition of participation in the AFDC program, to establish a workfare and dependency reduction program meeting specified requirements. (Sec. 101) Sets forth program participation requirements for parents in the AFDC unemployed parent program and certain noncustodial parents, including a specified mix of weekly community work service and job search activities or benefits to wages program participation. Specifies participation requirements for each adult AFDC recipient in a single-adult family. Requires States to establish: (1) a community work service program under which a participating individual shall work for a public or nonprofit private sector organization; and (2) a benefits to wages program under which an individual shall work for a qualified private employer whom the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall pay a wage subsidy on behalf of such individual equal to the amount of AFDC allotment and the cash value of food stamp benefits the individual would otherwise receive. Sets forth penalties (including allotment reductions and eligibility denials) for individuals, including noncustodial parents, who fail to meet participation requirements. Prohibits participating organizations … | 2025-08-26T13:49:49Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2134 |
| 103-hr-4449 | 103 | hr | 4449 | Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act | Social Welfare | 1994-05-18 | 1994-06-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] | MN | D | P000258 | 17 | Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act - Amends part A of title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act to deem as emergency assistance to needy families with children any qualified State expenditures for construction, rehabilitation, purchase, or rental by State or local government or a nonprofit organization of permanent rental housing for homeless AFDC families. Requires a State to provide assurances that the average amount the State intends to expend per family for such emergency assistance for the fiscal year would not exceed such average amount for the immediately preceding fiscal year. Encourages the States to combine funds available for such purposes under the AFDC program with funds available under other Federal, State, or local programs, including the Community Development Block Grant program, the Home Investment Partnership program, and the programs under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. | 2025-08-26T13:50:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4449 |
| 103-hr-4414 | 103 | hr | 4414 | Independence for Families Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-12 | 1994-06-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] | OK | D | M000398 | 33 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Time-Limited Transitional Assistance Title II: Make Work Pay Subtitle A: Health Care Subtitle B: Earned Income Tax Credit Subtitle C: Child Care Subtitle D: AFDC Work Disregards Subtitle E: AFDC Asset Limitations Title III: The Work First Program Subtitle A: AFDC Subtitle B: Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Title IV: Family Responsibility and Improved Child Support Enforcement Subtitle A: Enhancement of Ability to Identify and Locate Noncustodial Parents Subtitle B: Paternity Establishment Subtitle C: Improvement of Child Support Order Establishment Process Subtitle D: Child Support Enforcement Title V: Teen Pregnancy and Family Stability Subtitle A: Federal Role Subtitle B: State Role Title VI: Program Simplification Subtitle A: Increased State Flexibility Subtitle B: Coordination of AFDC and Food Stamp Programs Subtitle C: Fraud Reduction Title VII: Financing Subtitle A: Ineligibility of certain Aliens for certain Social Services Subtitle B: Other Provisions Relating to Aliens Subtitle C: Limitation on Emergency Assistance Expenditures Subtitle D: Family Day Care Homes Program Improvements Subtitle E: Collection of Certain State and Local Taxes on Out-of-State Sales Title VIII: Effective Date Independence for Families Act of 1994 - Title I: Time-Limited Transitional Assistance - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require States opting below to have work first programs to make ineligible for AFDC any family with a member who has participated in such work program for two years; (2) condition eligibility for AFDC on participation in job search activities ex… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4414 |
| 103-hr-4419 | 103 | hr | 4419 | To modify the supplemental security income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1994-05-12 | 1994-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Santorum, Rick [R-PA-18] | PA | R | S000059 | 16 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Restrictions for Aliens Title II: Restrictions for Drug Addicts and Alcoholics Title III: Benefits for Children Title IV: Fraud Title I: Restrictions For Aliens - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make certain aliens ineligible for SSI benefits. Amends SSA title IV part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) to require State AFDC plans to require the State agency to provide the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) with identifying information on any unlawful alien with any children who are U.S. citizens. Title II: Restrictions for Drug Addicts and Alcoholics - Amends SSA title XVI, among other things, to: (1) suspend SSI benefits for certain recipients who test positive for illegal drugs or alcohol until such time that the recipient tests negative; and (2) make various specified representative payee changes, including requiring SSI disability payments based on substance abuse to be paid through representative payees. Title III: Benefits for Children - Amends SSA title XVI to: (1) replace the current cash benefit with a medical voucher for children below 18 to use for items associated with treating child blindness or disability the costs of which are not covered under SSA title XIX (Medicaid); and (2) require disability reviews for SSI recipients upon reaching 18. Title IV: Fraud - Amends SSA title XVI to add additional requirements for: (1) foreign language translation under provisions for filing of applications and furnishing of information; (2) preventing fraud in the SSI program, for example, by establishing civil monetary penalties and assessments, and by making SSI fraud a felony; and (3) developing profiles of cases involving a high probability of fraud. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request INS and the Centers for Disease Control to provide any relevant medical information for determining alien eligibility for SSI. Directs the Secretary to report ann… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4419 |
| 103-sres-213 | 103 | sres | 213 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that May 18, 1994, should be recognized as "Senior Power Day". | Social Welfare | 1994-05-11 | 1994-05-11 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that May 18, 1994, should be recognized as Senior Power Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-resolution/213 |
| 103-hr-4372 | 103 | hr | 4372 | Social Security Eligibility Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-10 | 1994-09-27 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 3 | Social Security Eligibility Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to increase the retirement age for OASDI benefits to age 67 by the year 2004 and to age 70 by the year 2013. | 2025-08-26T13:50:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4372 |
| 103-hr-4373 | 103 | hr | 4373 | Social Security COLA Limitation Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-10 | 1994-09-27 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 3 | Social Security COLA Limitation Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to establish a flat-rate cost-of-living adjustment. (Currently such adjustment is based on a beneficiary's actual benefit levels.) | 2025-08-26T13:50:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4373 |
| 103-hr-4374 | 103 | hr | 4374 | Social Security Access to Information Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-10 | 1994-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 10 | Social Security Access to Information Act of 1994 - Amends title XI (General Provisions and Peer Review) of the Social Security Act to require annual social security account statements to: (1) express wages, contributions, and benefits in terms of actual dollars and in terms of current dollars; and (2) contain the total amount of benefits paid to date to the eligible individual as well as the total paid to date to all beneficiaries on the basis of the individual's wages and self-employment income, expressed in terms of actual dollars and in terms of current dollars. Requires the Secretary to provide such annual statements to all eligible individuals who have attained age 60, regardless of whether they are receiving old age, survivors and disability insurance benefits. | 2025-08-26T13:49:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4374 |
| 103-s-2085 | 103 | s | 2085 | Welfare Antifraud Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-06 | 1994-05-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 3 | Welfare Antifraud Act of 1994 - Amends title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of the Social Security Act to require a State agency to establish a two-digit fingerprint matching identification system to prevent multiple enrollments of an individual for benefits. Prescribes implementation guidelines. | 2025-08-26T13:49:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2085 |
| 103-hr-4354 | 103 | hr | 4354 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the buying and selling of social security account numbers. | Social Welfare | 1994-05-05 | 1994-05-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Gallo, Dean A. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | G000025 | 6 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to impose criminal penalties upon any person who buys or sells the social security account number of another without the owner's written consent. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4354 |
| 103-hr-4325 | 103 | hr | 4325 | To exclude certain retirement accounts for purposes of determining eligibility to receive food stamp benefits, aid to families with dependent children, supplemental security income benefits, and medicaid benefits. | Social Welfare | 1994-05-03 | 1994-05-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3] | PA | D | B000644 | 2 | Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and the Social Security Act to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exclude specified retirement assets for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under: (1) the food stamp program; (2) the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children; and (3) the Supplemental Security Income Program. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4325 |
| 103-s-2057 | 103 | s | 2057 | Welfare to Work Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-05-03 | 1994-05-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 3 | Welfare to Work Act of 1994 - Prescribes guidelines under which a State may apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) for a grant to operate a State welfare to work program. Amends title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to terminate the: (1) Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program; and (2) Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to limit Food Stamp program benefits to the elderly and the disabled. Amends the eligibility criteria of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (WIC) to provide that a child shall be considered to be at nutritional risk if it is in the care of an individual who is: (1) primarily responsible for its care; and (2) a participant in a State welfare to work program receiving Federal funds under this Act. Instructs the Secretary to submit to the Congress eligibility criteria for medical assistance under a State plan under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) in lieu of the eligibility criteria related to the plans terminated by this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:52:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2057 |
| 103-hr-4318 | 103 | hr | 4318 | Working Off Welfare Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-04-28 | 1994-05-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 24 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Welfare Reform Subtitle A: Aid To Families With Dependent Children Subtitle B: Earned Income Tax Credit Subtitle C: Microenterprise and Small Business Development Subtitle D: Effective Date Title II: Federal Job Training Program Reforms Subtitle A: Studies and Reports Subtitle B: Economic Self-Sufficiency Standards for Federal Job Training Programs Subtitle C: Effective Date Title III: Child Support Enforcement Working Off Welfare Act of 1994 - Title I: Welfare Reform - Subtitle A: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends parts A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) and F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make various specified changes with regard to, among other things, income disregards, support services and case management, school attendance and child care, and job training and education in order to enable families on welfare to become self-sufficient. Subtitle B: Earned Income Tax Credit - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to submit to the Congress recommendations for procedures under which the Federal Government may make quarterly advance payments of earned income credit. Subtitle C: Microenterprise and Small Business Development - Amends SSA title IV part A to give States the option of disregarding certain income and resources related to microenterprise initiatives or designated for education, training, or employability through the use of a qualified asset account. (Sec. 141) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) study and report to the Congress on the use of such accounts; and (2) report to the Congress on the AFDC asset limit on automobiles. Provides for the inclusion of microenterprise training and activities in the JOBS program. Subtitle D: Effective Date - Sets forth effective dates for this title. Title II: … | 2025-08-26T13:50:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4318 |
| 103-hr-4275 | 103 | hr | 4275 | Social Security Entitlement Reform Amendments of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-04-21 | 1994-09-27 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] | TX | D | P000328 | 0 | Social Security Entitlement Reform Amendments of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to phase in an increase in the retirement age to age 70 by 2029. Alters the formula for reducing monthly benefit amounts for certain beneficiaries because of early retirement. Revises the formula for determining the amount of monthly mother's and father's insurance benefits. Revises the schedule under which increases in old age benefit amounts on account of delayed retirement shall take effect, ending certain increases for persons who first became eligible after 1986, reducing scheduled increases for individuals first eligible for such a benefit after 2004. Modifies disability benefit provisions, limiting disability payments, and establishing 65 permanently as the age for conversion of entitlement to disability benefits to entitlement to old-age retirement benefits. Mandates a phased reduction in spousal benefits other than survivor's benefits from 50 percent to 33 percent of the primary insurance amount. Provides for coverage of State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1999. Repeals the limitation on drop out years for disabled workers and the limitation on widow's and widower's insurance benefits arising from the early retirement of the deceased spouse. Provides for biennial cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) in OASDI benefits except when the applicable increase percentage exceeds four percent a year, with COLAs being made in July instead of January. Specifies adjustments after 2019 in the reduction of widow's and widower's insurance benefits upon attainment of age 85. Provides for a general increase in OASDI benefits for recipients attaining age 85 after 2019. Schedules increases in surviving child's insurance benefits. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to phase in a reduction in the age at which SSI aged benefits may be paid. | 2025-08-26T13:51:19Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4275 |
| 103-hr-4277 | 103 | hr | 4277 | Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-04-21 | 1994-08-15 | Became Public Law No: 103-296. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10] | IN | D | J000033 | 23 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishment of the Social Security Administration as an Independent Agency Title II: Program Improvements Relating to OASDI and SSI Title III: Miscellaneous Program Improvements Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 - Title I: Establishment of the Social Security Administration as an Independent Agency - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish an independent Social Security Administration, headed by a Commissioner, to administer the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program under SSA titles II and XVI. (Sec. 102) Establishes: (1) Chief Financial Officer and Inspector General positions; and (2) a Social Security Advisory Board to advise the Commissioner on policies related to such programs. (Sec. 105) Transfers to the Administration all functions of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) pertaining to such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Program Improvements Relating to OASDI and SSI - Amends SSA titles II and XVI with respect to the payment of disability benefits to substance abusers. (Sec. 201) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and carry out demonstration projects with regard to disabled substance abusers on OASDI or SSI; and (2) appoint a Commission on the Evaluation of Disability in Children to study the effects on children of SSI's definition of disability. (Sec. 203) Amends SSA title XVI with respect to: (1) regulations regarding completion of plans for achieving self-support; (2) SSI eligibility for students temporarily abroad; (3) disregard of cost-of-living (COLA) increases for continued eligibility for work incentives; and (4) exemption from adjustment in pass-along requirements under provisions on operation of State supplementation programs. (Sec. 206) Amends SSA titles II and XVI with regard to the prevention of fraud by translators of foreign languages. Amends… | 2024-06-06T16:27:27Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4277 |
| 103-hr-4278 | 103 | hr | 4278 | Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-04-21 | 1994-10-22 | Became Public Law No: 103-387. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10] | IN | D | J000033 | 4 | Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to change the threshold at which cash remuneration for domestic services becomes subject to social security employment taxes from $50 a quarter to $1,000 per year, adjusted by the Commissioner of Social Security according to a specified formula for calendar years after 1995. Excludes the employment of domestic employees under age 18 from such coverage if domestic service is not the principal occupation of such employee. Continues the W-2 form filing requirement for 1994 for amounts under $1,000. Sets forth rules for the filing of returns, on a calendar year basis, with respect to domestic service employment taxes. Subjects such taxes to estimated tax payment requirements, with certain exceptions. Makes the filing requirements of this Act inapplicable to any employer liable for tax concerning remuneration for services in a private home other than domestic service. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with States to collect the State unemployment taxes imposed on remuneration for domestic service and transfer them to a State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Revises allocations to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund with respect to wages and self-employment income reported to the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a comprehensive study of the reasons for rising costs payable from such Fund for a report to the Congress. Revises the limitation on the payment of OASDI benefits to prisoners, among other changes, extending it to individuals confined by court order in an institution at public expense based on findings of insanity and making it applicable in cases where the incarcerated individual has been convicted of an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year regardless of the actual sentence imposed (currently the offense must constitute… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4278 |
| 103-hr-4281 | 103 | hr | 4281 | To eliminate fraud in the payment of supplemental security income benefits to children by reason of disability. | Social Welfare | 1994-04-21 | 1994-04-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Dickey, Jay [R-AR-4] | AR | R | D000312 | 9 | Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to substitute vouchers in lieu of cash payments for SSI benefits for a blind or disabled child who has not attained 18 years of age. Prescribes guidelines under which the Social Security Administration must provide a written notification of cooperation in suspected cases of fraud to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and the appropriate State agency counterpart. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4281 |
| 103-sconres-66 | 103 | sconres | 66 | A concurrent resolution to recognize and encourage the convening of a National Silver Haired Congress. | Social Welfare | 1994-04-21 | 1994-10-07 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 42 | Encourages the convening of an annual National Silver Haired Congress in the District of Columbia. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/66 |
| 103-hjres-357 | 103 | hjres | 357 | Designating the week beginning February 12, 1995, as "National Random Acts of Kindness Week". | Social Welfare | 1994-04-19 | 1994-05-04 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Tucker, Walter R., III [D-CA-37] | CA | D | T000405 | 237 | Designates the week beginning February 12, 1995, as National Random Acts of Kindness Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/357 |
| 103-hr-4245 | 103 | hr | 4245 | Social Security Long-Range Solvency Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-04-19 | 1994-09-27 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-5] | IL | D | R000458 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to Future Entitlements Title II: Provisions Relating to Current and Future Entitlements Title III: Coverage of Newly Hired State and Local Employees Title IV: Social Security Payroll Tax Social Security Long-Range Solvency Act of 1994 - Title I: Provisions Relating to Future Entitlements - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to persons who initially become eligible for benefits between the years 2001 through 2051 to adjust the earnings bracket and bend point formula used to determine the primary insurance amount for individuals. Provides for a graduated increase in the "normal" statutory retirement age from age 65 to 67 by the year 2011. Title II: Provisions Relating to Current and Future Entitlements - Reduces the 1995 cost-of-living adjustment. Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits to lower the income thresholds at which 85 percent of social security benefits are subject to income taxation. Title III: Coverage of Newly Hired State and Local Employees - Amends the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to mandate social security coverage of all State and local government employees hired after January 1, 1995. Title IV: Social Security Payroll Tax - Increases the social security payroll tax over a five-year phase-in period beginning in the year 2020. | 2025-08-26T13:52:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4245 |
| 103-hr-4185 | 103 | hr | 4185 | Community Safety and Empowerment Act of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1994-04-13 | 1994-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-15] | MI | D | C000633 | 0 | Community Safety and Empowerment Act of 1993 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a Federal Coordinating Council on Community Safety and Empowerment. Directs the Council to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to improve the health, education, and safety of residents of economically distressed communities. Sets forth requirements for non-Federal contributions, applications, and annual review. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:49:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4185 |
| 103-hr-4187 | 103 | hr | 4187 | To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to strengthen and preserve families, enhance foster care, and develop qualified child welfare personnel to provide parent education. | Social Welfare | 1994-04-13 | 1994-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-15] | MI | D | C000633 | 0 | Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to organizations to train individuals in child development and family relationships. Authorizes appropriations. Instructs the Secretary to authorize organizations to conduct demonstration projects to implement strategies for training personnel to work with foster parents and families whose children are at risk of being placed in out-of-home care. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4187 |
| 103-s-2009 | 103 | s | 2009 | Welfare to Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-04-11 | 1994-04-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 3 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Family Investment Program and Other Welfare Reform Title II: Improvements in the Collection of Child Support Welfare to Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994 - Title I: Family Investment Program and Other Welfare Reform - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State AFDC plans in States without a waiver from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to provide for a program in which the State agency negotiates an agreement with each family on AFDC outlining the steps non-exempt family members must take. Includes among such steps participation in education or job training programs, or in substance abuse treatment or parenting programs, in order to obtain self-sufficiency within a certain period. Requires supplemental services, such as transportation and child care, when necessary for achieving such goal, as well as support and case management when adapting such agreement for changing family circumstances. Requires the State agency to offer such families enrollment in a limited benefit plan under which benefits are suspended after six months, and in which families failing to comply with the agreement are automatically enrolled. (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Labor, and of Education to ensure appropriate coordination in the planning, development, and operation of the family investment program above and other specified programs, including the JOBS program under SSA title IV part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) in order to improve departmental services and reduce program overlap and administrative costs. (Sec. 102) Makes numerous miscellaneous amendments to SSA title IV part A. Provides States with various specified options for moving AFDC recipients towards self-sufficiency, including options for: (1) increasing asset limits and disregards for work expenses, earned income, and automobiles; (2) disregarding interest income and c… | 2025-08-26T13:49:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2009 |
| 103-s-2000 | 103 | s | 2000 | Human Services Amendments of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-03-25 | 1994-05-18 | Became Public Law No: 103-252. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 8 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Head Start Programs Title II: Community Services Block Grant Amendments Title III: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments Title IV: Community-Based Family Resource Programs Human Services Amendments of 1994 - Title I: Head Start Programs - Head Start Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Head Start Act to reauthorize and revise its provisions. (Sec. 103) Includes parental involvement among Head Start program services. (Sec. 104) Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act and its Head Start program. Reserves specified amounts for a longitudinal study of Head Start participants, the Head Start Transition Project Act, and transition coordination with schools and parent involvement activities. (Sec. 105) Allocates at least 25 percent of certain excess funds to specified quality improvement activities, plus any additional amount the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds necessary. Includes, under discretionary payments, payments for the costs of reviewing Head Start agencies and programs and of developing and implementing quality improvement plans. Authorizes the Secretary to make collaboration grants, from certain reserved funds, to States to facilitate collaboration between Head Start activities and other activities targeted to low-income children and families. Directs the Secretary to take certain factors into consideration in allocating funds for program expansion. Provides for flexibility in satisfying the requirement that a certain number of hours be provided to children in Head Start programs. Requires migrant Head Start programs to give priority to eligible children of migrant families whose work requires them to relocate most frequently. (Sec. 106) Repeals outdated provisions for a comprehensive report to the Congress. (Sec. 107) Revises provisions for designation of Head Start agencies to provide that those on Indian reservations include members of Indian tribes living near the reservation. Revises conditions for giv… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2000 |
| 103-hr-4126 | 103 | hr | 4126 | Work-First Welfare Reform Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-03-24 | 1994-04-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: State Welfare Reform Option Title II: Incentives for State Participation in Welfare Reform Title III: Policy Changes to Reward Work Title IV: Child Support Enforcement Work-First Welfare Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: State Welfare Reform Option - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States the option of developing a welfare reform plan containing a welfare-job development integration plan meeting specified requirements (including those requiring welfare recipient participation along with the State in one of two specified types of Empowerment Compacts with specific goals and timetables for each individual participant's attainment of self-sufficiency) for reorienting their welfare programs towards such overall goal for all welfare recipients who are capable of working. (Sec. 101) Provides for approval, implementation, and evaluation of welfare reform plans. Title II: Incentives for State Participation in Welfare Reform - Amends SSA title IV part A to provide for: (1) increased Federal payments to welfare reform States meeting specified requirements for the costs of operating programs under part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS); and (2) modification of the amount payable to individual welfare reform plan participants expecting a decrease in income over a certain period in States which have elected to adjust individual AFDC benefits quarterly. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for purposes of developing welfare reform plans. Sets limits on the amount the Secretary may expend on such grants in any fiscal year through FY 2000. Title III: Policy Changes to Reward Work - Amends SSA title IV part A and the Internal Revenue Code to make various specified changes designed to reward work, by, for example: (1) giving States the authority to establish enhanced earnings disregards for AFDC recipients and define unemployment for… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4126 |
| 103-hr-4136 | 103 | hr | 4136 | Social Security Disability and Rehabilitation Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] | CA | R | H000528 | 32 | Social Security Disability and Rehabilitation Act of 1994 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require individuals on drugs or alcohol to: (1) undergo, or be scheduled for, appropriate treatment for substance abuse if it is reasonably available; (2) comply with the terms of such treatment; and (3) have a qualified governmental representative payee in order to receive disability benefits under the social security disability insurance (SSDI) and SSI programs. Sets up a monitoring and testing program under each such title for ensuring such compliance, with benefits terminated or suspended in cases of noncompliance, and with all disability benefits related to substance abuse terminated after three years. Requires the proceeds derived from criminal activities to support substance abuse to be considered substantial gainful activity. Revises penalty provisions, with changes providing for the exclusion of SSDI and SSI program defrauders from such programs and other Federal health and social services programs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) assure that every individual on drugs or alcohol who is receiving SSDI or SSI disability benefits be given high priority for treatment through entities supported by State substance abuse block grants; and (2) provide for the establishment of referral and monitoring agencies for each State for carrying out treatment requirements under this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:52:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4136 |
| 103-hr-4162 | 103 | hr | 4162 | To grant authority to provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes. | Social Welfare | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 14 | Amends the Social Security Act to authorize social services block grants directly to Indian tribes. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4162 |
| 103-sjres-176 | 103 | sjres | 176 | A joint resolution to designate the month of May 1994 as "Older Americans Month". | Social Welfare | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 47 | Designates May 1994 as Older Americans Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-joint-resolution/176 |
| 103-hr-4105 | 103 | hr | 4105 | Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-03-22 | 1994-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10] | IN | D | J000033 | 5 | Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to raise from $50 to $1,250 the minimum amount of cash remuneration payable to a domestic employee in any year which is subject to social security employment taxes. Provides for annual adjustments of such threshold. Amends IRC to: (1) provide for the coordination of the collection of domestic service employment taxes with the collection of income taxes; (2) subject domestic service employment taxes to estimated tax provisions; (3) exempt certain employers from the payment of such taxes; and (4) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements to collect State unemployment taxes imposed on such remuneration. Directs the Secretary to prepare and make available to employers information on their tax obligations under Federal and State law with regard to domestic employees. Absolves employers from liability for certain underpaid taxes and associated penalty and interest payments owed before this Act becomes effective. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the reasons for rising costs payable from such Fund. Amends SSA title II to: (1) increase the portion of wages and self-employment income subject to social security taxation that is allocated to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Fund); and (2) modify restrictions on social security benefit payments to incarcerated felons, with changes converting such restrictions into an outright prohibition applicable to all individuals sentenced to imprisonment for more than one year (currently only convicted felons), as well as to individuals confined pursuant to a court order based on verdicts of insanity or similar mental disorders. | 2025-08-26T13:51:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4105 |
| 103-hconres-226 | 103 | hconres | 226 | Expressing the sense of Congress that any welfare reform legislation which requires recipients of aid to families with dependent children to find employment within a certain time as a condition of receiving benefits should exempt recipients who collect benefits from a State with an unemployment rate that is at least 110 percent of the national average unemployment rate. | Social Welfare | 1994-03-17 | 1994-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Machtley, Ronald K. [R-RI-1] | RI | R | M000015 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that any welfare reform legislation which requires recipients of Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) to find employment within a certain time as a condition of receiving benefits should exempt recipients who collect benefits from a State with an unemployment rate that is at least 110 percent of the national average unemployment rate. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/226 |
| 103-s-1932 | 103 | s | 1932 | Welfare Reform Through State Innovation Act | Social Welfare | 1994-03-15 | 1994-06-14 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6810-6811) | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] | CT | D | L000304 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Initiatives to Move Welfare Recipients into the Work Force Title II: Initiatives to Strengthen Families and Break the Cycle of Welfare Dependency Title III: Initiatives to Diversify and Improve the Performance of Welfare Services Title IV: Offsetting Expenditure Reductions Welfare Reform Through State Innovation Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to implement the demonstration projects established below as part of a comprehensive national program to: (1) terminate part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) after two years; and (2) make employment available to such families where necessary. (Sec. 4) Provides for demonstration project approval, evaluation, duration, and implementation when effective in breaking the cycle of welfare dependency, unemployment, and poverty. (Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations. Title I: Initiatives to Move Welfare Recipients into the Work Force - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (NHS) to provide for demonstration projects in States with approved applications which: (1) condition AFDC benefits on school attendance or job training for single parents under age 20 with at least one dependent child but no children under six months; (2) limit the time period for the receipt of such benefits; and (3) generally require the parent to live in an adult-supervised home and receive such benefits through a parent or legal guardian. (Sec. 101) Requires participating States to make child care available and pay all education and job training costs in order to conduct such a demonstration project. (Sec. 102) Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to authorize the Secretary to establish a pilot JOB CORPS program targeting young, disadvantaged mothers on AFDC with below school-age children. Requires such program to include a parents as teachers program designed to educate parents in child development. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to pro… | 2025-08-26T13:51:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1932 |
| 103-s-1891 | 103 | s | 1891 | Welfare and Medicaid Responsibility Exchange Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-03-07 | 1994-06-14 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1891) | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 4 | Welfare and Medicaid Responsibility Exchange Act of 1994 - Provides for the termination of AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program), WIC (Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children), and food stamp programs after FY 1995, shifting financial responsibility to the States for providing similar assistance to low-income individuals, with such assistance paid for out of a reduction in the State's share of Medicaid funding equivalent to the Federal welfare savings. Federalizes the Medicaid program after FY 2000, relieving States of their administrative or financial responsibility for it. | 2025-08-26T13:52:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1891 |
| 103-s-1892 | 103 | s | 1892 | Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-03-07 | 1994-03-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn during 1995 through 2004 without incurring a reduction in benefits. Repeals such income limitation in the year 2005. | 2025-08-26T13:52:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1892 |
| 103-hr-3935 | 103 | hr | 3935 | Social Security Continuing Disability Review Account Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-03-02 | 1994-03-10 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10] | IN | D | J000033 | 9 | Social Security Continuing Disability Review Account Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to create in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund a Continuing Disability Review Account as a mechanism for funding continuing disability reviews (CDRs) out of a portion of the savings derived from conducting such reviews. Requires Account operations to be reflected in the Secretary of Health and Human Services' annual report to the Congress on CDRs. | 2025-08-26T13:50:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3935 |
| 103-hr-3929 | 103 | hr | 3929 | To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that, for purposes of determining whether an individual is under a disability, engagement in an illegal drug-related enterprise demonstrates ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. | Social Welfare | 1994-03-01 | 1994-04-21 | See H.R.4277. | House | Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] | CA | R | H000528 | 19 | Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to provide that, for purposes of determining whether an individual is under a disability, engagement in an illegal drug-related enterprise demonstrates ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3929 |
| 103-hr-3919 | 103 | hr | 3919 | Social Security Privacy Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-02-28 | 1994-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture. | House | Rep. Blute, Peter I. [R-MA-3] | MA | R | B000576 | 0 | Social Security Privacy Act of 1994 - States that it is the policy of the Congress to restrict the use of social security numbers to purposes most directly related to social security and other social services. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise current guidelines on State and local government utilization of social security numbers, with changes generally requiring an individual's written consent before such number, or any derivative thereof, may be used for purposes of identifying the individual. | 2025-08-26T13:52:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3919 |
| 103-hr-3913 | 103 | hr | 3913 | To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to terminate the eligibility of children under 16 years of age for supplemental security income benefits by reason of disability, and preserve the eligibility of such disabled children for medicaid benefits. | Social Welfare | 1994-02-24 | 1994-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 11 | Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to terminate the eligibility of children under 16 for SSI by reason of disability. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to preserve the Medicaid eligibility of such disabled children who otherwise meet non-disability-related requirements for Medicaid eligibility. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3913 |
| 103-hr-3884 | 103 | hr | 3884 | To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require, as a condition of receiving Federal funds for foster care and adoption assistance, that States require State agencies, in considering applications to adopt certain foster children, to give preference to applications of a foster parent or caretaker relative of the child. | Social Welfare | 1994-02-23 | 1994-02-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 0 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require that States, as a condition of receiving Federal funds for foster care and adoption assistance, require State agencies to give preference in processing applications for the adoption of certain foster children to applications submitted by a foster parent or caretaker relative with whom the child has substantial emotional ties and from whom removal would be seriously detrimental to the child. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3884 |
| 103-s-1863 | 103 | s | 1863 | Social Security Disability and Rehabilitation Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-02-23 | 1994-02-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1794-1795) | Senate | Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] | ME | R | C000598 | 25 | Social Security Disability and Rehabilitation Act of 1994 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require individuals on drugs or alcohol to: (1) undergo, or be scheduled for, appropriate treatment for substance abuse if it is reasonably available; (2) comply with the terms of such treatment; and (3) have a qualified governmental representative payee in order to receive disability benefits under the social security disability insurance (SSDI) and SSI programs. Sets up a monitoring and testing program under each such title for ensuring such compliance, with benefits terminated or suspended in cases of noncompliance, and with all disability benefits related to substance abuse terminated after three years. Requires the proceeds derived from criminal activities to support substance abuse to be considered substantial gainful activity. Revises penalty provisions, with changes providing for the exclusion of SSDI and SSI program defrauders from such programs and other Federal health and social services programs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) assure that every individual on drugs or alcohol who is receiving SSDI or SSI disability benefits be given high priority for treatment through entities supported by State substance abuse block grants; and (2) provide for the establishment of referral and monitoring agencies for each State for carrying out treatment requirements under this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:51:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1863 |
| 103-hr-3823 | 103 | hr | 3823 | Welfare Fairness Act | Social Welfare | 1994-02-09 | 1994-07-14 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5664) | House | Rep. Barca, Peter [D-WI-1] | WI | D | B001226 | 2 | Welfare Fairness Act - Establishes the Commission on Welfare Fairness to establish a uniform standard of need for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, and provide for appropriate adjustments to such standard. | 2025-08-26T13:52:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3823 |
| 103-hres-355 | 103 | hres | 355 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the people of the United States should be encouraged to practice random acts of kindness. | Social Welfare | 1994-02-09 | 1994-02-23 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H564) | House | Rep. Tucker, Walter R., III [D-CA-37] | CA | D | T000405 | 7 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the people of the United States should be encouraged to practice random acts of kindness. | 2021-06-02T19:15:36Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-resolution/355 |
| 103-hjres-319 | 103 | hjres | 319 | Directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose to the Congress, not later than May 18, 1994, possible solutions to the impending deficit in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. | Social Welfare | 1994-02-08 | 1994-04-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2622) | House | Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] | AL | R | B000013 | 16 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the factors threatening the solvency of the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund and proposing possible solutions. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/319 |
| 103-hr-3814 | 103 | hr | 3814 | Disability Insurance Reform Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-02-08 | 1994-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 38 | Disability Insurance Reform Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of benefits based on disability to any individual who is a drug addict or alcoholic until such individual: (1) undergoes appropriate substance abuse treatment at an approved facility; (2) has complied with the terms of such treatment; and (3) either recovers or makes progress towards recovery, with benefits terminated if the individual fails to continue treatment. Requires lump sum disability payments to be made only through a qualified governmental or nonprofit care facility or community-based social service agency representative payees. Makes other changes with regard to representative payees, including allowing them to collect monthly fees for expenses in providing service. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a monitoring and testing program to ensure individual compliance with treatment requirements. | 2025-08-26T13:49:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3814 |
| 103-hr-3795 | 103 | hr | 3795 | Social Security Immigration Fraud Protection Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-02-03 | 1994-02-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H506) | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 35 | Social Security Immigration Fraud Protection Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to create a mandatory minimum sentence of a fine or five years' imprisonment, or both, for illegal alien social security documentation fraud. | 2025-08-26T13:51:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3795 |
| 103-hr-3803 | 103 | hr | 3803 | Social Security Individual Retirement Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-02-03 | 1994-10-04 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Social Security Individual Retirement Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the social security taxes on employees, employers, and the self-employed for 1995 and thereafter. Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require employers to have in effect a social security payroll deduction plan for employees. Requires such plan to provide for employers to deduct the prescribed social security employee contribution for transfer to a social security individual retirement account of the employee. Provides for self-employed individuals to deposit into such accounts the prescribed social security contributions. Requires transfer of the social security individual retirement account of a deceased individual to a similar account maintained by the decedent's eligible survivor. Sets forth penalties for failure to establish and maintain such accounts. Requires amounts deducted from employee wages to be shown on W-2 forms. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exempt social security payroll deduction plans which do not provide for employer contributions from provisions governing employee benefit plans. Provides for: (1) adjustments in the primary insurance amounts of employees and self-employed individuals with social security individual retirement accounts under SSA title II; and (2) the tax treatment of such accounts in a manner similar to individual retirement accounts. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3803 |
| 103-hr-3768 | 103 | hr | 3768 | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance and Prevention Formula Grant Amendments Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-02-02 | 1994-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | R000465 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Food and Shelter Program Title II: Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Formula Grant Program Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance and Prevention Formula Grant Amendments Act of 1994 - Title I: Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Food and Shelter Program - Amends the Stewart B. Mckinney Homeless Assistance Act to transfer responsibilities for the emergency food and shelter program (program) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Makes safe haven facilities eligible for emergency food and shelter grants. Extends program authorization of appropriations. Title II: Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Formula Grants Program - Amends the Act to revise the existing emergency shelter grants and supportive housing programs into a homeless housing assistance and prevention formula grant program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:51:08Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3768 |
| 103-hr-3737 | 103 | hr | 3737 | Children's Security Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-01-26 | 1994-02-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Children's Security Act of 1994 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to make unmarried individuals under 18 eligible for SSI. | 2025-08-26T13:51:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3737 |
| 103-hr-3742 | 103 | hr | 3742 | Welfare Elimination Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-01-26 | 1994-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Fingerhut, Eric D. [D-OH-19] | OH | D | F000128 | 0 | Welfare Elimination Act of 1994 - Establishes the Commission to Eliminate Welfare. Directs the Commission to design and report to the Congress a plan for transition from certain welfare, child care, food stamps, job training, and targeted jobs tax credit programs to specified new programs and to specified new programs providing temporary financial aid and assistance in locating permanent employment. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3742 |
| 103-hjres-304 | 103 | hjres | 304 | Designating May 1994 as "Older Americans Month". | Social Welfare | 1994-01-25 | 1994-01-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 94 | Designates May 1994 as Older Americans Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/304 |
| 103-hr-3727 | 103 | hr | 3727 | To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of, and report to the Congress on, the feasibility of using biometric devices to verify the identity of persons applying for or receiving aid to families with dependent children in order to reduce fraud in the welfare program. | Social Welfare | 1994-01-25 | 1994-05-20 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3759-3760) | House | Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2] | NY | R | L000155 | 69 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of using biometric devices to verify the identity of applicants and recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3727 |
| 103-s-1795 | 103 | s | 1795 | Welfare Reform Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1994-01-25 | 1994-03-25 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3923) | Senate | Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] | CO | R | B000919 | 18 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Applicant Job Search, Voucher Program, Transition and Work Program, Etc. Title II: Provisions Relating to Paternity Establishment Title III: Child Support Enforcement Title IV: Expansion of Statutory Flexibility of States Title V: Expedited State Waiver Authority Title VI: Welfare Restrictions for Aliens Title VII: Miscellaneous Welfare Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Applicant Job Search, Voucher Program, Transition and Work Program, Etc. - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require State AFDC plans to require AFDC applicants to search for a job while their application for AFDC is being processed; (2) make reimbursable job search expenses for transportation and child care; and (3) require the State to have in effect an employment voucher program under which eligible individuals receiving AFDC or food stamps shall receive vouchers in lieu of such benefits after they have obtained employment with a qualified employer. (Sec. 103) Amends SSA title IV part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) to require State JOBS programs to include specified transition and work supplementation components. Amends the community work experience and work supplementation programs. (Sec. 104) Revises State AFDC plan requirements for: (1) sanctions for an individual's failure to participate in the JOBS program; and (2) exemptions from JOBS program participation requirements. (Sec. 106) Increases State JOBS program and work program participation rates with regard to AFDC-eligible individuals and unemployed parents, respectively. Extends to all States the option to limit AFDC-UP (AFDC for Unemployed Parents). (Sec. 107) Provides for additional payments to States for JOBS programs. Title II: Provisions Relating to Paternity Establishment - Amends SSA title IV part A to provide for reduction of AFDC for the parents or guardians of children whose paternity i… | 2025-08-26T13:49:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1795 |
| 103-sjres-159 | 103 | sjres | 159 | A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on February 14, 1994, and ending on February 20, 1994, as "Children of Alcoholics Week". | Social Welfare | 1993-11-22 | 1993-11-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 14 | Designates February 14 through 20, 1994, as Children of Alcoholics Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-joint-resolution/159 |
| 103-hr-3585 | 103 | hr | 3585 | Social Security Entitlement Reform Amendments of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-11-20 | 1993-11-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] | TX | D | P000328 | 0 | Social Security Entitlement Reform Amendments of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) phase in an increase in the retirement age to age 70 by 2029; (2) alter the formula for reducing monthly benefit amounts for certain beneficiaries because of early retirement; (3) make changes in determining the amount of monthly mother's and father's insurance benefits; (4) revise the schedule under which increases in old age benefit amounts on account of delayed retirement are scheduled to take effect, ending certain increases for persons who first became eligible after 1986, reducing scheduled increases for individuals first eligible for such a benefit after 2004; (5) modify disability benefit provisions, limiting disability payments, and making 65 the age for conversion of entitlement to disability benefits to entitlement to old-age retirement benefits; (6) repeal the limitation on drop out years for disabled workers and the limitation on widow's and widower's insurance benefits arising from the early retirement of the deceased spouse; (7) provide for biennial cost-of-living adjustments in OASDI benefits except when the applicable increase percentage exceeds four percent a year; (8) make adjustments in the reduction of widow's and widower's insurance benefits upon attainment of age 80; (9) provide for a general increase in OASDI benefits for recipients attaining age 80 after 2004; and (10) increase surviving child's insurance benefits. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to phase in a reduction in the age at which SSI aged benefits may be paid. | 2025-08-26T13:52:19Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3585 |
| 103-hr-3591 | 103 | hr | 3591 | Social Security Retirement Age Reform Act of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-11-20 | 1993-11-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 1 | Social Security Retirement Age Reform Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to phase in an increase in the age for normal and early retirement to, respectively, ages 70 and 67. | 2025-08-26T13:49:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3591 |
| 103-hr-3592 | 103 | hr | 3592 | Social Security Flat Rate COLA Act of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-11-20 | 1994-01-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 0 | Social Security Flat Rate COLA Act of 1993 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), XVI (Supplemental Security Income), and XVIII (Medicare) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the veterans' benefits program to make changes in the method of calculating cost of living adjustments (COLAs), basing such COLAs solely on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to COLAs to limitations on benefits and contributions under qualified plans. | 2025-08-26T13:50:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3592 |
| 103-s-1738 | 103 | s | 1738 | Representative Payee Amendments of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-11-20 | 1993-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | Representative Payee Amendments of 1993 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to extend provisions allowing qualified organizations to collect fees for serving as representative payees for OASDI and SSI beneficiaries. Expands the eligibility of organizations qualified to serve as representative payees by repealing the requirement that they were in existence on October 1, 1988. | 2025-08-26T13:49:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1738 |
| 103-hres-318 | 103 | hres | 318 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that, by January 1, 1998, States should eliminate the use of cash for payment of welfare benefits. | Social Welfare | 1993-11-19 | 1993-11-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | F000348 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that, by January 1, 1998, States should eliminate the use of cash for payment of AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), and instead provide AFDC through an electronic transfer of funds into an account accessible to the AFDC recipient only through a State issued debit card with photo ID. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-resolution/318 |
| 103-s-1701 | 103 | s | 1701 | Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act | Social Welfare | 1993-11-19 | 1993-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 1 | Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide advance public notice of a determination to close, consolidate, or recategorize an SSA office. Requires the SSA, when making such determination, to consider: (1) the effect of such change on the community served; (2) the community's need for personal as opposed to mail or telephone service; (3) the effect of such determination on office employees; and (4) SSA'S economic savings attributable to such change. Directs the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Social Security to personally approve all preliminary and final determinations to close full-time offices that provide a full range of services. Requires that a public hearing on a preliminary determination to close, consolidate, or recategorize an office be held upon written request at or near the location of the affected office. Directs SSA to issue a final report within 30 days after such hearing or 90 days after public notice of its preliminary determination, whichever is later, to the local press and appropriate Members of Congress specifying its final determination. Provides the public with notice of and access to such final report. Authorizes persons served by an affected office to appeal a final determination to close, consolidate, or recategorize an office after adequate public notice of such determination. Requires SSA to include in its annual budget submission to the Congress a list of its offices and contact stations which were closed or discontinued during the preceding year and those scheduled to be closed or discontinued and the date such action is planned. | 2025-08-26T13:49:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1701 |
| 103-s-1668 | 103 | s | 1668 | Social Security Act Amendments of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-11-17 | 1993-11-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 295. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Medicare Provisions Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Part A Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Part B Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B Subtitle D: Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies Title II: Medicaid Provisions Subtitle A: Substantive Provisions Subtitle B: Miscellaneous and Technical Corrections Relating to OBRA-90 Subtitle C: Miscellaneous and Technical Corrections Relating to OBRA-1993 Title III: Income Security, Human Resources, and Related Programs Subtitle A: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Adoption Subtitle B: Child Support Enforcement Subtitle C: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle D: Aid to Families With Dependent Children Subtitle E: Jobs Program Subtitle F: Unemployment Insurance Subtitle G: Other Provisions Social Security Act Amendments of 1993 - Title I: Medicare Provisions - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Part A- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take occupational mix into account in developing Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB) guidelines for determining the area wage index; (2) provide that if labor markets are no longer based on Metropolitan Statistical Areas, the method of calculating the wage index for reclassification would not apply and the MGCRB guidelines may be revised; and (3) require the Secretary to set the labor and non-labor portion of each standardized amount equal to the national average beginning in FY 1995. (Sec. 102) Revises the essential access community hospital (EACH) program, with changes: (1) increasing the number of participating States; (2) providing for treatment of inpatient hospital services provided in rural primary care hospitals; (3) exten… | 2025-08-26T13:52:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1668 |
| 103-hr-3487 | 103 | hr | 3487 | Social Security Procedural Improvements Act of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-11-10 | 1993-12-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Improvements in Administrative Determination of Disability Entitlements Title II: Establishment of Social Security Court and Abolition of Appeals Council Social Security Procedural Improvements Act of 1993 - Title I: Improvements in Administrative Determinations of Disability Entitlements - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make the Secretary of Health and Human Services' decision to assume a State's disability determination function discretionary. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a plan for assuming the disability determination function of a State when it notifies the Secretary that it no longer wishes to perform the function. (Sec. 102) Converts to employment with the Department of Health and Human Services State employees whose disability determination function is assumed by the Secretary. (Sec. 103) Eliminates survivor benefits which are payable solely on the basis of "currently insured" status. (Sec. 104) Requires a report to the Congress by the Secretary regarding certain demonstration projects piloting case management techniques in the SSA title II program. Title II: Establishment of Social Security Court and Abolition of Appeals Council - Establishes the Social Security Court (Court) which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over actions arising under SSA titles II, XVI (Supplemental Security Income), and XVIII (Medicare). Authorizes any individual who was a party to a hearing to which the Secretary has rendered a final decision to bring a timely action for Court review of the decision. Authorizes the Court to affirm, modify, or reverse the decision, but restricts its authority to reconsider factual findings. (Sec. 202) Amends SSA title VII (Administration) to provide for the President's appointment of judges to the Court. Authorizes the chief judge to divide the Court into divisions so that claimants have an opportunity to appear before the Court anywhere within the country. P… | 2025-08-26T13:51:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3487 |
| 103-hr-3500 | 103 | hr | 3500 | Responsibility and Empowerment Support Program Providing Employment, Child Care, and Training Act | Social Welfare | 1993-11-10 | 1994-01-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. | House | Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] | IL | R | M000692 | 164 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: AFDC Transition and Work Program Title II: Paternity Establishment Title III: Expansion of Statutory Flexibility of States Title IV: Expansion of State and Local Flexibility Title V: Child Support Enforcement Title VI: Welfare Restrictions for Aliens Title VII: Controlling Welfare Costs Title VIII: Consolidated Block Grant to States for Food Assistance Title IX: Miscellaneous Responsibility and Empowerment Support Program Providing Employment, Child Care, and Training Act - Title I: AFDC Transition and Work Program - Amends part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give the JOBS program the new purpose of assuring that needy families with children obtain not only the education and training needed to prepare them for a life without welfare, but the work experience as well. (Sec. 101) Requires State JOBS programs to include a transition component and a work supplementation component that: (1) are each allowed to include any State work experience program approved by the Secretary; and (2) with respect to the first component, must include the State's job search program, and, with respect to the second component, may include the State's work supplementation or community work experience program. Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of SSA title IV to revise State AFDC plan participation requirements to incorporate participation in the two JOBS program components above under specified guidelines as a requirement for qualified individuals to receive AFDC. Imposes sanctions for a qualified individual's failure to participate in the JOBS program as required under such guidelines, which include a reduction in AFDC benefits and eventual benefit termination for repeated failures. Revises the exemptions from JOBS program participation requirements. Extends to all States the option to limit AFDC-UP. Increases State JOBS program and work… | 2025-08-26T13:48:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3500 |
| 103-hr-3479 | 103 | hr | 3479 | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Reauthorization Act of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-11-09 | 1993-11-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 5 | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend authorizations of appropriations for: (1) emergency community services for the homeless; and (2) family support centers. | 2025-08-26T13:51:07Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3479 |
| 103-hconres-176 | 103 | hconres | 176 | To recognize and encourage the convening of a National Silver Haired Congress. | Social Welfare | 1993-11-08 | 1994-05-25 | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 58 | Encourages the convening of an annual National Silver Haired Congress in Washington, District of Columbia. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/176 |
| 103-hr-3461 | 103 | hr | 3461 | To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to administer qualifying examinations to all State employees with new authority to make decisions regarding child welfare services. | Social Welfare | 1993-11-08 | 1993-11-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 5 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to administer qualifying examinations to all State employees with new authority to make decisions regarding child welfare services. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3461 |
| 103-hr-3462 | 103 | hr | 3462 | To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expedite the permanent placement of foster children by requiring States, at the time a child is placed in foster care, to find any absent parent of the child and evaluate the ability of the absent parent to provide a suitable home for the child. | Social Welfare | 1993-11-08 | 1993-11-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 6 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal payments to States without procedures for: (1) locating absent parents of children placed in State supervised foster care; and (2) evaluating the parent's ability to provide his or her child with a suitable home. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3462 |
| 103-hr-3463 | 103 | hr | 3463 | To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to facilitate the placement of foster children in permanent kinship care arrangements. | Social Welfare | 1993-11-08 | 1993-11-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 7 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States the option of deeming as adoption the placement of a child who was under State supervised foster care with a blood relative given legal custody of the child. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3463 |
| 103-s-1577 | 103 | s | 1577 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of benefits to any individual confined to a public institution pursuant to court order based on a verdict that the individual is guilty of a criminal offense, but insane, or not guilty of such an offense by reason of insanity, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1993-10-21 | 1993-10-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of OASDI benefits to individuals confined by court order to public institutions pursuant to verdicts of guilty but insane or not guilty by reason of insanity. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1577 |
| 103-s-1560 | 103 | s | 1560 | Social Security Administration Independence Act of 1994 | Social Welfare | 1993-10-18 | 1994-05-23 | See also H.R. 4277. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 15 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishment of New Independent Agency Title II: Conforming Amendments Title III: Social Security Disability and Rehabilitation Social Security Administration Independence Act of 1994 - Title I: Establishment of New Independent Agency - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish an independent Social Security Administration, headed by a Commissioner, to administer the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income program under SSA titles II and XVI. Establishes a Social Security Advisory Board to advise the Commissioner on policies related to such programs. Transfers to the Administration all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) pertaining to such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to SSA and other Federal laws. (Sec. 202) Replaces the Advisory Council on Social Security with an Advisory Council on Hospital and Supplemental Medical Insurance. Sets forth rules of construction. Title III: Social Security Disabiity and Rehabilitation - Social Security Disability and Rehabilitation Act of 1994 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require individuals on drugs or alcohol to: (1) undergo, or be scheduled for, appropriate treatment for substance abuse if it is reasonably available; (2) comply with the terms of such treatment; and (3) have a qualified governmental respresentative payee in order to receive disability benefits under the social security disability insurance (SSDI) and SSI programs. (Sec. 302) Sets up a monitoring and testing program under each such title for ensuring such compliance, with benefits terminated or suspended in cases of noncompliance, and with all disability benefits related to substance abuse terminated after three years. Authorizes appropriations. … | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1560 |
| 103-hr-3264 | 103 | hr | 3264 | Work Incentives Amendments of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-10-12 | 1993-10-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Access to SSI Work Incentives Title II: Work Incentives Waiver Authority Title III: Amendments to Work Incentives Provisions Title IV: Effective Date Work Incentives Amendments of 1993 - Title I: Access to SSI Work Incentives - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to access to work incentives under SSI for SSI disability benefits (SSDI)-only recipients who lose eligibility for SSDI benefits because of working. Title II: Work Incentives Waiver Authority - Amends SSA titles XIX (Medicaid) and XVI with respect to: (1) the eligibility of certain individuals with disabilities for coverage under Medicaid and community-based care waivers; and (2) work incentives waiver authority. Title III: Amendments to Work Incentives Provisions - Amends SSA title XVI: (1) to disregard the deemed income of an ineligible spouse when determining continued Medicaid eligibility for certain individuals; (2) to provide for continuation of Medicaid for the aged who lose SSI due to excessive earnings; (3) to deem approved self-support plans not disapproved within 30 days; (4) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a time limit by which activities under a plan for achieving self-support must be completed; (5) to provide for the expansion of self-support plans to include housing goals; and (6) with regard to self-support plans for the aged, additional State supplementation requirements, treatment of unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, and sick pay as earned income for SSI purposes, treatment of certain grant, scholarship, or fellowship income as earned income for SSI purposes, and SSI eligibility for students temporarily abroad. Amends SSA title XIX to provide for the exclusion of income and resources under self-support plans in determining Medicaid eligibility in certain States. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:51:54Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3264 |
| 103-hr-3251 | 103 | hr | 3251 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the provisions which currently suspend payment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits to individuals imprisoned upon conviction of a felony so as to apply to all individuals imprisoned throughout at least 1 month upon conviction of any criminal offense, and to amend title XVI of such Act to suspend a payment of supplemental security income benefits to such individuals. | Social Welfare | 1993-10-07 | 1994-04-28 | See H.R.4278. | House | Rep. Torkildsen, Peter G. [R-MA-6] | MA | R | T000314 | 61 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the limitation on payment of OASDI benefits to prisoners to prohibit the payment of such benefits to all individuals imprisoned throughout at least one month upon conviction of a criminal offense, regardless of the prisoner's participation in a rehabilitation program. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to make the same changes with respect to the payment of SSI benefits to such individuals. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3251 |
| 103-s-1523 | 103 | s | 1523 | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Reauthorization Act of 1993 | Social Welfare | 1993-10-06 | 1993-11-21 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 6 | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1994 appropriations for primary health services for homeless children. Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize FY 1994 homeless program appropriations for: (1) community demonstration projects for the mentally ill; (2) adult education; (3) education for homeless children and youth; (4) job training; (5) emergency community services; and (6) family support centers. Revises local educational agency grants for the education of homeless children to eliminate required grant percentages for primary and related activities. Makes the job training for the homeless program permanent. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1523 |
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