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| 103-hr-5294 | 103 | hr | 5294 | Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-11-29 | 1994-12-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] | FL | R | B000463 | 0 | Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 1994 - Prohibits any Federal agency or instrumentality from providing financial assistance to an applicant unless the applicant certifies that he or she is not more than 60 days delinquent in the payment of any child support obligation imposed by a court or an order of a State administrative process, or if so delinquent, is in compliance with a plan or agreement with the person to whom the payment is to be made, or with a State providing support collection services to that person. Requires each Federal agency or instrumentality providing financial assistance to prescribe regulations to comply with this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:51:05Z | |
| 103-hr-5225 | 103 | hr | 5225 | Child Support Responsibility Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-10-06 | 1994-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Child Support Responsibility Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a national registry of all child support orders. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the States to have in effect statutorily prescribed procedures to ensure transmission to such registry of original and modified child support orders. Requires such registry to: (1) maintain abstracts of child support orders; and (2) report to employers whether an employee's legal obligation to provide child support is to be collected through wage withholding. Mandates that child support enforcement agencies have access to certain parent locator information networks. States that grants available to the States under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall be reduced for each State that fails to report child support warrants to designated State law enforcement agencies. Amends part D of SSA title IV to increase Federal financial participation for States with unified child support enforcement programs. Instructs the Secretary to establish a child support obligations reporting system for employees using the W-4 forms, according to prescribed guidelines. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe guidelines for: (1) the collection of child support obligations at the source on wages; and (2) the collection of child support obligation through wage withholding. Directs the Secretary to distribute collected child support obligations to the relevant payee. Amends part D of SSA title IV to subject workers' compensation benefits to garnishment. Requires the States to have in effect, with respect to child support arrearages, statutorily prescribed procedures to: (1) place liens on certificates of vehicle titles; (2) attach bank accounts; (3) seize lottery winnings, settlements, payouts, awards, bequests, and sale of forfeited property; (4) pursue cases for the fraudulent transfer of property in order to avoid payment of child support arrearages… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-s-2528 | 103 | s | 2528 | Child Support Responsibility Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-10-06 | 1994-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Locate and Case Tracking Title II: Establishment Title III: Parentage Title IV: Enforcement Title V: Collection and Distribution Title VI: Federal Role Title VII: State Role Child Support Responsibility Act of 1994 - Title I: Locate and Case Tracking - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish a Federal registry of child support orders and or modifications issued by any State court or administrative order. Provides for State access to such registry. (Sec. 102)Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include among the functions of the Federal Parent Locator System: (1) establishing parentage; and (2) establishing, modifying, enforcing child support obligations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide prompt access to the Secretary of all Federal income tax returns filed by individuals. Instructs the Secretary to expand the Parent Locator Service to establish a national network based on the comprehensive statewide child support enforcement systems to expand State access to the national parent locator network. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a national reporting system on employees and their child support obligations through the mandatory inclusion of certain child support information on W-4 forms (including the availability of health care insurance). (Sec. 104) Requires State plans for child and spousal support to have in effect statutory mechanisms which: (1) establish a child support order registry to transmit abstracts of State child support orders to the Federal Registry and distribute child support proceeds withheld from a delinquent parent's wages; and (2) allow an individual to bring an action against an employer or State official for noncompliance with this Act. Prescribes parameters for direct wage withholding, State agency access to various data bases, and expanded interaction with the N… | 2025-08-26T13:49:51Z | |
| 103-hr-5180 | 103 | hr | 5180 | Child Support Enforcement Reform Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-10-05 | 1994-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Expanding Collector Access to Information Title II: National Recognition of Child Support Orders Title III: Cost Sharing and Collections Disbursements Title IV: Accounting and Reviews Title V: Effective Date Child Support Enforcement Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Expanding Collector Access to Information - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Code to make various specified changes with respect to locating individuals owning child support and for collecting such support by: (1) expanding the functions of the Federal Parent Locator Service (including the databases it accesses); (2) providing for private access to locate and enforcement services, as well as access by child support enforcement agencies to law enforcement tracking system information, and State access to financial records of individuals owing child support; and (3) establishing a system for national reporting of child support information by new hires via the W-4 form and collection of child support obligations through employer withholding from wages of such amounts reported on the employee's W-2 form. Title II: National Recognition of Child Support Orders - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for interstate recognition of State child support and parentage orders. Provides under SSA title IV part D for service of process on Federal employees and members of the armed services in connection with proceedings relating to child support and parentage obligations. Revises SSA title IV part D with regard to the presumed address of the child support obligor and obligee, notice to custodial parents, and other specified matters regarding judicial determination of parentage and establishment of child support orders, including uniform terms in child support orders. Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to allow consumer reporting agencies to furnish consumer reports to appropriate State agencies for us… | 2025-08-26T13:51:29Z | |
| 103-hr-5079 | 103 | hr | 5079 | To amend the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 for drug abuse education and prevention for the benefit of youth. | Families | 1994-09-22 | 1994-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 0 | Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for FY 1995 through 1997 for drug education and prevention programs relating to youth gangs and for programs for runaway and homeless youth. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 103-hjres-408 | 103 | hjres | 408 | To designate June 11, 1995, as "D-Day Widows and Orphans National Recognition Day". | Families | 1994-09-12 | 1994-09-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1] | TN | R | Q000013 | 0 | Designates June 11, 1995, as D-Day Widows and Orphans National Recognition Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-s-2416 | 103 | s | 2416 | Domestic Violence Community Response Team Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-08-23 | 1994-08-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 3 | Domestic Violence Community Response Team Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to encourage eligible entities to develop community response teams to combat domestic violence. Directs that grants be awarded in a manner that ensure geographic and demographic diversity. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) grant amounts and duration; (2) eligibile entities; (3) the role of community response teams; and (4) applications and other requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to award a contract to an eligible entity to serve as a technical assistance center under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:52:15Z | |
| 103-hconres-280 | 103 | hconres | 280 | Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to protections for persons changing their names to avoid domestic violence. | Families | 1994-08-11 | 1994-09-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Klein, Herbert C. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | K000262 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that victims of domestic violence face growing harassment from their predators and deserve the highest level of protection from that harassment. Urges each State to allow a victim of domestic violence to change names in a manner that keeps the change private and not printed in any public record (with disclosure of the change made only to bona fide and verified creditors of the victim and to police acting in official capacity and when accompanied by immediate notice to the victim), at a minimum cost, and in a short period of time. | 2021-06-02T19:14:02Z | |
| 103-hr-4920 | 103 | hr | 4920 | To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop recommendations for proposed model adoption legislation and procedures. | Families | 1994-08-08 | 1994-09-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) issue proposed model adoption legislation and procedures and publish such proposal in the Federal Register for comment; and (2) after soliciting and considering comments of interested parties, issue and publish model adoption legislation and procedures, which shall not conflict with the provisions of any interstate compact in operation pursuant to which States are making, supervising, or regulating placements of children. Requires such model legislation and procedures to: (1) provide that the principal consideration in an adoption proceeding is providing for the best interest of the child; and (2) contain provisions regarding the best interests of children with special needs. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory panel to: (1) review current conditions, practices, and laws relating to adoption, with special reference to their effect on facilitating or impeding the location of suitable adoptive homes for children who would benefit by adoption and the completion of suitable adoptions for such children; and (2) propose to the Secretary model legislation and procedures relating to adoption (including an adoption assistance agreement) designed to facilitate adoption by families of all economic levels. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 103-hjres-398 | 103 | hjres | 398 | To establish the fourth Sunday of July as "Parents' Day". | Families | 1994-08-05 | 1994-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 103-362. | House | Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] | IN | R | B001149 | 223 | Establishes the fourth Sunday of every July as Parents' Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-4897 | 103 | hr | 4897 | Child Support Enforcement Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-08-04 | 1994-10-07 | See H.R.5252. | House | Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-4] | TN | D | C000754 | 9 | Child Support Enforcement Act of 1994 - Amends title IV (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act to require State laws to have in effect procedures for seizure of lottery winnings, settlements, and payouts and for the sale of forfeited property to pay child support arrearages. Requires State procedures prohibiting the issuance or renewal of certain professional, occupational, business, and driver's licenses to noncustodial parents who are: (1) delinquent in the payment of child support; or (2) the subject of an outstanding failure to appear warrant related to a child support proceeding on the State's crime information system. Provides for: (1) attachment of bank accounts to satisfy child support arrearages; and (2) the reporting of child support obligations to credit bureaus. Requires State procedures under which each parent of an individual is liable for the financial support of any child of that individual to the extent the individual is unable to provide such support. | 2025-08-26T13:48:56Z | |
| 103-hr-4898 | 103 | hr | 4898 | To strengthen paternity establishment. | Families | 1994-08-04 | 1994-10-07 | See H.R.5252. | House | Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-4] | TN | D | C000754 | 9 | Amends title IV (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) to specify procedures for establishing paternity for non-hospital birthing centers. Requires the responsible State agencies to include on birth certificates the name and social security account number (if available) of each parent. Requires development of an affidavit for the voluntary acknowledgement of paternity. Requires State procedures providing that such an affidavit shall create a legal finding of paternity without further action upon the expiration of a 30-day challenge period following acknowledgement or notification of the results of genetic testing. Declares that the Congress encourages States to develop procedures in public hospitals and clinics to facilitate the acknowledgement of paternity. Conditions the payment of AFDC benefits on recipient cooperation in paternity establishment. Increases from 50 percent to 90 percent the basic rate required for substantial compliance with paternity establishment requirements. Sets forth formulae for the calculation of new requirements in States with between 50 and 90 percent and States with less than 50 percent Requires State procedures for prenatal paternity establishment efforts by State officials who become aware of a pregnant, unmarried recipient. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 103-sjres-211 | 103 | sjres | 211 | A joint resolution to designate the second Sunday in October of 1994 as "National Children's Day". | Families | 1994-07-20 | 1994-07-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 52 | Designates the second Sunday in October 1994 as National Children's Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hjres-389 | 103 | hjres | 389 | To designate the second Sunday in October of 1994 as "National Children's Day". | Families | 1994-07-14 | 1994-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 103-361. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 221 | Designates the second Sunday in October 1994 as National Children's Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-sjres-209 | 103 | sjres | 209 | A joint resolution designating November 21, 1994, as "National Military Families Recognition Day". | Families | 1994-07-12 | 1994-10-07 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 52 | Designates November 21, 1994, as National Military Families Recognition Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-sjres-207 | 103 | sjres | 207 | A joint resolution designating January 16, 1995, as "National Good Teen Day". | Families | 1994-07-01 | 1994-07-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 0 | Designates January 16, 1995, as National Good Teen Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hres-473 | 103 | hres | 473 | To raise awareness about domestic violence against women in the United States. | Families | 1994-06-30 | 1994-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | M000117 | 35 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a need for a national campaign to heighten awareness about domestic battery and to end the silence that surrounds this type of violence. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 103-s-2214 | 103 | s | 2214 | Children's Ombudsman Act | Families | 1994-06-20 | 1994-06-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 1 | Children's Ombudsman Act - Amends title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act to provide for three-year grants to State agencies to establish and operate an Office of the State Children's Ombudsman. Requires such an Office to identify, investigate, and resolve complaints made by, or on behalf of, AFDC recipients or their parents or guardians about actions or inaction by children's services providers, public agencies, or health and social service agencies that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of such recipients. Specifies related Office responsibilities, including reviewing pertinent Federal, State, and local laws and recommending changes. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:52:21Z | |
| 103-hr-4570 | 103 | hr | 4570 | Child Support Responsibility Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-06-13 | 1994-11-29 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2311-2312) | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 78 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Locate and Case Tracking Title II: Establishment Title III: Parentage Title IV: Enforcement Title V: Collection and Distribution Title VI: Federal Role Title VII: State Role Child Support Responsibility Act of 1994 - Title I: Locate and Case Tracking - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish a Federal registry of child support orders or modifications issued by any State court or administrative order or both. Provides for State access to such registry. (Sec. 102)Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include among the functions of the Federal Parent Locator System: (1) establishing parentage; and (2) establishing, modifying, enforcing child support obligations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide prompt access to the Secretary of all Federal income tax returns filed by individuals. Instructs the Secretary to expand the Parent Locator Service to establish a national network based on the comprehensive statewide child support enforcement systems to expand State access to the national parent locator network. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a national reporting system on employees and their child support obligations through the mandatory inclusion of certain child support information on W-4 forms (including the availability of health care insurance). (Sec. 104) Requires State plans for child and spousal support to have in effect statutory mechanisms which: (1) establish a child support order registry to transmit abstracts of State child support orders to the Federal Registry and distribute child support proceeds withheld from a delinquent parent's wages; and (2) allow an individual to bring an action against an employer or State official for noncompliance with this Act. Prescribes parameters for direct wage withholding, State agency access to various data bases, and expanded interaction with th… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-sjres-198 | 103 | sjres | 198 | A joint resolution designating 1995 as the "Year of the Grandparent". | Families | 1994-06-09 | 1994-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 103-368. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 54 | Designates 1995 as the Year of the Grandparent. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hr-4507 | 103 | hr | 4507 | Newborn Infant HIV Notification Act | Families | 1994-05-26 | 1994-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | A000022 | 32 | Newborn Infant HIV Notification Act - Requires a State, if it requires that the results of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing of an infant be reported to it (or if the State conducts an HIV test of the infant), to disclose such results to: (1) the biological mother of the infant if the mother is the legal guardian; or (2) specified State agencies if the State is the legal guardian of the infant. Directs the State, in disclosing such results (other than to State agencies), to ensure that appropriate counseling on HIV is provided to the individual. | 2025-08-26T13:51:48Z | |
| 103-hr-4494 | 103 | hr | 4494 | Child Security Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-05-25 | 1994-07-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 6 | Child Security Act of 1994 - Prescribes guidelines for an entitlement program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) shall pay monthly child support assurance benefits to eligible individuals. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to establish a national registry of child support orders issued or modified by any State court or State administrative process. Grants the Secretary of the Treasury access to such registry. (Sec. 4) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe guidelines for the mandatory: (1) inclusion of child support obligations on each employee's tax withholding certificate; (2) withholding of such obligations from employee wages; and (3) payment of a child support obligation with the taxpayer's income tax return. Establishes the Office of the Child Advocate in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). (Sec. 5) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) distribution by HHS of child support payments collected by the IRS; and (2) the State's role in collection and distribution of child support. (Sec. 7) Instructs the Secretary to establish the National Child Support Guideline Commission to develop recommendations for uniform national child support guidelines. (Sec. 8) Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) require that a State plan for child and spousal support provide that the State have in effect a law providing for the uniform termination of child support obligations; (2) prescribe guidelines for the reallocation of staffing resources by the Secretary; (3) increase the Federal financial participation in a State plan for child and spousal support; (4) set a minimum State AFDC standard of need; (5) expand from 19 to 21 years of age AFDC coverage for needy students; and (6) require that a State plan for medical assistance provide for an operative child support and AFDC program. (Sec. 11) Instructs the Secretary to authorize five States to conduct five-year demonstration projects under which States are to give priority in the provision of Federal job training, education, and … | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hjres-355 | 103 | hjres | 355 | Designating 1995 as the "Year of the Grandparent". | Families | 1994-04-18 | 1994-04-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 227 | Designates 1995 as the Year of the Grandparent. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-4181 | 103 | hr | 4181 | Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-04-12 | 1994-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Wheat, Alan [D-MO-5] | MO | D | W000326 | 1 | Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 - Prohibits agencies or entities receiving Federal assistance from discriminating in adoption or foster parent matters solely on the basis of the race, color, or national origin of the adoptive or foster parent or the child unless those factors are relevant to the best interests of the child and they are considered in conjunction with other factors. | 2025-08-26T13:49:31Z | |
| 103-s-2010 | 103 | s | 2010 | Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act | Families | 1994-04-12 | 1994-04-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 3 | Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prescribe guidelines under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall defer for a six-month period the effective date for approved drug applications pending the conduct of clinical trials in the pediatric population. | 2025-08-26T13:52:13Z | |
| 103-hjres-346 | 103 | hjres | 346 | Designating September 25, 1994, as "Gold Star Mothers Day". | Families | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14] | PA | D | C000846 | 54 | Designates September 25, 1994, as Gold Star Mothers Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hjres-348 | 103 | hjres | 348 | Declaring April 10 as "Son-in-Law Day". | Families | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Designates April 10 as National Son-in-Law Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-4148 | 103 | hr | 4148 | Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act | Families | 1994-03-24 | 1994-04-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 30 | Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act - Establishes the National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention to combat the epidemic of suicide among gay and lesbian youth and to advise the Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal and State youth service agencies concerning how to include the concerns of gay and lesbian youth within existing suicide prevention policies, programs, and research. | 2025-08-26T13:50:21Z | |
| 103-s-1977 | 103 | s | 1977 | Child Support Reform Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishing Support Orders Subtitle A: National Child Support Guideline Subtitle B: Improved Procedures for Establishing Support Orders Subtitle C: Child Support Registries Title II: Collections and Enforcement Title III: Interstate Child Support Enforcement Title IV: Financing State Child Support Enforcement Activities Title V: Effective Dates Child Support Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Establishing Support Orders - Subtitle A: National Child Support Guideline - Directs the separate organizational unit (SOU) established under part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to submit to the Congress a bill for implementing a national child support guideline for: (1) use in each State as a rebuttable presumption of the correct amount of the support award; (2) evaluating rebuttal requests; (3) maximizing support; and (4) accounting for child health insurance coverage and educational needs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint a National Child Support Guideline Advisory Board to assist in the bill's development. Subtitle B: Improved Procedures for Establishing Support Orders - Amends SSA title IV part D to revise provisions for State procedures increasing the effectiveness of child support enforcement, with changes made concerning: (1) expedited administrative processes; and (2) enforcement of the national subpoena developed below. Subtitle C: Child Support Registries - Makes changes concerning the establishment of a central State child support order registry (registry) of all child support orders issued or modified in the State and transmittal of registry abstracts to the Division of the National Registry of Child Support Orders (National Registry) established below. (Sec. 112) Requires the SOU to draft and distribute a national subpoena duces tecum for use by child support litigants in obtaining relevant income information. (Sec… | 2025-08-26T13:52:36Z | |
| 103-s-1962 | 103 | s | 1962 | Child Support Assurance Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-03-22 | 1994-03-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 3 | Child Support Assurance Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to up to six States for demonstration programs to establish or improve a system of assured minimum child support payments. Requires the custodial parent to have, or be in the process of obtaining, a child support award, or the child to have good cause for the absence of such an award, to qualify for the program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:50:19Z | |
| 103-hr-4086 | 103 | hr | 4086 | Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993 | Families | 1994-03-17 | 1994-08-04 | Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Human Resources and by the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 56 | Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993 - Establishes a youth development block grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth formulas for allocation of funds to States and for distribution of funds through State commissions to local boards for community-based youth development services. Requires establishment of county or multicounty Local Youth Development Boards to receive such assistance. Requires establishment of a State Youth Development Commission in each State desiring to receive such assistance. Establishes a National Youth Development Commission to advise the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services on implementation of this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:52:04Z | |
| 103-hr-4051 | 103 | hr | 4051 | Secure Assurance for Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act | Families | 1994-03-16 | 1994-03-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2165-2166) | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 68 | Secure Assurance for Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a national registry of all child support orders maintaining an abstract of each order containing certain specified information. (Sec. 2) Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require certain State procedures, including procedures for ensuring that: (1) a copy of each child support order issued, modified, or being enforced in the State is transmitted to the national registry; and (2) a notice of court or administrative review and, under certain conditions, a statement of arrears owed are included with each order transmitted. Requires the national registry, upon the receipt from an employer of a W-4 form completed by an employee, to report to the employer information on: (1) whether the employee is subject to a child support order for wage withholding; and (2) the aggregate amount of support involved. (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary to establish a system for enabling such information, as well as information identifying the person to whom any child support is owed, to be obtained at the workplace via W-4 form reporting by employees. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require employers to deduct and withhold child support obligations from employee wages, pay withholdings to the Secretary, forward individual W-4 forms to the national registry, and include withheld obligations on the employee's W-2 form; (2) require individuals with monthly shortfalls in child support payments because of inadequate wage withholding to make payments directly to the Secretary, with the full amount due by the end of the applicable tax year subject to the same collection process and penalties applicable to back taxes; and (3) provide for a tax credit for withholdings and payments in excess of applicable obligations. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to pay to the appropriate payee on a monthly basis a portion of the amount … | 2025-08-26T13:52:07Z | |
| 103-sjres-171 | 103 | sjres | 171 | A joint resolution to designate March 20 through March 26, 1994, as "Small Family Farm Week". | Families | 1994-03-15 | 1994-03-24 | Became Public Law No: 103-224. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 7 | Designates March 20 through 26, 1994, as Small Family Farm Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hjres-335 | 103 | hjres | 335 | Designating the month of April 1994 as "Alcohol Awareness Month". | Families | 1994-03-10 | 1994-03-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | W000099 | 57 | Designates the month of April 1994 as Alcohol Awareness Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-s-1909 | 103 | s | 1909 | Child Support Enforcement Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-03-08 | 1994-03-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV] | NV | D | B000993 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Support Enforcement Title II: Interstate Child Support Enforcement Title III: Hiding Assets Child Support Enforcement Act of 1994 - Title I: Child Support Enforcement - Amends the Social Security Act to require States to have in effect statutorily prescribed procedures under which the State occupational licensing and regulating agencies may not issue or renew any occupational, professional, or business license (license) of: (1) a noncustodial parent who is the subject of an outstanding failure to appear warrant, capias, or bench warrant related to a child support proceeding that appears on the State's crime information system; and (2) an individual who is delinquent in the payment of child support until the obligee or a State prosecutor consents to, or a court orders, the release of the hold on the license or an expedited inquiry and review is completed while the individual is granted a 60-day temporary license. Makes such provision inapplicable to an individual who makes an adequate showing to the State that the failure to issue or renew the license will result in undue hardship. Prohibits (subject to a showing of undue hardship) a Federal agency from issuing or renewing a license of an individual who is delinquent in the payment of child support until the obligee, the obligee's attorney, or a State prosecutor consents to, or a court orders, the release of the hold on the license or an expedited inquiry and review is completed while the individual is granted a 60-day temporary license. (Sec. 102) Prohibits (subject to a showing of undue hardship) each agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government, under any program, from providing a benefit to, making a loan to, or providing any guarantee for the benefit of, any individual: (1) whose child support arrearages determined under a court order or an order of an administrative process established under State law exceed $1,000; and (2) who is not in compliance with a plan or an agreement to repay the arreara… | 2025-08-26T13:51:49Z | |
| 103-hr-3892 | 103 | hr | 3892 | Child Support Enhancement Act of 1994 | Families | 1994-02-24 | 1994-10-07 | See H.R.5252. | House | Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] | TX | D | A000209 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Registry of Child Support Orders Title II: Enforcement of Child Support Orders Through Employer Withholding Title III: Enforcement of Criminal Penalties for Flight to Avoid Payment of Child Support Title IV: Credit Bureau Reporting Title V: National Jurisdiction Title VI: Administrative Process Title VII: Medical Child Support Orders Issued by Administrative Adjudicators Title VIII: Elimination of Operating Subsidies for Vacant Public Housing Child Support Enhancement Act of 1994 - Title I: National Registry of Child Support Orders - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national registry of all child support orders the information in which must be in computer data base form. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State procedures to ensure that a copy of each child support order issued or modified in the State is transmitted to the national registry. Requires the national registry, upon the receipt from an employer of a W-4 form completed by an employee, to: (1) compare information on the form with its information on the child support obligations of the employee; and (2) report to the employer information on whether the employee is subject to a child support order and, if so, the amount of monthly support involved, as well as the individual to whom such support is owed. Title II: Enforcement of Child Support Orders Through Employer Withholding - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to require all: (1) employees to file with their employers new W-4 forms including information on child support obligations and health insurance coverage for dependent children; and (2) employers to provide a copy of each such form to the national registry. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require employers to: (1) deduct and withhold child support obligations from employee wages; (2) pay such obli… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hjres-326 | 103 | hjres | 326 | Designating January 16, 1995, as "National Good Teen Day". | Families | 1994-02-22 | 1994-11-02 | Became Public Law No: 103-463. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 234 | Designates January 16, 1995, as National Good Teen Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-3836 | 103 | hr | 3836 | Fair Debt Collection Practices Amendments of 1994 | Families | 1994-02-09 | 1994-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance. | House | Rep. Santorum, Rick [R-PA-18] | PA | R | S000059 | 3 | Fair Debt Collection Practices Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of debt collector (and so exempt from the requirements of the Act) any government agency, attorney, or private child support enforcement agency engaged in enforcing the collection of child support in compliance with State child support collection regulations. | 2025-08-26T13:50:49Z | |
| 103-hjres-306 | 103 | hjres | 306 | To designate the month of May 1994 as "National Foster Care Month". | Families | 1994-01-25 | 1994-01-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roth, Toby [R-WI-8] | WI | R | R000459 | 0 | Designates the month of May 1994 as National Foster Care Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hjres-299 | 103 | hjres | 299 | Designating May 1, 1994, as "National Youth Day". | Families | 1993-11-21 | 1993-11-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Hilliard, Earl F. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | H000621 | 0 | Designates May 1, 1994, as National Youth Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-3588 | 103 | hr | 3588 | Child Abuse and Neglect Accountability Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-11-20 | 1993-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 0 | Child Abuse and Neglect Accountability Act of 1993 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require a State, in order to be eligible for a grant for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs, to have in effect a law providing for the prosecution of a person who makes a report of child abuse or neglect without having a reasonable belief that the report is true, or with the intent to expose the reported person to public hatred, ridicule, or criminal investigation. Requires such State law to also make it a criminal offense to cause or persuade a child to make such a report. | 2025-08-26T13:49:53Z | |
| 103-s-1746 | 103 | s | 1746 | Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-11-20 | 1993-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 10 | Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993 - Establishes a youth development block grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth formulas for allocation of funds to States and for distribution of funds through State commissions to local boards for community-based youth development services. Requires establishment of county or multicounty Local Youth Development Boards to receive such assistance. Requires establishment of a State Youth Development Commission in each State desiring to receive such assistance. Establishes a National Youth Development Commission to advise the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services on implementation of this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:51:44Z | |
| 103-hjres-296 | 103 | hjres | 296 | Designating March 21, 1994, as "National Single Parent Day". | Families | 1993-11-18 | 1993-11-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Designates March 21, 1994, as National Single Parent Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-sjres-153 | 103 | sjres | 153 | A joint resolution to designate the week beginning on November 21, 1993 and ending on November 27, 1993, and the week beginning on November 20, 1994 and ending on November 26, 1994, as "National Family Caregivers Week". | Families | 1993-11-18 | 1994-08-26 | Became Public Law No: 103-319. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 32 | Designates the week of November 20 through 26, 1994, as National Family Caregivers Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hjres-291 | 103 | hjres | 291 | Designating March 20 through March 26, 1994, as "Small Family Farm Week". | Families | 1993-11-10 | 1994-03-21 | See S.J.Res.171. | House | Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | C000494 | 218 | Designates March 20 through 26, 1994, as Small Family Farm Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-3415 | 103 | hr | 3415 | Family Violence Prevention Act | Families | 1993-10-28 | 1993-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 32 | Family Violence Prevention Act - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to require: (1) State demonstration grant applications to contain a plan to address the needs of specified underserved populations; (2) State grantees to file performance reports as a prerequisite for funding; and (3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delegate to the Secretary of Education the power to implement and evaluate model programs to educate young people about domestic violence and violence among intimate partners and to transmit an evaluation of those plans to relevant congressional committees for review. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:51:17Z | |
| 103-hr-3335 | 103 | hr | 3335 | Domestic Violence Community Initiative Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-10-21 | 1993-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1] | OR | D | F000434 | 0 | Domestic Violence Community Initiative Act of 1993 - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit private organizations to establish local community intervention and domestic violence prevention projects. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:49:35Z | |
| 103-s-1572 | 103 | s | 1572 | Domestic Violence Community Initiative Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-10-20 | 1993-10-28 | Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, Alcohol. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 103-436. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 0 | Domestic Violence Community Initiative Act of 1993 - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit private organizations to establish local community intervention and domestic violence prevention projects. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:51:37Z | |
| 103-hr-3307 | 103 | hr | 3307 | Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-10-19 | 1993-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 0 | Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993 - Prohibits any entity that receives Federal assistance from giving greater weight to any difference between the race, color, or national origin of a child and that of the prospective parent than to any other factor when weighing factors used in determining the best interests of the child in placing a child for foster care or adoption (except with respect to such a placement under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) when a prospective parent of the same race, color, or national origin as the child is not available. Authorizes a private right of action in the appropriate U.S. district court for any individual aggrieved by a violation of the prohibition above involving multiethnic placements. Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to deny Federal foster care and adoption assistance payments to State programs violating such prohibition. | 2025-08-26T13:50:28Z | |
| 103-sjres-145 | 103 | sjres | 145 | A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on November 21, 1993, and ending on November 27, 1993, and the period commencing on November 20, 1994, and ending on November 26, 1994, each as "National Adoption Week". | Families | 1993-10-19 | 1993-11-01 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 33 | Designates November 21 through 27, 1993, and November 20 through 26, 1994, as National Adoption Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-s-1544 | 103 | s | 1544 | World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-10-14 | 1993-11-01 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14769) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 5 | World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1993 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 to achieve full participation in the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children under the Child Nutrition Act (WIC program) and the Head Start program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for contributions to the United Nation's Children's Fund and for the Child Survival Fund. Expresses the sense of the Congress that authority should be granted to the President to exercise specified debt forgiveness for least developed countries that are pursuing economic policy reforms to promote long-term development. Earmarks development assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) iodine and iron fortification programs; and (2) prevention, care, and control programs related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. Earmarks development and economic assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for programs in support of basic education. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for population assistance activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 for migration and refugee assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank to: (1) ensure that poverty reduction and support of basic human needs become a higher priority within the Bank; (2) ensure that the majority of water and sanitation projects fall within targeted interventions against poverty; and (3) increase the proportion of total Bank lending which supports primary health care and basic education, with a minimum of five percent of total lending devoted to each area. Requires the President to call upon other governments to provide their sha… | 2025-08-26T13:51:15Z | |
| 103-sjres-139 | 103 | sjres | 139 | A joint resolution to designate the third Sunday in November of 1993 as "National Children's Day". | Families | 1993-10-04 | 1993-11-17 | Became Public Law No: 103-147. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 55 | Designates the third Sunday in November of 1993 as National Children's Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hr-3160 | 103 | hr | 3160 | Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Technical Amendments of 1993 | Families | 1993-09-28 | 1994-10-07 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 1 | Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Technical Amendments of 1993 - Makes technical amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Specifies that members of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall be appointed for a term of three years, with exceptions. Extends the time under which a White House conference on juvenile justice can be convened from 18 to 48 months after enactment of reauthorizing legislation. Revises the authorization level under the reauthorizing legislation to such sums as are necessary for FY 1994 through 1996. Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to provide funding for FY 1995 for programs for drug education and prevention relating to youth gangs and programs for runaway and homeless youth. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to pay to Benchmark Rail Group, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, an amount equal to the total amount owed to such Group by FEMA and the State of California in compensation for the emergency work and services performed at the request of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority to the extent that such work and services are otherwise eligible for reimbursement under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act. Directs that the payment be made from funds appropriated to implement such Act. Requires FEMA to deobligate an equal amount to that previously obligated for payment to such State to cover the costs of work performed for the Authority by such Group after the Northridge earthquake which would have been eligible for reimbursement under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 103-s-1462 | 103 | s | 1462 | Nonviolent Futures for Children Act | Families | 1993-09-15 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, Alcohol. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Nonviolent Futures for Children Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible local educational agencies for preventive services and interventions to reduce the incidence of violence. Gives priority to areas with high concentrations of disadvantaged students and high rates of violence affecting children and youth. Allows such grants to be used for: (1) school-based activities, including peer education or mediation, conflict resolution training, social skills training, youth designed and developed programs, parenting education, postsecondary educational opportunity projects, or remodeling and security personnel; or (2) school-community partnership activities, including after-school programs, mentoring programs, parenting skills courses, professional training for school personnel, or job training and placement. Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to eligible entities for establishing community-based programs to: (1) assist out-of-school youth and rehabilitate youth offenders; and (2) provide opportunities for such youth to continue their education or obtain job training. Gives priority to areas with high concentrations of out-of-school youth or youth offenders and high rates of violence affecting children and youth. Allows such grants to be used for community-based programs, including peer and adult support and redirection, incentives for continuing education, assessments of needs and referrals to appropriate services, community service, job training and placement opportunities, mentoring services, and other rehabilitative opportunities. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:48:57Z | |
| 103-hjres-257 | 103 | hjres | 257 | To designate the period commencing on November 21, 1993, and ending on November 27, 1993, and the period commencing on November 20, 1994, and ending on November 26, 1994, each as "National Adoption Week". | Families | 1993-09-08 | 1993-09-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 135 | Designates November 21 through 27, 1993, and November 20 through 26, 1994, as National Adoption Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-3029 | 103 | hr | 3029 | Omnibus Adoption Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-09-08 | 1993-10-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 29 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Advisory Council on Adoption Title II: Adoption Data Collection System Title III: Adoption Education Programs Title IV: Adoption Benefits for Federal Employees and Military Personnel Title V: Adoption Tax Credit Title VI: Maternal Health Certificates Program Title VII: Rehabilitation Grants for Maternity Housing and Services Facilities Title VIII: Sense of Congress Regarding Changes in State Adoption Laws Omnibus Adoption Act of 1993 - Title I: National Advisory Council on Adoption - Establishes the National Advisory Council on Adoption to monitor program implementation under this Act and make recommendations to the Congress. Title II: Adoption Data Collection System - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to submit a status report to the Congress on implementation of a certain data collection system required under the Social Security Act. Title III: Adoption Education Programs - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award social work graduate school fellowships for work in innovative programs on the effects of adoption on the parties involved. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to the States for implementation of adoption education programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Adoption Benefits for Federal Employees and Military Personnel - Amends Federal law to set forth adoption benefits for Federal employees and military personnel. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate their efforts in implementing this Act and to consult with the National Advisory Council on Adoption. Title V: Adoption Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow adoption expenses as a credit against the individual income tax. Title VI: Maternal Health Certificates Program - Directs the Secretary to e… | 2025-08-26T13:51:17Z | |
| 103-hr-2936 | 103 | hr | 2936 | At-Birth Abandoned Infants Assistance Amendments of 1993 | Families | 1993-08-06 | 1993-10-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 31 | At-Birth Abandoned Infants Assistance Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 to condition Federal project grants upon the existence of a State statutory scheme which effectuates: (1) the designation of preadoptive parents; (2) prompt placement of designated abandoned infants with preadoptive parents; and (3) expedited judicial proceedings to establish permanent parental rights for such preadoptive parents (thereby terminating the parental rights of all other persons with respect to that infant). | 2025-08-26T13:50:41Z | |
| 103-hres-236 | 103 | hres | 236 | To declare that July 28, 1994, be recognized as Parents Day. | Families | 1993-08-04 | 1994-03-11 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] | IN | R | B001149 | 208 | Encourages Federal, State, and local governments to recognize July 28, 1993, as Parents Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hres-228 | 103 | hres | 228 | To declare that July 28, 1993, be recognized as Parents Day. | Families | 1993-07-27 | 1993-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] | IN | R | B001149 | 0 | Encourages Federal, State, and local governments to recognize July 28, 1993, as Parents Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-sjres-115 | 103 | sjres | 115 | A joint resolution designating November 22, 1993, as "National Military Families Recognition Day". | Families | 1993-07-22 | 1993-11-08 | Became Public Law No: 103-137. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 55 | Designates November 22, 1993, as National Military Families Recognition Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-s-1224 | 103 | s | 1224 | Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-07-14 | 1994-03-03 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 377. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 6 | Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993 - Prohibits an agency or entity that receives Federal assistance and is involved in adoptive or foster care placements from categorically denying to any person the opportunity to become an adoptive or a foster parent, or delaying or denying the placement of a child, solely on the basis of race, color, or national origin of the adoptive or foster parent or parents, or the child, involved. Permits consideration of the child's race, color, or national origin when such factors are: (1) considered in conjunction with other factors; and (2) relevant to the child's best interest. Withholds specified adoption assistance funds from such an agency or entity in cases of noncompliance. Grants any individual aggrieved by a noncomplying agency or entity the right to bring an action in the appropriate U.S. District Court. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 103-hjres-226 | 103 | hjres | 226 | To designate the second Sunday in October 1993 as "National Children's Day". | Families | 1993-07-01 | 1993-11-08 | See S.J.Res.139. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 220 | Designates the second Sunday in October of 1993 as National Children's Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-2573 | 103 | hr | 2573 | Child Safety Act | Families | 1993-06-30 | 1993-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] | MN | D | S000005 | 21 | Child Safety Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with public or nonprofit private entities to: (1) establish and operate supervised visitation centers for child abuse victims; and (2) assist such organizations in collecting data on the effect of supervised visitation on sexually abused or severely physically abused children. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:51:52Z | |
| 103-hr-2501 | 103 | hr | 2501 | World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-06-23 | 1993-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 50 | World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1993 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 to achieve full participation in the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children under the Child Nutrition Act (WIC program) and the Head Start program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for contributions to the United Nation's Children's Fund and for the Child Survival Fund. Expresses the sense of the Congress that authority should be granted to the President to exercise specified debt forgiveness for least developed countries that are pursuing economic policy reforms to promote long-term development. Earmarks development assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) iodine and iron fortification programs; and (2) prevention, care, and control programs related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. Earmarks development and economic assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for programs in support of basic education. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for population assistance activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 for migration and refugee assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank to: (1) ensure that poverty reduction and support of basic human needs become a higher priority within the Bank; (2) ensure that the majority of water and sanitation projects fall within targeted interventions against poverty; and (3) increase the proportion of total Bank lending which supports primary health care and basic education, with a minimum of five percent of total lending devoted to each area. Requires the President to call upon other governments to provide their sha… | 2025-08-26T13:49:43Z | |
| 103-hr-2396 | 103 | hr | 2396 | Child Support Enforcement Improvements Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-06-10 | 1993-08-10 | See H.R.2264. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 17 | Child Support Enforcement Improvements Act of 1993 - Makes depository institutions not liable under any Federal or State law to any person for disclosing any financial record of an individual to a State child support enforcement agency attempting to establish, modify, or enforce a child support obligation of such individual. Prohibits such an agency from disclosing such a record for any other purpose and provides for civil damages for unauthorized disclosures. Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to permit credit reporting agencies to grant access to certain consumer reports to a State child support enforcement agency that is seeking to establish, modify, or enforce a child support obligation against the consumer. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) require State laws to provide for the use of procedures requiring child support orders to provide for coverage of the health care costs of the child in accordance with State guidelines; (2) include under the incentive payments program any dependent medical insurance coverage which is provided due to the successful application of such procedures; (3) direct HHS' Office of Child Support Enforcement to report to the Congress annually on State compliance with specified standards establishing time limits for State response to certain child support assistance requests; (4) require States to assess a penalty against any employer who fails to make timely payment of withheld wages to pay child support obligations of an employee; and (5) direct the Office to develop a national parent locator network which would build on comprehensive statewide child support enforcement systems to allow States to carry out specified parent locator activities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study and report to specified congressional committees on how the successful efforts of States in enforcing obligations of absent parents to pay (and obtain medical insurance coverage with respect to) the hea… | 2025-08-26T13:50:14Z | |
| 103-sconres-27 | 103 | sconres | 27 | Every Fifth Child Resolution | Families | 1993-05-28 | 1993-05-28 | Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 21 | Every Fifth Child Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding should be provided to: (1) begin a phase-in toward full funding of the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) and of Head Start programs; and (2) expand the Job Corps program. Suggests specified amounts that should be made available for such programs in certain fiscal years. | 2025-08-26T13:50:42Z | |
| 103-sjres-98 | 103 | sjres | 98 | A joint resolution to designate the week beginning October 25, 1993, as "National Child Safety Awareness Week". | Families | 1993-05-26 | 1993-05-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 39 | Designates October 25 through 31, 1993, as National Child Safety Awareness Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-s-1016 | 103 | s | 1016 | Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Assistance Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-05-25 | 1993-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] | ME | R | C000598 | 0 | Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to qualify grandchildren for social security benefits based only on their dependency on social security recipients. Sets special rules if one of a grandchild's natural or adoptive parents is living. Provides for suspension of such benefits in the event the grandchild reunites with a natural or adoptive parent. Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of SSA title IV to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a model procedure for States to use in notifying relatives before the placement of a child in foster care. Directs the Secretary, if the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has not done so by a specified deadline, to develop model standards for the coverage of dependents under health insurance policies. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to expand the data collection efforts of the Bureau of the Census to enable it to collect statistically significant data on the growing trend of grandparents who are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to make grants to or enter contracts with one eligible entity to establish and operate the National Resource Center for Grandparents to serve as a central source of information and assistance to older individuals who: (1) raise their grandchildren; (2) encounter problems obtaining visitation access to their grandchildren; or (3) need financial, legal, emotional, or informational assistance regarding their relationship with their grandchildren. | 2025-08-26T13:49:29Z | |
| 103-s-967 | 103 | s | 967 | Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-05-13 | 1993-05-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] | AL | D | S000320 | 4 | Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1993 - Amends the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to replace the current system for the collection and distribution of child support and enforcement of child support orders by the States with a new Federal system under which States are required to transmit copies of such orders to the Internal Revenue Service for it to collect the support through wage withholding and other means, distribute it to the individual entitled, and enforce support orders in a manner similar to that used for tax evasion. | 2025-08-26T13:49:23Z | |
| 103-sjres-91 | 103 | sjres | 91 | A joint resolution designating October 1993 and October 1994 as "National Domestic Violence Awareness Month". | Families | 1993-05-11 | 1993-05-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 40 | Designates October 1993 and October 1994 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hr-1961 | 103 | hr | 1961 | Interstate Child Support Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-05-04 | 1993-08-10 | See H.R.2264. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 43 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Locate and Case Tracking Title II: Establishment Title III: Parentage Title IV: Enforcement Title V: Collection and Distribution Title VI: Federal Role Title VII: State Role Title VIII: Jobs for Unemployed Noncustodial Parents Title IX: Effective Date Interstate Child Support Act of 1993 - Title I: Locate and Case Tracking - (Sec. 101) Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) to be used along with appropriate safeguards for parentage establishment and child support and visitation enforcement. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) denial of visitation rights under a child support order should be treated as irrelevant in any action to enforce its support provisions; and (2) failure to pay child support pursuant to such an order should be treated likewise in any action to enforce visitation rights. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement to provide the Secretary (Secretary) of Health and Human Services (HHS) with access to quarterly estimated Federal income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Requires that: (1) State agencies charged with child support enforcement maintain child support order registries and be allowed access to medical, financial, employment, and other specified data base information on absent parents; (2) registry information from each State be sent to the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) (designated under title VI of this Act) within HHS for a national registry of all State child support orders. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should investigate accessing certain Federal data banks not linked with FPLS. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to expand FPLS to provide State agencies and courts with a national locate and case tracking network. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the network should be us… | 2025-08-26T13:52:21Z | |
| 103-s-870 | 103 | s | 870 | Child Safety Act | Families | 1993-05-04 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, Alcohol. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 1 | Child Safety Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with public or private entities for the establishment and operation of supervised parent and child visitation centers. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the use of funds; (2) application approval requirements; and (3) project evaluation. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to study supervised visitation with regard to sexually abused or severely physically abused children. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:50:03Z | |
| 103-hjres-188 | 103 | hjres | 188 | Designating November 22, 1993, as "National Military Families Recognition Day". | Families | 1993-04-29 | 1994-08-10 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Kreidler, Mike [D-WA-9] | WA | D | K000328 | 220 | Designates November 21, 1994, as National Military Families Recognition Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-s-844 | 103 | s | 844 | Fairness for Adopted Children Act | Families | 1993-04-29 | 1993-04-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 11 | Fairness for Adopted Children Act - Establishes the National Advisory Council on Adoption (the Council), to be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995. Terminates such Council after three years. Directs the Secretary of HHS to: (1) report to the Congress, within 30 days, on the status of the implementation of the adoption data collection system required under specified provisions of the Social Security Act; (2) report monthly to the Congress on the progress made in implementing such system; and (3) consult with the Council in developing regulations to carry out such reporting requirements. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to award grants to States to enable them to establish programs to provide maternal health certificates to eligible pregnant women who are residents of a maternity home, or on a waiting list or receiving out-patient services from a maternity home. Limits such women's income to 175 percent of the State poverty level, not including support received from parents, guardians, or the father of the child. Sets forth eligibility requirements for the maternity home, including that it have the capability to serve at least four pregnant women concurrently. Requires the use of certificates to pay the reasonable costs associated with residence in, or services of, the maternity home. Allows the use of certificates to cover expenses incurred during a period that ends not later than one month after the birth of the child. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program of fellowships for graduate study in social work, in innovative programs concerning the effects of adoption on the adopted children, their adoptive families, and their biological parents who make an adoption plan. Authorizes of appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995. Directs the Secretary of Education, within one year after enactment of this Act, to make grants to State… | 2025-08-26T13:48:57Z | |
| 103-hjres-178 | 103 | hjres | 178 | Designating October 1993 and October 1994 as "National Domestic Violence Awareness Month". | Families | 1993-04-19 | 1993-10-27 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] | NY | D | S000480 | 222 | Designates October 1993 and October 1994 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hr-1600 | 103 | hr | 1600 | Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act | Families | 1993-04-01 | 1994-10-07 | See H.R.5252. | House | Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | R000465 | 22 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Locate and Case Tracking Title II: Establishment Title III: Parentage Title IV: Enforcement Title V: Collection and Distribution Title VI: Federal Role Title VII: State Role Title VIII: Effective Date Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act - Title I: Locate and Case Tracking - (Sec. 101) Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow the Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) to be used for parentage establishment and child support and visitation enforcement if there are appropriate safeguards. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement to provide the Secretary (Secretary) of Health and Human Services (HHS) with access to quarterly estimated Federal income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Requires that State agencies charged with child support enforcement maintain child support order registries and be allowed access to medical, financial, employment, and other specified data base information on absent parents. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should investigate accessing certain Federal data banks not already linked with FPLS. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to expand FPLS to provide State agencies and courts with a national locate and case tracking network. (Sec. 104) Requires that private attorneys and pro se obligees be allowed limited access to State locate information and enforcement techniques for purposes of establishing and enforcing child support and other orders if there are appropriate safeguards. (Sec. 105) Requires the heads of national and regional individual tracking systems to allow child support enforcement agencies access to their information. (Sec. 106) Requires that States: (1) broadcast failure-to-appear warrants, capiases, and bench warrants issued in parentage and child support proceedings over their crime information systems; and (2) remit any subsequent forfeitur… | 2025-08-26T13:50:03Z | |
| 103-s-689 | 103 | s | 689 | Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act | Families | 1993-04-01 | 1993-04-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 14 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Locate and Case Tracking Title II: Establishment Title III: Parentage Title IV: Enforcement Title V: Collection and Distribution Title VI: Federal Role Title VII: State Role Title VIII: Effective Date Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act - Title I: Locate and Case Tracking - (Sec. 101) Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow the Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) to be used for parentage establishment and child support and visitation enforcement if there are appropriate safeguards. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement to provide the Secretary (Secretary) of Health and Human Services (HHS) with access to quarterly estimated Federal income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Requires that State agencies charged with child support enforcement maintain child support order registries and be allowed access to medical, financial, employment, and other specified data base information on absent parents. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should investigate accessing certain Federal data banks not already linked with FPLS. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to expand FPLS to provide State agencies and courts with a national locate and case tracking network. (Sec. 104) Requires that private attorneys and pro se obligees be allowed limited access to State locate information and enforcement techniques for purposes of establishing and enforcing child support and other orders if there are appropriate safeguards. (Sec. 105) Requires the heads of national and regional individual tracking systems to allow child support enforcement agencies access to their information. (Sec. 106) Requires that States: (1) broadcast failure-to-appear warrants, capiases, and bench warrants issued in parentage and child support proceedings over their crime information systems; and (2) remit any subsequent forfeitur… | 2025-08-26T13:48:55Z | |
| 103-hr-1439 | 103 | hr | 1439 | Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Act | Families | 1993-03-24 | 1993-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] | TX | D | A000209 | 7 | Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate, within the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Office (HSHS Office). Requires the HSHS Office to assist State and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) to develop and maintain comprehensive sequential school health education programs and curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in their jurisdiction. Requires the Office also to assist States in coordinating school-based programs to progress toward relevant Healthy People 2000 (HP 2000) Objectives and Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Goals (Goals). Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to transfer the Office of Comprehensive School Health Education (CSHE Office) from the Office of the Secretary (of Education) to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (also within the Department of Education). Establishes the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Advisory Council, which shall establish the national Goals. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Interagency Task Force. Sets forth the duties of the Secretary of HHS under this Act. Directs the Secretary of HHS, through the HSHS Office, to award grants to States and LEAs to assist schools in becoming Healthy American Schools that teach comprehensive sequential school health education programs using advanced technologies such as computer-based learning and innovative communication channels. Directs the Secretary of HHS to recognize annually with plaques and cash awards those schools that epitomize the HSHS Goals. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and in cooperation with the Secretary of HHS, to develop and implement a program providing sequential comprehensive health education and physical education to students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools operated by or on behalf of the BIA. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Commu… | 2025-08-26T13:48:57Z | |
| 103-s-629 | 103 | s | 629 | Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Act | Families | 1993-03-23 | 1993-03-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 3 | Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate, within the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Office (HSHS Office). Requires the HSHS Office to assist State and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) to develop and maintain comprehensive sequential school health education programs and curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in their jurisdiction. Requires the Office also to assist States in coordinating school-based programs to progress toward relevant Healthy People 2000 (HP 2000) Objectives and Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Goals (Goals). Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to transfer the Office of Comprehensive School Health Education (CSHE Office) from the Office of the Secretary (of Education) to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (also within the Department of Education). Establishes the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Advisory Council, which shall establish the national Goals. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Interagency Task Force. Sets forth the duties of the Secretary of HHS under this Act. Directs the Secretary of HHS, through the HSHS Office, to award grants to States and LEAs to assist schools in becoming Healthy American Schools that teach comprehensive sequential school health education programs using advanced technologies such as computer-based learning and innovative communication channels. Directs the Secretary of HHS to recognize annually with plaques and cash awards those schools that epitomize the HSHS Goals. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and in cooperation with the Secretary of HHS, to develop and implement a program providing sequential comprehensive health education and physical education to students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools operated by or on behalf of the BIA. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Commu… | 2025-08-26T13:50:25Z | |
| 103-s-596 | 103 | s | 596 | Family Preservation and Child Protection Reform Act | Families | 1993-03-16 | 1994-10-08 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15024) | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 19 | Family Preservation and Child Protection Reform Act - (Sec. 3) Amends part B (Child Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to convert the Child Welfare program from an authorization to a capped innovative family services entitlement program. Requires maintenance of State effort under such program. Sets forth a new formula for allotments to States under such program. Requires States to use funds to provide respite care to any family operating a foster family home for one or more foster children with special needs. Requires the use of entitlement grants to develop or expand specialized child welfare services programs for families in crisis due to substance abuse. (Sec. 4) Reserves funds for grants to State court systems to assess and improve procedures in child welfare cases. (Sec. 5) Requires each State to periodically compile a detailed directory of programs designed to keep families together or reunify them or place children permanently, identifying which of such programs provides specialized child welfare services to families in crisis due to substance abuse. (Sec. 6) Requires States to inventory all children placed in foster care and determine the appropriate action in each case. Requires States to set up information and case review systems for each child receiving foster care, as well as specified service programs for all such children. (Sec. 7) Requires States to report on measures taken to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act. (Sec. 9) Allows the involvement of private parties in the development of State plans. (Sec. 10) Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to add a new part C, Comprehensive Service Projects to grant States flexibility and resources to develop comprehensive and coordinated services. Authorizes demonstration projects for the coordination of child and family services. (Sec. 11) Makes children whose adoption has been set aside by a court eligible for discretionary foster care maintenance payments. Makes eligible for adoption assistance payments the adoptive parent… | 2025-08-26T13:49:55Z | |
| 103-s-561 | 103 | s | 561 | Child and Family Services and Law Enforcement Partnership Act | Families | 1993-03-10 | 1993-07-01 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 6 | Child and Family Services and Law Enforcement Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for the establishment of child and family services and law enforcement partnership programs. Directs the Secretary to give priority to partnerships that include a law enforcement agency engaged in community-based policing. Authorizes the Secretary to award additional grant amounts to enable a partnership to provide mentoring or conflict resolution services. Prescribes funding guidelines and partnership assurances. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:48:46Z | |
| 103-hr-1196 | 103 | hr | 1196 | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-03-03 | 1993-03-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 25 | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships. Provides program grants to cover not more than one-third of the costs for: (1) businesses or consortia (two or more businesses acting jointly, which may also include a nonprofit private organization) to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide employee child care services. Sets forth eligibility and application requirements, including: (1) provision of such services equitably and affordably to low- and moderate-income employees; and (2) compliance with State and local licensing requirements. Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees and to business and consortia applications. Requires equitable geographic distribution. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:51:55Z | |
| 103-s-495 | 103 | s | 495 | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-03-03 | 1993-05-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, Alcohol. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 4 | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships. Provides program grants to cover not more than one-third of the costs for: (1) businesses or consortia (two or more businesses acting jointly, which may also include a nonprofit private organization) to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide employee child care services. Requires: (1) provision of such services equitably and affordably to low- and moderate-income employees; and (2) compliance with State and local licensing requirements. Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees and to business and consortia applications. Requires equitable geographic distribution. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:49:30Z | |
| 103-hjres-122 | 103 | hjres | 122 | To designate the month of May 1993, as "National Foster Care Month". | Families | 1993-02-24 | 1993-02-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roth, Toby [R-WI-8] | WI | R | R000459 | 154 | Designates the month of May 1993 as National Foster Care Month. | 2025-01-02T17:21:48Z | |
| 103-hr-1019 | 103 | hr | 1019 | Gang Prevention and Youth Recreation Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-02-18 | 1993-07-01 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8420-8422) | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 25 | Gang Prevention and Youth Recreation Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to make grants to not more than ten selected cities to assist them to establish and operate teen resource and education centers to provide education, employment, recreation, social, and cultural awareness assistance to at-risk youth. Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants to a city if it applies and agrees to operate at least two such centers. Requires such centers to offer for at-risk youth: (1) educational assistance, including information on institutions of higher education, assistance with financial aid applications and scholarship search, and preparatory courses for high school equivalency and college entrance examinations; (2) employment and skills training, including hiring teen peer counselors to provide basic job skills training, job referral services, and job banks; (3) recreational opportunities, such as sports teams, neighborhood gardening and food distribution, creative activities and arts, and reading programs; (4) social skills development, including hiring adult counselors and providing support groups for counseling on social and personal issues; and (5) cultural awareness programs, such as classes in the history and culture of various cultural groups and productions of plays, stories, and artwork reflecting the cultural heritage of such youth. Requires such centers to provide financial assistance to college graduates who work full-time at the center to assist them to repay part of their student loan debt. Sets forth grant selection, allocation, and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-1022 | 103 | hr | 1022 | Comprehensive Services for Youth Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-02-18 | 1993-03-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 26 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: School-Based or School-Linked Health and Social Services Center Grants Title II: State and Local Coordinated Youth Services Grants Subtitle A: Local Consortia Grants Subtitle B: Statewide Youth Services Center Grants Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Both Local and Statewide Grant Programs Title III: Implementation Provisions Title IV: Federal Coordinated Youth Services Initiatives Comprehensive Services for Youth Act of 1993 - Title I: School-Based or School-Linked Health and Social Services Center Grants - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Secretary), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (the Administrator), to award grants to eligible local community partnerships to coordinate and deliver comprehensive education, health, and social services to children or youth in school-based, school-linked, or community-based locations. Requires partnership use of grant funds for coordination and delivery of specified core services at a school-based, school-linked, or community-based location or locations accessible to and used by at-risk children, youth, and their families. Gives priority to grant applicants whose comprehensive services plan demonstrates: (1) continuity of access to core services on a year-round basis or beyond traditional school or service hours, either on site or through a backup referral system of community-based providers; and (2) the offer of services beyond the in-school population, including core services to out-of-school youth, to the extent practicable. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administration, to award planning grants to eligible entities that agree to establish a local community partnership to deliver comprehensive services. Title II: State and Local Coordinated Youth Services Grants - Subtitle A: Local Consortia Grants - Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to awar… | 2025-08-26T13:51:27Z | |
| 103-hr-915 | 103 | hr | 915 | Child Support Economic Security Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-02-16 | 1993-08-10 | See H.R.2264. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 26 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Support Enforcement Amendments Title II: Bankruptcy Amendments Relating to Child Support, Alimony, and Property Settlement Agreements Child Support Economic Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Child Support Enforcement Amendments - Amends the Social Security Act to provide that, in order to satisfy Federal grant eligibility criteria, a State plan for child and spousal support must provide for the designation of a single, separate, organizational unit at the State level to administer the plan under uniform State rules. Requires a State to have in effect specified statutory procedures. Mandates that State absent parent locator programs include response deadlines for information requests from other States. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations establishing standards and procedures governing the processing by States of cases involving the enforcement of child support obligations against parents in other States, including a deadline by which prosecutions must commence. Increases the amount the Secretary shall pay quarterly to each State for the operation of a State plan for child and spousal support. Repeals the mandate for Federal incentive payments to the States for cost-effective enforcement of child support payments. Makes a prerequisite for approval of any State plan that it have in effect a law identical to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Establishes the Commission on Child Support Guidelines. Title II: Bankruptcy Amendments Relating to Child Support, Alimony, and Property Settlement Agreements - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to declare that the filing of a petition in bankruptcy does not operate as an automatic stay of actions for establishment of paternity or concerning certain debts for child and spousal support and maintenance. Includes among priority claims and expenses those for certain child and spousal support and maintenance. Precludes a trustee in bankruptcy from avoiding a transfer if it was a bona fide… | 2025-08-26T13:50:37Z | |
| 103-sjres-47 | 103 | sjres | 47 | A joint resolution to designate the week beginning on November 21, 1993, and the week beginning on November 20, 1994, each as "National Family Week". | Families | 1993-02-16 | 1993-02-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 50 | Designates the weeks beginning on November 21, 1993, and November 21, 1994, as National Family Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hr-773 | 103 | hr | 773 | Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-02-03 | 1993-02-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 50 | Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1993 - Amends the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to replace the current system for the collection and distribution of child support and enforcement of child support orders by the States with a new Federal system under which States are required to transmit copies of such orders to the Internal Revenue Service for it to collect the support through wage withholding and other means, distribute it to the individual entitled, and enforce support orders in a manner similar to that used for tax evasion. | 2025-08-26T13:50:50Z | |
| 103-hjres-90 | 103 | hjres | 90 | To designate the week beginning November 21, 1993, and the week beginning November 20, 1994, each as "National Family Caregivers Week". | Families | 1993-02-02 | 1993-02-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 218 | Designates the weeks beginning November 21, 1993, and November 20, 1994, as National Family Caregiver Week. | 2025-01-02T17:21:46Z | |
| 103-s-261 | 103 | s | 261 | Preventing Our Kids From Inhaling Deadly Smoke (PRO-KIDS) Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-01-28 | 1993-11-01 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14742) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 22 | Preventing Our Kids From Inhaling Deadly Smoke (PRO-KIDS) Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidelines for enforcing a nonsmoking policy at indoor facilities where children's services are provided. Requires such policy, at a minimum, to prohibit smoking in each portion of such a facility that is not ventilated separately. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance to persons who provide children's services and other persons who request it. Authorizes persons who make a good-faith effort to enforce a nonsmoking policy that meets requirements to petition their funding Federal agency for a waiver from the general requirements. Sets forth conditions for granting waivers, including that the person requesting the waiver will make a good-faith effort to enforce an alternative nonsmoking policy to protect children. Provides for special waivers for persons who provide children's services pursuant to certain collective bargaining agreements. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Exempts from this Act's requirements registered persons providing children's services in a private residence to grandchildren, nieces, or nephews. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on information concerning compliance with this Act and an assessment of the legal status of smoking in public places. | 2025-08-26T13:49:18Z | |
| 103-hjres-79 | 103 | hjres | 79 | To authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on November 21, 1993 and November 20, 1994, as "National Family Week". | Families | 1993-01-27 | 1993-11-24 | Became Public Law No: 103-153. | House | Rep. Myers, John T. [R-IN-7] | IN | R | M001130 | 220 | Authorizes the President to designate the weeks beginning on November 21, 1993, and November 20, 1994, as National Family Week. | 2025-01-02T17:21:45Z | |
| 103-hr-522 | 103 | hr | 522 | National Domestic Violence Hotline Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-01-21 | 1993-02-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 74 | National Domestic Violence Hotline Act of 1993 - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide a grant to a nonprofit private organization for a national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to victims of domestic violence. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:51:01Z | |
| 103-hr-555 | 103 | hr | 555 | To ensure that consumer credit reports include information on any overdue child support obligations of the consumer. | Families | 1993-01-21 | 1993-08-10 | See H.R.2264. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 0 | Amends: (1) the Consumer Credit Protection Act to require a consumer reporting agency (CRA) to include in any consumer report information provided by a State child support agency or verified by another government entity on the failure of the consumer to pay overdue child support; and (2) the Social Security Act (SSA) to require States to provide CRAs with information on overdue child support obligations of absent parents. Eliminates: (1) the requirement under the SSA that such information be made upon the request of the CRA; and (2) the authority of the State under the SSA to impose a fee upon the requesting CRA for the furnishing of such information. | 2025-01-02T17:22:58Z | |
| 103-s-43 | 103 | s | 43 | Federal Adoption Services Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-01-21 | 1993-03-03 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 14. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Federal Adoption Services Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit family planning projects to offer adoption services. Requires such services to be nondiscriminatory as to race, color, religion, or national origin. | 2025-08-26T13:52:26Z | |
| 103-s-61 | 103 | s | 61 | Federal Adoption Services Act of 1993 | Families | 1993-01-21 | 1993-01-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Federal Adoption Services Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit family planning projects to offer adoption services. Requires such services to be nondiscriminatory as to race, color, religion, or national origin. | 2025-08-26T13:50:04Z | |
| 103-sjres-14 | 103 | sjres | 14 | A joint resolution to designate the month of May 1993, as "National Foster Care Month". | Families | 1993-01-21 | 1993-01-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 16 | Designates the month of May 1993 as National Foster Care Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hr-129 | 103 | hr | 129 | To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund adolescent health demonstration projects. | Families | 1993-01-05 | 1993-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Mandates grants for the establishment or support of adolescent health demonstration projects to: (1) provide health care information, counseling, and services, including related social services; (2) serve adolescents before their graduation from high school; (3) encourage family participation; and (4) establish community advisory committees. Prohibits using grant funds to perform or pay for abortions. | 2025-01-02T17:22:08Z |
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