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| 104-s-2183 | 104 | s | 2183 | A bill to make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. | Social Welfare | 1996-10-01 | 1996-10-19 | Became Public Law No: 104-327. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Makes technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (the Act) with respect to: (1) the limitations on FY 1997 Federal obligations for the Temporary Family Assistance Program under new part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (raising the formula ceiling of the limitation to include any amount a State would have been eligible to receive from the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs during a specified transition period); and (2) a State's annual reconciliation refund of certain excess grant payments to the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs (revising the Federal child care assistance payment and State child care assistance expenditures components of the reconciliation formula). Makes these amendments effective as if included in the Act. Amends the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission through FY 1997. | 2025-04-07T15:29:07Z | |
| 104-s-2175 | 104 | s | 2175 | Strengthening Social Security Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] | NE | D | K000146 | 1 | Strengthening Social Security Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require covered employers to have a plan for withholding certain contributions from the wages of their eligible employees for investment according to the individual employee's personal investment plan. Defines personal investment plan as: (1) any personal investment retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits in the Personal Investment Fund, established in the Treasury by this Act; or (2) any individual retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits and administered or issued by a bank. Requires the Personal Investment Fund to be governed by a Personal Investment Fund Board under a system similar to the Thrift Savings Program for Federal employees. Covers self-employed individuals. Applies this Act only to employees who have not attained age 55. Specifies reduced social security tax rates for plan participants. Imposes civil penalties upon employers who fail to establish a personal investment payroll deduction plan or observe certain requirements with respect to it. Provides for: (1) specified graduated increases in "normal" and early retirement ages; and (2) reduction in cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) applied to higher primary insurance amounts under the OASDI program, tying OASDI COLA determinations based on applicable increase percentages to similar determinations under other specified Federal benefit programs, including the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program under SSA title XVI. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to reduce by .5 percentage point the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Indexes used with respect to OASDI COLA calculations. Provides for: (1) a phased in reduction in spousal benefits other than survivors' benefits to 33 percent of the primary insurance amount; and (2) various specified adjustments in the formula for determining primary insurance amounts und… | 2025-08-21T20:14:36Z | |
| 104-s-2176 | 104 | s | 2176 | Personal Investment Plan Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] | NE | D | K000146 | 1 | Personal Investment Plan Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require covered employers to have a plan for withholding certain contributions from the wages of their eligible employees electing to participate for investment according to the individual employee's personal investment plan. Defines personal investment plan as: (1) any personal investment retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits in the Personal Investment Fund, hereby established in the Treasury; or (2) any individual retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits and administered or issued by a bank or other specified person. Establishes in the Social Security Administration a Personal Investment Fund Board to govern the Personal Investment Fund under a system similar to the Thrift Savings Program for Federal employees. Covers self-employed individuals. Specifies reduced social security tax rates for participating employees and self-employed individuals. Sets forth civil penalties for employers who fail to establish a personal investment payroll deduction plan or observe certain requirements with respect to it. Prescribes adjustments to primary insurance amounts under the OASDI program. | 2025-08-21T20:16:03Z | |
| 104-hr-4274 | 104 | hr | 4274 | To require the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and implement measures to eliminate and prevent mismatching of earnings information maintained by the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service resulting in underpayment of social security benefits. | Social Welfare | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] | CA | D | B000918 | 6 | Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of the Treasury jointly to: (1) study and report to specified congressional committees on the inability of the Social Security Administration to provide for American workers their full social security benefits by reason of insufficiency of information held by the Administration necessary for correctly identifying accounts for the earnings of such workers; and (2) take appropriate remedial measures, including devising and implementing a procedure for resolving new discrepancies involving uncredited earnings in the suspense file. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-hr-4324 | 104 | hr | 4324 | Welfare to Work Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Welfare to Work Act of 1996 - Revises various provisions of the recently enacted Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program under new part A of title IV of the Social Security Act. Includes among such revisions: (1) new program purposes, such as helping low income families attain work and economic self-sufficiency and breaking the cycle of dependency of needy parents on government benefits by requiring job preparation and work; (2) renaming the program as the Assistance for Needy Families Program; (3) requiring work activities after three months of receiving program assistance, with certain good cause exceptions; (4) requiring cash benefits to be provided for recipients engaging in required work activities; (5) increasing child care funding; (6) eliminating the five year limit on program assistance; (7) establishing a supplemental grant for operation of work programs; (8) repealing Federal loans for State Welfare programs; (9) making mandatory the currently optional domestic violence certification with regard to State plans; and (10) requiring States to make an initial assessment of recipients of assistance. | 2025-08-21T20:16:58Z | |
| 104-hr-4230 | 104 | hr | 4230 | Rehabilitation and Return to Work Opportunity Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-28 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1774) | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 14 | Rehabilitation and Return to Work Opportunity Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish under the Social Security Administration a Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Program for assessing the capability for vocational adjustment of individuals determined to be disabled under the OASDI and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. Provides that the individual shall be determined capable of vocational adjustment upon determination of a reasonable possibility that the individual will be capable, upon the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, of performing substantial gainful activity. Places such program under the administrative authority of private sector regional administrators in each service region in which it is implemented. Requires such administrators to hire network coordinators for their particular service regions to: (1) ensure that adequate choices for vocational rehabilitation services are made available to service recipients; and (2) otherwise oversee specified requirements relating to service providers, including requirements that they develop jointly with each recipient, after an employment evaluation, an individual employment plan outlining employment preparation steps. Prescribes a specified milestone payment system for use under such program. Establishes the Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Commission in the Social Security Administration and charges it with specific program development responsibilities, including oversight of the program once it is fully implemented. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for a five-year period of Medicare continuation coverage for certain OASDI disability benefit recipients who return to work. Makes permanent Medicare secondary payer rules relating to disability. Repeals the mandate and authority for continuation hospital insurance benefit coverage for certain temporarily out-of-work individuals. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers a one-time tax … | 2025-08-21T20:16:29Z | |
| 104-hr-4255 | 104 | hr | 4255 | Model Adoption Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] | PA | D | K000270 | 0 | Model Adoption Act of 1996 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to set as a prerequisite for Federal grants to State courts to assess and improve handling of foster care and adoption proceedings that the State in which a court is located has specified provisions of the Uniform Adoption Act in effect and operation. | 2025-08-21T20:14:32Z | |
| 104-hr-4215 | 104 | hr | 4215 | Retirement Security Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-09-26 | 1996-09-28 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1799-1800) | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 0 | Retirement Security Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Individual Retirement Investment Program) (IRIP) under which a personal social security investment account (PSSIA) is established with an initial balance of $1,000 financed from the sale Federal assets for eligible individuals with social security account numbers for investment, according to a variety of electable options (including a Government Securities Investment Fund, a Fixed Income Investment Fund, and a Common Stock Index Investment Fund) similar to those under the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees. Prescribes rules for the transfer and distribution of account funds. Limits to $7,000 the total amount of annual PSSIA contributions per PSSIA. Establishes in the Treasury the Social Security Investment Trust Fund, consisting of all contributions to all IRIP PSSIAs. Makes the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board the Board of Trustees of such Trust Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the tax treatment of amounts contributed to, and distributed from, PSSIAs. Allows, in the case of an individual, a deduction from gross income of the amount contributed in cash during the taxable year to an eligible individual's PSSIA, up to a maximum $2,000 per year. Includes, generally, any PSSIA distribution in the gross income of the person to whom it is distributed. | 2025-08-21T20:17:03Z | |
| 104-s-2093 | 104 | s | 2093 | A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to rescind approval of the District of Columbia's welfare reform waiver. | Social Welfare | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] | NC | R | F000437 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to rescind approval of the demonstration project entitled the "Project on Work, Employment, Responsibility (POWER)" described in the welfare reform demonstration special application form submitted by the District of Columbia to the Secretary in August 1996 under specified provisions of the Social Security Act and approved by the Secretary on August 19, 1996. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-4089 | 104 | hr | 4089 | To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that recently enacted provisions requiring payment of Federal benefits in the form of electronic funds transfers do not apply with respect to benefits payable under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1996-09-17 | 1996-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 0 | Amends Federal law to exempt OASDI (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act from provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 requiring mandatory payment of Federal benefits in the form of electronic fund transfers. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | |
| 104-hr-4091 | 104 | hr | 4091 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish, for purposes of disability determinations under such title, a uniform minimum level of earnings, for demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, at the level currently applicable solely to blind individuals. | Social Welfare | 1996-09-17 | 1996-09-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish, for purposes of disability determinations under such program, a uniform minimum level of earnings for demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, at the level currently applicable solely to blind individuals. Repeals the restriction of such minimum earnings level to blind individuals only. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-s-2073 | 104 | s | 2073 | A bill to require the District of Columbia to comply with the 5-year time limit for welfare recipients, to prohibit any future waiver of such limit, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1996-09-13 | 1996-09-16 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to rescind approval of any part of the waiver for the District of Columbia relating to the demonstration project entitled the "Project on Work, Employment, Responsibility (POWER)" that relates to a waiver of the requirement to not use any part of the grant made under the Social Security Act to provide assistance to a family that includes an adult who has received assistance under any State program funded under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of such Act attributable to funds provided by the Federal Government for 60 months (whether or not consecutive). Prohibits the Secretary from approving any new application requesting a waiver of such five-year time limit. | 2016-10-26T08:01:48Z | |
| 104-hr-4039 | 104 | hr | 4039 | Social Security Miscellaneous Amendments Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-09-10 | 1996-09-18 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 2 | Social Security Miscellaneous Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996 with respect to disability benefits under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA). Revises effective dates for the application of certain provisions to individuals. Provides that, with respect to the effective date of denial of disability benefits to drug addicts and alcoholics, a claim may not be considered finally adjudicated (and thus subject to such denial) if there is a pending request for administrative or judicial review or a pending readjudication pursuant to a class action or court remand. Provides that the requirement to appoint a representative payee, and refer beneficiaries for treatment, applies to beneficiaries who are allowed benefits (due to another impairment) based on a new application filed before enactment, and who continue to get benefits based on a successful redetermination filed before July 1, 1996. Repeals specified reporting requirements related to the monitoring and testing of beneficiaries on the basis of drug addiction or alcoholism who are required to undergo treatment as a condition for receipt of benefits. Declares that challenges to State disability determinations under OASDI may be made only against the Commissioner of Social Security (in all cases in which there is not a final judgment). Amends specified Acts, including the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 and the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994, to extend social security disability insurance (SSDI) program demonstration project authority. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct demonstration projects involving SSDI applicants as well as recipients. Amends OASDI anti-assignment prohibitions to allow the withholding of taxes from any benefit under OASDI pursuant to a proper request made in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code by the person entitled to such benefit. A… | 2025-04-07T15:30:26Z | |
| 104-s-2060 | 104 | s | 2060 | A bill to require the District of Columbia to comply with the 5-year time limit for welfare recipients, to prohibit any future waiver of such limit, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1996-09-09 | 1996-09-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) rescind approval of the District of Columbia's Welfare Reform Demonstration Special Application for waivers; and (2) approve such waiver with the exception of any part that relates to a waiver of the requirement to not use any part of the grant made under the Social Security Act to provide assistance to a family that includes an adult who has received assistance under any State program funded under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of such Act attributable to funds provided by the Federal Government for 60 months (whether or not consecutive). Prohibits the Secretary from approving any new application requesting a waiver of such five-year time limit. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-4015 | 104 | hr | 4015 | Social Security Family Protection Act | Social Welfare | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] | MD | D | W000784 | 0 | Social Security Family Protection Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly OASDI benefit shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month. | 2025-08-21T20:15:23Z | |
| 104-s-2043 | 104 | s | 2043 | A bill to require the implementation of a corrective action plan in States in which child poverty has increased. | Social Welfare | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act, as added by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, to require the chief executive officer of a State to report annually to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the State's child poverty rate, including any change in such rate from the previous report. Requires any State submitting a report with an increase of five percent or more in its child poverty rate from the previous report to submit to the Secretary, for acceptance or rejection, a corrective action plan outlining the manner in which it will implement appropriate reductions in its child poverty rate until such time as the Secretary determines that the rate for the State involved has fallen to certain levels. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing the methodology by which States determine child poverty rates. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-s-2044 | 104 | s | 2044 | A bill to provide for modification of the State agreement under title II of the Social Security Act with the State of Pennsylvania with respect to certain students. | Social Welfare | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 0 | Provides that the agreement with the State of Pennsylvania (or any modification thereof) entered into pursuant to certain provisions of title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act on voluntary agreements for coverage of State and local employees may, at the State's option, be modified before January 1, 1998, so as to exclude service performed in the employ of a school, college, or university if such service is performed by a student who is enrolled and regularly attending classes there. Makes any such modification irrevocable. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-3932 | 104 | hr | 3932 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the waiting period for disability benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a disabled individual suffering from a terminal illness. | Social Welfare | 1996-07-31 | 1996-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | W000654 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual with a terminal illness shall begin with the first month such individual has such illness (thus eliminating the waiting period). | 2025-01-02T17:39:18Z | |
| 104-hr-3899 | 104 | hr | 3899 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the waiting period for disability benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a disabled individual suffering from a terminal illness. | Social Welfare | 1996-07-25 | 1996-07-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000342 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual with a terminal illness shall begin with the first month such individual has such illness (thus eliminating the waiting period). | 2025-01-02T17:39:18Z | |
| 104-s-1979 | 104 | s | 1979 | Work Incentive and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-07-22 | 1996-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Work Incentive and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1996 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make a variety of specified changes designed to create a work incentive policy for social security disability income (SSDI) beneficiaries by: (1) repealing the trial work period and extended period of eligibility; (2) providing for continued Medicare eligibility for disabled individuals whose annual adjusted gross income does not exceed $15,000; (3) revising payment for Medicare hospital insurance benefits for disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement; and (4) providing for hospital insurance benefits for certain disabled individuals who are not otherwise eligible for them. Revises the premium for supplementary medical insurance benefits for disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement and for certain disabled individuals who are not otherwise eligible. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct projects to demonstrate the manner in which States may use funds from the Medicare and Medicaid programs to provide a more cost-effective full continuum of care for delivering services to meet the needs of chronically-ill elderly and disabled beneficiaries who are eligible for items and services under such programs, through integrated systems of care, with an emphasis on case management, prevention, and interventions designed to avoid institutionalization whenever possible. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank. | 2025-08-21T20:15:50Z | |
| 104-s-1974 | 104 | s | 1974 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to clarify that the reasonable efforts requirement includes consideration of the health and safety of the child. | Social Welfare | 1996-07-18 | 1996-07-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 0 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise the requirement of reasonable efforts to return a child to its own home before placement in foster care. Makes the child's health and safety of primary concern in the determination of reasonable efforts for such purposes. | 2025-04-07T15:29:35Z | |
| 104-hr-3829 | 104 | hr | 3829 | Welfare Reform Reconciliation Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-07-17 | 1996-07-18 | For Further Action See H.R.3734. | House | Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | K000016 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Committee on Agriculture Subtitle A: Food Stamp Program Subtitle B: Commodity Distribution Programs Subtitle C: Electronic Benefit Transfer Systems Title II: Committee on Commerce Subtitle A: Involvement of Commerce Committee in Federal Government Position Reductions Subtitle B: Restricting Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle C: Energy Assistance Subtitle D: Abstinence Education Title III: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities Subtitle A: Child Care Subtitle B: Child Nutrition Programs Subtitle C: Related Provisions Title IV: Committee on Ways and Means Subtitle A: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Subtitle B: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle C: Child Support Subtitle D: Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle E: Reform of Public Housing Subtitle F: Child Protection Block Grant Program and Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Independent Living Programs Subtitle G: Reductions in Federal Government Positions Subtitle H: Miscellaneous Welfare Reform Reconciliation Act of 1996 - Title I: Committee on Agriculture - Food Stamp Reform and Commodity Distribution Act of 1996 - Subtitle A: Food Stamp Program - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (Act) to establish a maximum 24-month food stamp program (program) authorization period for households whose adult members are elderly or disabled. (Sec. 1012) Expands the definition of "coupon." (Sec. 1013) Treats children who are themselves parents living with their children and married children living with their spouses as part of an existing household rather than as a separate household. (Sec. 1014) Authorizes States to establish additional criteria for separate household determinations… | 2025-08-21T20:14:30Z | |
| 104-hr-3832 | 104 | hr | 3832 | Bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-07-17 | 1996-08-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. | House | Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8] | TN | D | T000038 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: State Supplementation Programs Subtitle D: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Subtitle E: National Commission on the Future of Disability Title III: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effect of Enactment Title IV: Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle A: Eligibility for Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs Subtitle C: Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support Subtitle D: General Provisions Subtitle E: Conforming Amendments Title V: Reductions in Federal Government Positions Title VI: Reform of Public Housing Title VII: Child Care Title VIII: Child Nutrition Programs Subtitle A: National School Lunch Act Subtitle B: Child Nutrition Act of 1966 Title IX: Food Stamp and Related Programs Title X: Miscellaneous Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Earned Income Tax Credit Bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996 - Title I: Block Grants for Tempo… | 2025-08-21T20:14:36Z | |
| 104-hr-3835 | 104 | hr | 3835 | Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-07-17 | 1996-07-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-6] | PA | D | H000712 | 19 | Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly OASDI benefit shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month. | 2025-08-21T20:17:00Z | |
| 104-s-1956 | 104 | s | 1956 | Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity, and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-23 | Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 494. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agriculture and Related Provisions Subtitle A: Food Stamps and Commodity Distribution Subtitle B: Child Nutrition Programs Title II: Committee on Finance Subtitle A: Welfare Reform Subtitle B: Restructuring Medicaid Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity, and Medicaide Restructuring Act of 1996 - Title I: Agriculture and Related Provisions - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1996 - Subtitle A: Food Stamps and Commodity Disposition - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (Act) to establish a maximum 24-month food stamp program (program) authorization period for households whose adult members are elderly or disabled. (Sec. 1112) Expands the definition of "coupon." (Sec. 1113) Treats children who are themselves parents living with their children and married children living with their spouses as part of an existing household rather than as a separate household. (Sec. 1114) Revises thrifty food plan adjustment requirements. (Sec. 1115) Revises the definition of "homeless individual" to limit the length of time a person may temporarily live in another person's residence. (Sec. 1117) Revises household income exclusion provisions regarding: (1) students; and (2) Federal energy assistance. (Sec. 1119) Revises household income deduction provisions regarding: (1) standard deductions; (2) earned income; (3) dependent care; (4) child support payments; (5) homeless shelter assistance; (6) excess medical expenses; and (7) excess shelter expenses. (Sec. 1120) Eliminates specified excludable auto value increases and establishes the maximum excludable auto value at $4600. (Sec. 1121) Includes as household income third party payments for transitional housing for the homeless. (Sec. 1122) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to develop a simplified procedure for calculating self-employment income. (Sec. 1123) Increases penalties for certain program violations. (Sec. 1124) Disqualifies permanently an individual convicted of specified co… | 2025-08-21T20:15:18Z | |
| 104-hr-3758 | 104 | hr | 3758 | Social Security Solvency Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-07-09 | 1996-07-16 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7643) | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 3 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Individual Retirement Security Program Title II: Social Security Benefit Reforms Social Security Solvency Act of 1996 - Title I: Individual Retirement Security Program - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to publish in the Federal Register each year the reallocation percentage for amounts otherwise appropriated for the following fiscal year to the OASDI trust funds from Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes imposed with regard to wages and self-support income. Defines reallocation percentage as the Commissioner's best estimate of the maximum percentage by which such appropriations may be reduced: (1) in any fiscal year before FY 2012, so as to maintain a linear annual reduction in the trust funds performance ratio from the amount of such ratio for the fiscal year preceding such fiscal year to an amount of such ratio for FY 2012 equal to 1.00; and (2) in any fiscal year after FY 2011, so as to maintain a trust funds performance ratio for such fiscal year of 1.00. Defines trust funds performance ratio for any fiscal year as the ratio of the total amount paid into the OASDI trust funds (with specified exceptions) to the total benefit amount which will be paid out (with specified disregards). Requires a reduction in trust fund appropriations, to the extent attributable to the taxes paid with respect to a covered employee or individual during the fiscal year, by the reallocation percentage for the fiscal year involved in any case in which such an employee or self-employed individual has elected to enter into elective retirement status under the new individual retirement security program established by this Act. Creates a new Individual Retirement Security Program under OASDI in which a covered employee or covered self-employed individual may elect to enter into elective retirement status and have retirement contributions made to one or more designated … | 2025-08-21T20:15:02Z | |
| 104-hconres-195 | 104 | hconres | 195 | To express the sense of the Congress that any welfare reform legislation enacted by the Congress should include provisions addressing domestic violence. | Social Welfare | 1996-06-27 | 1996-07-12 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7508) | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33] | CA | D | R000486 | 56 | Provides that when considering proposed welfare legislation the Congress should: (1) seriously evaluate whether it would exacerbate certain ramifications of domestic violence against women and children; (2) require that State-implemented or State-adopted welfare-to-work or education programs take domestic violence into account; (3) require the Comptroller General to study the incidence and effect of domestic violence on AFDC recipients; and (4) provide, in any such legislation, mechanisms identifying and aiding in specified ways recipients and their children victimized by or at risk of violence. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hr-3732 | 104 | hr | 3732 | To authorize the State of Michigan to implement the demonstration project known as "To Strengthen Michigan Families". | Social Welfare | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] | MI | R | C000071 | 6 | Declares that upon Federal receipt of the document "To Strengthen Michigan Families" relating to a specified demonstration project conducted by the State of Michigan: (1) the appropriate Federal official is deemed to have waived the compliance requirements for any Federal entitlement program specified in such document; and (2) certain implementation costs which would not otherwise be included as program expenditures shall be regarded as project expenditures during the testing period to the extent they do not exceed what would have been expended on the programs involved in the absence of the demonstration project. Provides that this Act shall not be construed to affect certain other waivers granted to the State of Michigan. Permits the State to elect to participate in the same programs as modified by any subsequent legislation. | 2025-04-07T15:30:22Z | |
| 104-hr-3734 | 104 | hr | 3734 | Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-06-27 | 1996-08-22 | Became Public Law No: 104-193. | House | Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | K000016 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: Additional Enforcement Provision Subtitle D: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Title III: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effective Dates and Conforming Amendments Title IV: Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle A: Eligibility for Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs Subtitle C: Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support Subtitle D: General Provisions Subtitle E: Conforming Amendments Relating to Assisted Housing Subtitle F: Earned Income Credit Denied to Unauthorized Employees Title V: Child Protection Title VI: Child Care Title VII: Child Nutrition Programs Subtitle A: National School Lunch Act Subtitle B: Child Nutrition Act of 1966 Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VIII: Food Stamps and Commodity Distribution Subtitle A: Food Stamp Program Subtitle B: Commodity Distribution Programs Subtitle C: Electroni… | 2025-04-07T15:30:27Z | |
| 104-s-1917 | 104 | s | 1917 | A bill to authorize the State of Michigan to implement the demonstration project known as "To Strengthen Michigan Families". | Social Welfare | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 3 | Declares that upon Federal receipt of the document "To Strengthen Michigan Families" relating to a specified demonstration project conducted by the State of Michigan: (1) the appropriate Federal official is deemed to have waived the compliance requirements for any Federal entitlement program specified in such document; and (2) certain implementation costs which would not otherwise be included as program expenditures shall be regarded as project expenditures during the testing period to the extent they do not exceed what would have been expended on the programs involved in the absence of the demonstration project. Provides that this Act shall not be construed to affect certain other waivers granted to the State of Michigan. Permits the State to elect to participate in the same programs as modified by any subsequent legislation. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-sconres-66 | 104 | sconres | 66 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that any welfare reform legislation enacted by the Congress should include provisions addressing domestic violence. | Social Welfare | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 7 | Urges Congress to evaluate whether proposed welfare legislation would exacerbate violence against women, make it more difficult for women and children to escape domestic violence, or unfairly penalize such individuals victimized by or at risk of violence. Provides that welfare legislation enacted by the Congress should: (1) require that welfare-to-work, education, or job placement programs implemented by the States take domestic violence into account by providing mechanisms for screening and identifying recipients with a history of domestic violence, referring such recipients to counseling and supportive services, tolling time limits for them, and waiving other program requirements such as residency requirements, child support cooperation requirements, and family cap provisions, in cases where compliance with such requirements would make it more difficult for the recipients to escape domestic violence or unfairly penalize recipients victimized by or at risk of further violence; and (2) include a provision requiring that the Comptroller General develop and implement a comprehensive study of the incidence and effect of domestic violence on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients. Provides that welfare legislation adopted by the States that contains a welfare-to-work, education, or job placement program should take domestic violence into account by providing similar mechanisms. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-3716 | 104 | hr | 3716 | Project for American Renewal Act | Social Welfare | 1996-06-25 | 1996-07-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | K000016 | 3 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Effective Compassion Subtitle A: Charity Tax Credit Subtitle B: Other Provisions Title II: Community Empowerment Subtitle A: Education Subtitle B: Restitution and Responsibility Subtitle C: Independence Subtitle D: Housing Title III: Other American Renewal Incentives Subtitle A: Housing Subtitle B: Responsible Parenting Subtitle C: Character Development Subtitle D: Family Reconciliation Subtitle E: Mentor Schools Subtitle F: Role Models Academy Subtitle G: Kinship Care Project for American Renewal Act - Title I: Effective Compassion - Subtitle A: Charity Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create a credit for charitable contributions, which shall be in lieu of any deduction for such contributions, equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of contributions not exceeding $100; and (2) 90 percent of contributions in excess of $100 up to a maximum dollar amount of $500. Provides for a study of such credit. (Sec. 111) Repeals the earned income credit for individuals without children. (Sec. 112) Requires reports from the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance on changes in laws which would reduce corporate tax subsidies sufficient to raise specified amounts of revenues. (Sec. 121) Provides for the authorization of appropriations under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 regardless of whether payments to the States provisions of part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act are repealed. (Sec. 131) Provides for reductions in amounts paid to each State under the AFDC program. (Sec. 132) Repeals title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 141) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to reduce community development block grants. (Sec. 142) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing … | 2025-08-21T20:16:56Z | |
| 104-s-1902 | 104 | s | 1902 | National Senior Citizen Hall of Fame Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 0 | National Senior Citizen Hall of Fame Act of 1996 - Establishes the National Senior Citizen Hall of Fame to bestow honor and recognition upon deserving citizens for their outstanding accomplishments, service, and contributions to the lives of older Americans. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z | |
| 104-s-1904 | 104 | s | 1904 | Project for American Renewal Act | Social Welfare | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Effective Compassion Subtitle A: Charity Tax Credit Subtitle B: Other Provisions Title II: Community Empowerment Subtitle A: Education Subtitle B: Restitution and Responsibility Subtitle C: Independence Subtitle D: Housing Title III: Other American Renewal Incentives Subtitle A: Housing Subtitle B: Responsible Parenting Subtitle C: Character Development Subtitle D: Family Reconciliation Subtitle E: Mentor Schools Subtitle F: Role Models Academy Subtitle G: Kinship Care Project for American Renewal Act - Title I: Effective Compassion - Subtitle A: Charity Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create a credit for charitable contributions, which shall be in lieu of any deduction for such contributions, equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of contributions not exceeding $100; and (2) 90 percent of contributions in excess of $100 up to a maximum dollar amount of $500. Provides for a study of such credit. (Sec. 111) Repeals the earned income credit for individuals without children. (Sec. 112) Requires reports from the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance on changes in laws which would reduce corporate tax subsidies sufficient to raise specified amounts of revenues. (Sec. 121) Provides for the authorization of appropriations under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 regardless of whether payments to the States provisions of part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act are repealed. (Sec. 131) Provides for reductions in amounts paid to each State under the AFDC program. (Sec. 132) Repeals title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 141) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to reduce community development block grants. (Sec. 142) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing … | 2025-08-21T20:15:28Z | |
| 104-hr-3696 | 104 | hr | 3696 | AFDC and Medicaid Waiver Fairness Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-06-20 | 1996-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Paxon, Bill [R-NY-27] | NY | R | P000148 | 13 | AFDC and Medicaid Waiver Fairness Act of 1996 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of a deadline for approval or denial of an application for a waiver for certain Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC) and Medicaid demonstration projects under, respectively, SSA titles IV part A and XIX. | 2025-08-21T20:14:38Z | |
| 104-hr-3636 | 104 | hr | 3636 | Social Security Preservation Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1] | WI | R | N000054 | 62 | Social Security Preservation Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance)(OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (trust funds) to ensure that the annual surplus of the trust funds is invested in: (1) marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed by the United States; or (2) certificates of deposit in insured depository institutions. Prescribes a formula for determining the annual surplus of the trust funds. Prohibits disinvestment of trust fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such trust funds for public debt limit-related purposes. Authorizes the sale of trust fund public debt obligations for the payment of OASDI cash benefits and administrative expenses, with conditions, including notification to each House of Congress and the Comptroller General at least three days in advance of such sale. | 2025-08-21T20:17:13Z | |
| 104-hr-3650 | 104 | hr | 3650 | To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to regard adult relatives who meet State child protection standards as the preferred placement option for children, and to provide for demonstration projects to test the feasibility of establishing kinship care as an alternative to foster care for a child who has adult relatives willing to provide safe and appropriate care for the child. | Social Welfare | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 5 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that, where appropriate and timely, adult relatives will be involved in child foster care placement determinations, and those who meet relevant State child protection standards will be regarded as the preferred placement option for children; and (2) provide for certain State kinship care demonstration projects as alternatives to foster care for certain eligible children. | 2025-01-02T17:38:48Z | |
| 104-s-1867 | 104 | s | 1867 | Bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-06-12 | 1996-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: State Supplementation Programs Subtitle D: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Subtitle E: National Commission on the Future of Disability Title III: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effect of Enactment Title IV: Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle A: Eligibility for Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs Subtitle C: Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support Subtitle D: General Provisions Subtitle E: Conforming Amendments Title V: Reductions in Federal Government Positions Title VI: Reform of Public Housing Title VII: Child Care Title VIII: Child Nutrition Programs Subtitle A: National School Lunch Act Subtitle B: Child Nutrition Act of 1966 Title IX: Food Stamp and Related Programs Title X: Miscellaneous Subtitle A: General Provisions Bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996 - Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - Expresses t… | 2025-08-21T20:15:43Z | |
| 104-hr-3612 | 104 | hr | 3612 | Work First and Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-06-11 | 1996-07-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-11] | FL | D | G000153 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Work-Based Assistance Subtitle A: Temporary Employment Assistance Subtitle B: Make Work Pay Subtitle C: Work First Subtitle D: Pregnancy and Family Stability Title II: Child Support Enforcement Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effect of Enactment Title III: Food Assistance Subtitle A: Food Stamps Subtitle B: Child Nutrition Title IV: Treatment of Aliens Title V: Supplemental Security Income Reforms Title VI: Social Services Block Grants Work First and Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 - Title I: Work-Based Assistance - Subtitle A: Temporary Employment Assistance - Replaces the current Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) programs under parts A and F, respectively, of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with the newly created Federal Temporary Employment Assistance (TEA) and Work First (WF) welfare programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 101) Outlines TEA and WF program components, providing for Federal payments to States with approved TEA and WF plans for establishing flexible statewide work-based assistance programs in the State for the following purposes. Provides under TEA for furnishing certain time-limited, conditional benefits based on work to certain eligible families with needy children (or, at the State's option, any expectant fa… | 2025-08-21T20:16:13Z | |
| 104-hr-3598 | 104 | hr | 3598 | To amend part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit certain misuses of the Social Security account number. | Social Welfare | 1996-06-06 | 1996-06-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 0 | Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit: (1) using social security account numbers without the holder's written consent; or (2) requiring disclosure by another person of a person's social security number as a condition of doing business. Outlines enforcement procedures and provides civil penalties. | 2025-01-02T17:38:47Z | |
| 104-hr-3585 | 104 | hr | 3585 | Family Caregiver Support and Protection Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-06-05 | 1996-06-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 1 | Family Caregiver Support and Protection Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of respite care services, paid for on an hourly basis, under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat qualified long-term care services as deductible medical care expenses. | 2025-08-21T20:14:10Z | |
| 104-s-1841 | 104 | s | 1841 | Work First and Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-06-05 | 1996-06-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Work-Based Assistance Subtitle A: Temporary Employment Assistance Subtitle B: Make Work Pay Subtitle C: Work First Subtitle D: Pregnancy and Family Stability Title II: Child Support Enforcement Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effect of Enactment Title III: Food Assistance Subtitle A: Food Stamps Subtitle B: Child Nutrition Title IV: Treatment of Aliens Title V: Supplemental Security Income Reforms Title VI: Social Services Block Grants Work First and Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 - Title I: Work-Based Assistance - Subtitle A: Temporary Employment Assistance - Replaces the current Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) programs under parts A and F, respectively, of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with the newly created Federal Temporary Employment Assistance (TEA) and Work First (WF) welfare programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 101) Outlines TEA and WF program components, providing for Federal payments to States with approved TEA and WF plans for establishing flexible statewide work-based assistance programs in the State for the following purposes. Provides under TEA for furnishing certain time-limited, conditional benefits based on work to certain eligible families with needy children (or, at the State's option, any expectant f… | 2025-08-21T20:16:49Z | |
| 104-hr-3562 | 104 | hr | 3562 | To authorize the State of Wisconsin to implement the demonstration project known as "Wisconsin Works". | Social Welfare | 1996-06-04 | 1996-06-19 | Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 444. | House | Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1] | WI | R | N000054 | 5 | Provides that upon presentation by the State of Wisconsin of their plan for the "Wisconsin Works" (welfare reform) demonstration project to the appropriate Federal official for any Federal entitlement program specified in the plan: (1) such official is deemed to have waived compliance with the requirements of Federal law with respect to such program, to the extent and for the period necessary to enable the State to carry out the demonstration project; and (2) the costs of carrying it out which would not otherwise be included as program expenditures shall be regarded as program expenditures, except to the extent that the sum of such costs and the expenditures of the State under all such programs during any testing period exceeds the total amount that would be expended under such programs during such testing period in the absence of the demonstration project. Provides for the recapture of excess amounts under certain conditions. States that this Act shall not have any effect on certain other waivers granted to Wisconsin before enactment of this Act, and that the current waivers are considered a precondition and can be subsumed as part of the Wisconsin Works demonstration. Provides that if, after enactment of this Act, any Federal law is enacted which modifies the terms of, or the amounts of expenditures permitted under, any program to which this Act applies, Wisconsin may elect to participate in such program as so modified. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-s-1832 | 104 | s | 1832 | Social Security Family Protection Act | Social Welfare | 1996-06-04 | 1996-06-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 8 | Social Security Family Protection Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly OASDI benefit shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month. | 2025-08-21T20:16:37Z | |
| 104-s-1823 | 104 | s | 1823 | Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-05-24 | 1996-05-24 | Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 426. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: State Supplementation Programs Subtitle D: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Subtitle E: National Commission on the Future of Disability Subtitle F: Retirement Age Eligibility Title III: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effective Dates and Conforming Amendments Title IV: Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle A: Eligibility for Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs Subtitle C: Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support Subtitle D: General Provisions Subtitle E: Conforming Amendments Subtitle F: Earned Income Credit Denied to Unauthorized Employees Title V: Reductions in Federal Government Positions Title VI: Reform of Public Housing Title VII: Child Protection Block Grant Programs and Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Independent Living Programs Subtitle A: Child Protection Block Grant Program and Foster Care, Adopt… | 2025-08-21T20:15:17Z | |
| 104-s-1816 | 104 | s | 1816 | A bill to expedite waiver approval for the "Wisconsin Works" plan, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1996-05-23 | 1996-05-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5648) | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 12 | Provides that, upon submission by the appropriate State agency of the application for certain waivers to conduct the proposed "Wisconsin Works" (welfare reform) demonstration project (to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program) in Wisconsin, such application shall be deemed approved. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-3507 | 104 | hr | 3507 | Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-05-22 | 1996-06-11 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 14 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Reforming Non-Medical Welfare Programs Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: State Supplementation Programs Subtitle D: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Subtitle E: National Commission on the Future of Disability Subtitle F: Retirement Age Eligibility Title III: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effective Dates and Conforming Amendments Title IV: Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle A: Eligibility for Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs Subtitle C: Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support Subtitle D: General Provisions Subtitle E: Conforming Amendments Subtitle F: Earned Income Credit Denied to Unauthorized Employees Title V: Reductions in Federal Government Positions Title VI: Reform of Public Housing Title VII: Child Protection Block Grant Programs and Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Independent Living Programs Subtitle A: Child Protection… | 2025-08-21T20:14:59Z | |
| 104-s-1789 | 104 | s | 1789 | Prevention of Prisoner Double-Dipping Act | Social Welfare | 1996-05-22 | 1996-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Prevention of Prisoner Double-Dipping Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the limitation on the payment of OASDI benefits to prisoners and certain other inmates of publicly funded institutions. Extends such limitation to any individual confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility pursuant to a felony charge, but only with respect to months after the first 30 days of such confinement. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to study and report to the Congress on methods to insure the timely and accurate reporting of information respecting such public inmates with respect to current law limitations on OASDI and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under SSA title XVI to them. Authorizes the Commissioner to: (1) contract with interested State or local institutions used to confine such individuals for monthly reports to the Commissioner of certain identifying information in order to enforce such benefit limitations; and (2) pay such an institution benefit amounts with respect to each eligible individual. Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for civil monetary penalties, including quintuple damages for any OASDI and SSI benefits received, for fraudulent use of social security account numbers and cards. Authorizes additional appropriations for the Commissioner through the Office of Inspector General to use only for increasing the number of investigators and auditors charged with pursuing charges of fraud against the OASDI and SSI programs. Requires the Commissioner to study and report to the Congress on methods to streamline the review and appeals process under the OASDI and SSI programs. | 2025-08-21T20:16:33Z | |
| 104-s-1795 | 104 | s | 1795 | Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-05-22 | 1996-06-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7171-7172) | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Reforming Non-Medical Welfare Programs Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: State Supplementation Programs Subtitle D: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Subtitle E: National Commission on the Future of Disability Subtitle F: Retirement Age Eligibility Title III: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effective Dates and Conforming Amendments Title IV: Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle A: Eligibility for Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs Subtitle C: Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support Subtitle D: General Provisions Subtitle E: Conforming Amendments Subtitle F: Earned Income Credit Denied to Unauthorized Employees Title V: Reductions in Federal Government Positions Title VI: Reform of Public Housing Title VII: Child Protection Block Brant Programs and Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Independent Living Programs Subtitle A: Child Protection… | 2025-08-21T20:14:45Z | |
| 104-hr-3450 | 104 | hr | 3450 | To provide for modification of the State agreement under title II of the Social Security Act with the State of Pennsylvania with respect to certain students. | Social Welfare | 1996-05-14 | 1996-05-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | C000523 | 5 | Provides that the voluntary agreement with the State of Pennsylvania for the coverage of State and local employees under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act may, at the State's option, be irrevocably modified at any time before January 1, 1998, so as to exclude service performed in the employ of a school, college, or university by a student enrolled and regularly attending classes at such educational institution. | 2025-04-07T15:28:18Z | |
| 104-hr-3357 | 104 | hr | 3357 | Social Security Caregiver Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-04-30 | 1996-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 12 | Social Security Caregiver Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase of up to five in the number of years of either zero or low earnings disregarded in determining average annual earnings on which benefits are based, provided the individual was precluded from remunerative work during such years in order to provide care to a child under the age of 12 or to a chronically dependent spouse or relative. | 2025-08-21T20:14:15Z | |
| 104-hr-3358 | 104 | hr | 3358 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability. | Social Welfare | 1996-04-30 | 1996-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 12 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to repeal the seven-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability. | 2025-01-02T17:38:20Z | |
| 104-hr-3359 | 104 | hr | 3359 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. | Social Welfare | 1996-04-30 | 1996-05-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 12 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement; and (2) the treatment of delayed retirement in cases of simultaneous entitlement to OASDI benefits and widow's or widower's insurance benefits. | 2025-01-02T17:38:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3360 | 104 | hr | 3360 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. | Social Welfare | 1996-04-30 | 1996-05-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 12 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following a divorce in cases of prior receipt of spouse's benefits. | 2025-01-02T17:38:20Z | |
| 104-hr-3361 | 104 | hr | 3361 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age. | Social Welfare | 1996-04-30 | 1996-05-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 12 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age or any previous reduction in OASDI benefits. | 2025-01-02T17:38:21Z | |
| 104-s-1683 | 104 | s | 1683 | A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to regard adult relatives who meet State child protection standards as the preferred placement option for children, and to provide for demonstration projects to test the feasibility of establishing kinship care as an alternative to foster care for a child who has adult relatives willing to provide safe and appropriate care for the child. | Social Welfare | 1996-04-18 | 1996-04-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that, where appropriate and timely, adult relatives will be involved in child foster care placement determinations, and those who meet relevant State child protection standards will be regarded as the preferred placement option for children; and (2) provide for certain State kinship care demonstration projects as alternatives to foster care for certain eligible children. | 2025-04-07T15:29:34Z | |
| 104-hr-3266 | 104 | hr | 3266 | Bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-04-17 | 1996-06-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. | House | Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8] | TN | D | T000038 | 41 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: State Supplementation Programs Subtitle D: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Subtitle E: National Commission on the Future of Disability Title III: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Non-Residential Parents Subtitle J: Effect of Enactment Title IV: Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens Subtitle A: Eligibility for Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs Subtitle C: Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support Subtitle D: General Provisions Subtitle E: Conforming Amendments Title V: Reductions in Federal Government Positions Title VI: Reform of Public Housing Title VII: Child Care Title VIII: Child Nutrition Programs Subtitle A: National School Lunch Act Subtitle B: Child Nutrition Act of 1966 Title IX: Food Stamp and Related Programs Title X: Miscellaneous Bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996 - Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - Expresses the sense of the Congress that prevention o… | 2025-08-21T20:17:11Z | |
| 104-sconres-52 | 104 | sconres | 52 | A bill to recognize and encourage the convening of a National Silver Haired Congress. | Social Welfare | 1996-04-17 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 42 | Encourages the convening of an annual National Silver Haired Congress in the District of Columbia. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-s-1642 | 104 | s | 1642 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to deny cash benefits to drug addicts and alcoholics, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1996-03-26 | 1996-03-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 0 | Denies monthly cash disability benefits under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI), respectively, of the Social Security Act for drug addicts and alcoholics whose substance abuse is a contributing factor material to their disability. Allows such individuals, instead, to elect to undergo treatment for their substance abuse. (Currently, such recipients are required to undergo treatment only at approved facilities or institutions.) Revises OASDI and SSI program representative payee requirements to require the payment of program benefits through a representative payee if it is in the interest of an otherwise disabled individual with an alcohol or drug addiction condition who is incapable of managing such benefits. Preserves the Medicaid eligibility of SSI recipients denied cash disability benefits because of the connection between their drug addiction or alcoholism and their disability. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-s-1643 | 104 | s | 1643 | Older Americans Amendments of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-03-26 | 1996-07-31 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 3 | Older Americans Amendments of 1996 - Revises the Older American Community Service Employment Act (OACSE) and the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) (of which it is a part) to reauthorize and extend the former OACSE program (renamed the Senior Community Service Employment Program), as modified by this Act, through FY 1996, with, among other changes, revisions in the funding allotment formulae for making grants to eligible States and tribal organizations for authorized program projects employing older individuals. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4) Reauthorizes and extends certain current OAA programs through FY 2001, including the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program, the Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services program, and supportive services programs providing legal, counseling, outreach, and other assistance to the aged, as well as nutrition services programs which are combined into a single congregate and home nutrition services program. Modifies such latter two programs, among other things, to: (1) authorize States to transfer funds, as appropriate, between supportive services and nutrition programs; and (2) eliminate the funding process between home-delivered and congregate meals programs. Eliminates other specified federally structured OAA programs, such as the school-based meals for volunteer older individuals and multigenerational programs and the in-home services program for frail older individuals, in many cases allowing the States to design their own programs to provide such services. Authorizes appropriations. Reauthorizes and extends the Administration on Aging (AOA), as modified, through FY 2001. Authorizes appropriations. Includes within the modifications made to OAA and its programs, as well as to AOA, by this Act: (1) restructuring OAA into four main titles on Federal functions, State and local responsibilities, and Native American programs on aging (thus eliminating current titles on training, research, and discretionary projects and programs, and on vulnerable elder rights prote… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3123 | 104 | hr | 3123 | Integrity in Medical Funding Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-03-20 | 1996-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] | MI | R | C000071 | 9 | Integrity in Medical Funding Act of 1996 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal payment under such programs for assisted suicide or euthanasia. Preempts State and Federal limits on malpractice awards in health care liability actions that arise from the provision of any medical item or service for the purpose of causing the death of any individual, or from the failure to provide any medical item or service to an individual against the direction of the individual or the individual's agent or surrogate for the purpose of causing the individual's death. | 2025-08-21T20:15:39Z | |
| 104-hr-3110 | 104 | hr | 3110 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for disclosure by the Social Security Administration of Social Security account numbers and other records pursuant to judgments, decrees, or orders issued by courts of competent jurisdiction. | Social Welfare | 1996-03-19 | 1996-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | G000439 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Social Security Administration to disclose the social security account number or any other pertinent information maintained by it relating to an individual pursuant to any judgment, decree, or order requiring such a disclosure issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. | 2025-01-02T17:37:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3098 | 104 | hr | 3098 | Social Security Trust Funds Investment Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-03-14 | 1996-03-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | Social Security Trust Funds Investment Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to diversify the investments of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund by requiring the investment of 40 percent of each year's surplus in such trust funds in certain private obligations, securities, or other instruments. | 2025-08-21T20:16:40Z | |
| 104-hr-2971 | 104 | hr | 2971 | Social Security Individual Retirement Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-02-23 | 1996-07-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1231) | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Social Security Individual Retirement Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the social security taxes on employees, employers, and the self-employed for 1997 and thereafter. Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require employers to have in effect a social security payroll deduction plan for employees. Requires such plan to provide for employers to deduct the prescribed social security employee contribution for transfer to a social security individual retirement account of the employee. Provides for self-employed individuals to deposit into such accounts the prescribed social security contributions. Requires transfer of the social security individual retirement account of a deceased individual to a similar account maintained by the decedent's eligible survivor. Sets forth penalties for failure to establish and maintain such accounts. Requires amounts deducted from employee wages to be shown on W-2 forms. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exempt social security payroll deduction plans which do not provide for employer contributions from provisions governing employee benefit plans. Provides for: (1) adjustments in the primary insurance amounts of employees and self-employed individuals with social security individual retirement accounts under SSA title II; and (2) the tax treatment of such accounts in a manner similar to individual retirement accounts. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-2928 | 104 | hr | 2928 | Social Security Preservation Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-02-01 | 1996-02-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1] | WI | R | N000054 | 20 | Social Security Preservation Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (trust funds) to ensure that the annual surplus of the trust funds is invested in: (1) marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed by the United States; or (2) certificates of deposit in insured depository institutions. Outlines provisions for determining the annual surplus of the trust funds. Prohibits disinvestment of trust fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such trust funds for public debt limit-related purposes. Authorizes the sale of trust fund public debt obligations for the payment of cash benefits and administrative expenses, with conditions, including notification to each House of Congress and the Comptroller General at least three days in advance of such sale. | 2025-08-21T20:16:56Z | |
| 104-hr-2930 | 104 | hr | 2930 | Notch Fairness Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1996-02-01 | 1996-02-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1] | WI | R | N000054 | 8 | Notch Fairness Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum old age insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979 and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977. Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55 percent to five percent and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988. Requires actual dependency of a stepchild in order to receive a child's insurance benefit under OASDI. Repeals the benefit eligibility of a stepchild living with the stepparent but not dependent on the stepparent for at least half of his or her support. Terminates a child's insurance benefit based upon the work income of a stepparent six months after the month in which the Commissioner of Social Security receives formal notification of the divorce of such stepparent from the natural parent of the child. Prohibits payment of OASDI disability benefits if alcoholism or drug addiction would be a contributing factor material to the Commissioner's determination that such individual is disabled. Requires the payment of disability benefits to a representative payee if the Commissioner determines that a disabled individual also has an alcoholism or drug addition condition that prevents the individual from managing such benefits. Directs the Commissioner to refer an individual with such a condition to the appropriate State agency administering the plan for substance abuse treatment services under the Public Health Service Act. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to make the same requirements with respect to SSI beneficiaries. Appropriates funds for FY 1997 and 1998 for supplemental funding of State and tribal alcohol and subst… | 2025-08-21T20:16:59Z | |
| 104-hr-2952 | 104 | hr | 2952 | Individual Social Security Retirement Account Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1996-02-01 | 1996-02-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 4 | Individual Social Security Retirement Account Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the social security taxes on employees and employers by the authorized tax reduction for any calendar year under this Act. Defines the "authorized tax reduction" under the Code as half the sum of the excess of the total unadjusted Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) tax rate over the adjusted cost rate, plus the value of certain projected receipts for such calendar year of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to determine, according to specified formulae, and publish by November 1 of each calendar year, the total unadjusted OASI rate and the adjusted cost rate for the following calendar year. Reduces the self-employment tax by the authorized tax reduction for such tax, defined as the full sum of the excess of the total unadjusted OASI tax rate over the adjusted cost rate, plus the value of certain projected receipts for such calendar year of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to reduce an individual's monthly OASDI benefit by the authorized benefit reduction, determined according to a specified formula. Amends OASDI to require employers to have in effect a social security payroll deduction plan for employees. Requires such plan to provide for employers to deduct the prescribed social security employee contribution for transfer, together with the prescribed social security employer contribution, to an individual social security retirement account of the employee. Requires self-employed individuals to pay into such accounts the prescribed social security self-employment contribution. Sets forth penalties for failure to establish deduction plans, make appropriate deductions, and pay deductions and contributions into social security retirement accounts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require amounts deducted from employee wage… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-2953 | 104 | hr | 2953 | Personal Investment Plan Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1996-02-01 | 1996-02-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 1 | Personal Investment Plan Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require covered employers to have a plan for withholding certain contributions from the wages of their eligible employees electing to participate for investment according to the individual employee's personal investment plan. Defines personal investment plan as: (1) any personal investment retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits in the Personal Investment Fund, established in the Treasury by this Act; or (2) any individual retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits and administered or issued by a bank. Requires the Personal Investment Fund to be governed by a Personal Investment Fund Board under a system similar to the Thrift Savings Program for Federal employees. Covers self-employed individuals. Specifies reduced social security tax rates for participating employees and self-employed individuals. Sets forth civil penalties for employers who fail to establish a personal investment payroll deduction plan or observe certain requirements with respect to it. Provides for adjustments to primary insurance amounts under the OASDI program. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-2915 | 104 | hr | 2915 | Work Opportunity Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1996-01-31 | 1996-02-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. | House | Rep. Hayes, James A. [R-LA-7] | LA | R | H000390 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Subtitle D: National Commission on the Future of Disability Subtitle E: State Supplementation Programs Subtitle F: Retirement Age Eligibility Title III: Food Stamp Program Subtitle A: Food Stamp Reform Subtitle B: Anti-Fraud and Trafficking Title IV: Child Nutrition Programs Subtitle A: Reimbursement Rates Subtitle B: Grant Programs Subtitle C: Other Amendments Subtitle D: Reauthorization Title V: Noncitizens Title VI: Child Care Title VII: Protection of Battered Individuals Title VIII: Adoption Expenses Title IX: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support Subtitle I: Enhancing Responsibility and Opportunity for Nonresidential Parents Subtitle J: Effect of Enactment Title X: Reform of Public Housing Title XI: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Subtitle A: General Program Subtitle B: Community-Based Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Grants Subtitle C: Family Violence Prevention and Services Subtitle D: Adoption Opportunities Subtitle E: Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1986 Su… | 2025-08-21T20:16:35Z | |
| 104-s-1470 | 104 | s | 1470 | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-12-12 | 1995-12-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 282. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 8 | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1995 - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide, through adjustments in the monthly exempt amount, for increases in the amounts of allowable earnings under the social security earnings limit for individuals who have attained retirement age. Retains the current limit on substantial gainful activity earnings applicable to individuals under age 65 who are eligible for disability benefits based on blindness. (Sec. 3) Provides that an individual shall not be considered to be disabled for OASDI purposes, or for supplemental security income (SSI) purposes under SSA title XVI (thus denying them benefits), if alcoholism or drug addiction would be a contributing factor material to the determination of disability. (Continues disability benefits based on a separate disabling condition to individuals also disabled by drug addiction or alcoholism.) Requires the payment of OASDI or SSI benefits based on disability to a representative payee if such payment would serve the interest of an individual who also has an alcoholism or drug addiction condition that prevents the individual from managing such benefits. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner) to refer such individual to the appropriate State agency administering the approved State plan for substance abuse treatment services. Appropriates additional specified amounts to supplement State and Tribal alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs funded under the Public Health Service Act. Requires State or Tribal governments receiving such an allotment to consider as priorities activities relating to the treatment of the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. (Sec. 4) Bases entitlement of stepchildren to child's insurance benefits solely on their actual dependency on stepparent support. Repeals the requirement that the stepchild actually be living with the stepparent. Requires termination of any child's insurance benefits based on the wages … | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-s-1466 | 104 | s | 1466 | Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-12-11 | 1995-12-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 2 | Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1995 - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Benefits) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide, through adjustments in the monthly exempt amount, for increases in the amounts of allowable earnings under the Social Security earnings limit for individuals who have attained retirement age. Retains the current limit on substantial gainful activity earnings applicable to individuals under age 65 who are eligible for disability benefits based on blindness. (Sec. 3) Establishes a Continuing Disability Review Administration Revolving Account for OASDI disability benefits in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Directs the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to estimate annually the present value of savings to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund which will accrue for all years as a result of cessation of benefit payments resulting from continuing disability reviews carried out pursuant to specified requirements during the fiscal year. Directs the Managing Trustee to: (1) transfer to the Account from amounts otherwise in the Trust Fund an amount equal to the estimated savings certified by the Chief Actuary; and (2) make available to the Commissioner of Social Security from funds in the Account an amount certified by the Chief Actuary as currently required to meet expenditures necessary to provide for required continuing disability reviews (including expenditures for the cost of staffing, training, purchase of medical and other evidence, and processing related to appeals and overpayments and related indirect costs). Includes under required information in a specified annual report a final accounting of amounts transferred to the Continuing Disability Review Administration Revolving Account in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund during the year, the amount made ava… | 2025-08-21T20:17:04Z | |
| 104-s-1447 | 104 | s | 1447 | Older Americans Act Amendments of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-12-05 | 1995-12-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Performance Partnerships Title II: Other Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 Title III: White House Conference on Aging Older Americans Act Amendments of 1995 - Title I: Performance Partnerships - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) to direct the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging (Assistant Secretary) to negotiate an agreement proposed by each State and included as part of its State plan under OAA's basic State grants program in order to receive its share of program funding that contains certain objectives selected by it for accomplishing the goals of such program and those of the vulnerable elder rights protection program as well. (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to make incentive awards to States which have performed effectively under a performance partnership agreement. (Sec. 103) Requires each State to establish an Advisory Council to: (1) review and comment on the State's proposed agreement; and (2) evaluate and report on the State's performance under the final agreement negotiated with the Assistant Secretary. (Sec. 104) Revises area and State plan provisions, among other changes, incorporating requirements for performance partnerships. Title II: Other Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Reauthorizes, revises, and extends OAA, making various specified changes, technical and otherwise, among other areas with regard to: (1) the National Eldercare Locator Service; (2) the basic State grant program (including providing for the coordination of services for individuals with disabilities under area plans, the transfer of funds between different grant programs, and the availability of disaster relief funds for tribal organizations); (3) the basic authority for research, development, and demonstrations (adding a new overall statement of purpose for such authority, as well as new components for certain centers to improve the quality of services for older individuals and for information dissem… | 2025-08-21T20:16:33Z | |
| 104-s-1440 | 104 | s | 1440 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to increase the earnings limit, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1995-11-30 | 1995-11-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide, through adjustments in the monthly exempt amount, for increases in the amounts of allowable earnings under the social security earnings limit for individuals who have attained retirement age. Subjects such increased amounts to current law cost-of-living adjustment after 2002. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-2684 | 104 | hr | 2684 | Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-11-29 | 1996-03-28 | For Further Action See H.R.3136. | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 96 | Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1995 - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Benefits) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide, through adjustments in the monthly exempt amount, for increases in the amounts of allowable earnings under the Social Security earnings limit for individuals who have attained retirement age. Retains the current limit on substantial gainful activity earnings applicable to individuals under age 65 who are eligible for disability benefits based on blindness. (Sec. 3) Establishes a Continuing Disability Review Administration Revolving Account for OASDI disability benefits in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Directs the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to estimate annually the present value of savings to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund which will accrue for all years as a result of cessation of benefit payments resulting from continuing disability reviews carried out pursuant to specified requirements during the fiscal year. Directs the Managing Trustee to: (1) transfer to the Account from amounts otherwise in the Trust Fund an amount equal to the estimated savings certified by the Chief Actuary; and (2) make available to the Commissioner of Social Security from funds in the Account an amount certified by the Chief Actuary as currently required to meet expenditures necessary to provide for required continuing disability reviews (including expenditures for the cost of staffing, training, purchase of medical and other evidence, and processing related to appeals and overpayments and related indirect costs). Includes under required information in a specified annual report a final accounting of amounts transferred to the Continuing Disability Review Administration Revolving Account in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund during the year, the amount made ava… | 2025-04-07T15:29:51Z | |
| 104-s-1432 | 104 | s | 1432 | Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-11-28 | 1995-11-29 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 252. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1995 - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Benefits) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide, through adjustments in the monthly exempt amount, for increases in the amounts of allowable earnings under the Social Security earnings limit for individuals who have attained retirement age. Retains the current limit on substantial gainful activity earnings applicable to individuals under age 65 who are eligible for disability benefits based on blindness. (Sec. 3) Establishes a Continuing Disability Review Administration Revolving Account for OASDI disability benefits in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Directs the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to estimate annually the present value of savings to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund which will accrue for all years as a result of cessation of benefit payments resulting from continuing disability reviews carried out pursuant to specified requirements during the fiscal year. Directs the Managing Trustee to: (1) transfer to the Account from amounts otherwise in the Trust Fund an amount equal to the estimated savings certified by the Chief Actuary; and (2) make available to the Commissioner of Social Security from funds in the Account an amount certified by the Chief Actuary as currently required to meet expenditures necessary to provide for required continuing disability reviews (including expenditures for the cost of staffing, training, purchase of medical and other evidence, and processing related to appeals and overpayments and related indirect costs). Includes under required information in a specified annual report a final accounting of amounts transferred to the Continuing Disability Review Administration Revolving Account in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund during the year, the amount made ava… | 2025-08-21T20:15:59Z | |
| 104-hr-2668 | 104 | hr | 2668 | Senior Citizens' Right To Work Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-11-20 | 1995-11-30 | For Further Action See H.R.2684. | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 100 | Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1995 - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide, through adjustments in the monthly exempt amount, for increases in the amounts of allowable earnings under the Social Security earnings limit for individuals who have attained retirement age. | 2025-08-21T20:16:23Z | |
| 104-s-1418 | 104 | s | 1418 | Prisoner Fraud Prevention Act | Social Welfare | 1995-11-17 | 1995-11-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 2 | Prisoner Fraud Prevention Act - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide for payments to State and local prisons for monthly reports on the identities of inmates ineligible for benefits, especially those erroneously paid such a benefit. Denies SSI benefits for ten years to a person found to have fraudulently obtained such benefits while in prison. | 2025-08-21T20:14:46Z | |
| 104-hr-2628 | 104 | hr | 2628 | To confirm the President's commitment that the social security trust funds will not be used other than for payment of benefits. | Social Welfare | 1995-11-14 | 1995-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 92 | Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from using amounts held in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or any of the railroad retirement funds and accounts for any purpose other than paying benefits and related administrative expenses from such fund. Authorizes the Secretary to invest amounts credited to any such fund in accordance with normal operating procedures as otherwise provided by law. | 2025-01-02T17:37:23Z | |
| 104-hr-2570 | 104 | hr | 2570 | Older Americans Act of 1996 | Social Welfare | 1995-11-01 | 1996-04-25 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263. | House | Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51] | CA | R | C000994 | 11 | Older Americans Amendments of 1996 - Revises the Older American Community Service Employment Act (OACSE) (renamed the Older American Community Service Employment Act of 1996) and the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) (renamed the Older Americans Act of 1996), of which it is a part, to make the following program reauthorizations, extensions, and other specified changes. (Sec. 3) Reauthorizes and extends the OACSE program, as modified by this Act, through FY 2001, with revisions in the funding allotment formulae for making grants to eligible States and tribal organizations for authorized program projects employing older individuals. Authorizes appropriations. Reauthorizes and extends certain current OAA programs through FY 2001, including supportive services programs designed to provide legal, counseling, outreach, health promotion and disease prevention, and other specified assistance to the aged, as well as nutrition services programs which are combined into a single congregate, home, and adult day care nutrition services program funded from a sole authorization. Modifies such programs, among other things, to authorize States to transfer funds, as appropriate, between the two programs. Eliminates other specified federally structured OAA programs, such as: (1) the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program (thus eliminating the need of States to establish a separate office through which to carry out a long-term care ombudsman program); (2) school-based meals for volunteer older individuals and multigenerational programs; and (3) the in-home services program for frail older individuals, in many cases allowing the States to design their own similar programs, such as State long-term care ombudsman programs, to provide corresponding services according to certain specifications. Authorizes appropriations. Reauthorizes and extends the Administration on Aging (AOA), as modified by this Act, through FY 2001. Authorizes appropriations. Restructures OAA into four main titles on Federal functions, State and local responsibi… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-s-1372 | 104 | s | 1372 | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act | Social Welfare | 1995-10-31 | 1995-11-02 | Committed to Senate Committee on Finance pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Congressional Budget Act. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 3 | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase the monthly exempt amount, under the earnings test, for individuals who have attained retirement age. Sets forth the schedule of monthly adjustments increasing from $1,208 for taxable year 1996 to $2,500 for taxable year 2002. Subjects such increased amounts to current law cost-of-living adjustments after 2002. Requires the Managing Trustee of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to increase by a specified percentage per year the rate of interest borne by public-debt obligations issued for purchase by the OASDI trust funds between September 30, 1995, and October 1, 2002. Provides that each nonexempt account within the discretionary spending category for each of FY 1996 through 2002 shall be reduced, if necessary, by the uniform percentage necessary to offset the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund shortfall resulting from the amendments of this Act increasing the monthly exempt amount. Directs the Comptroller General to analyze and report to the Congress on the dynamic effect of the revision of the social security earnings limit made by this Act and a calculation of its true effect on the Federal budget. | 2025-08-21T20:15:49Z | |
| 104-hconres-109 | 104 | hconres | 109 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for raising the social security earnings limit. | Social Welfare | 1995-10-25 | 1995-10-31 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Hastert, J. Dennis [R-IL-14] | IL | R | H000323 | 13 | States that it is the intent of the Congress that legislation will be passed before the end of 1995 to raise the social security earnings limit for working seniors aged 65 through 69 in a manner which will ensure the financial integrity of the social security trust funds and will be consistent with the goal of achieving a balanced budget in seven years. | 2025-04-07T15:27:00Z | |
| 104-hr-2469 | 104 | hr | 2469 | Wanda Boughton Social Security Original Intent Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-10-11 | 1995-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-9] | TX | R | S000937 | 0 | Wanda Boughton Social Security Original Intent Act of 1995 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual entitled to both OASDI and to widow's and widower's insurance benefits to receive both without reduction in the amount of the widow's or widower's insurance benefit by the amount of the OASDI benefit. | 2025-08-21T20:16:25Z | |
| 104-hr-2387 | 104 | hr | 2387 | To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to regard adult relatives who meet State child protection standards as the preferred placement option for children, and to provide for demonstration projects to test the feasibility of establishing kinship care as an alternative to foster care for a child who has adult relatives willing to provide safe and appropriate care for the child. | Social Welfare | 1995-09-21 | 1995-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that, where appropriate and timely, adult relatives will be involved in child foster care placement determinations, and those who meet relevant State child protection standards will be regarded as the preferred placement option for children; and (2) provide for certain State kinship care demonstration projects as alternatives to foster care for certain eligible children. | 2025-01-02T17:36:56Z | |
| 104-hr-2320 | 104 | hr | 2320 | To provide for the more effective implementation of the prohibition against the payment to prisoners of supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act or monthly insurance benefits under title II of such Act, and to deny such supplemental security income benefits for 10 years to a person found to have fraudulently obtained such benefits while in prison. | Social Welfare | 1995-09-13 | 1995-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] | CA | R | H000528 | 180 | Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide for payments to State and local prisons for monthly reports on the identities of inmates ineligible for benefits, especially those erroneously paid such a benefit. Denies SSI benefits for ten years to a person found to have fraudulently obtained such benefits while in prison. | 2025-01-02T17:36:57Z | |
| 104-hr-2312 | 104 | hr | 2312 | Social Security Information Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-09-12 | 1995-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] | NY | D | S000480 | 1 | Social Security Information Act of 1995 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for annual distribution of social security account statements, including specified information, to eligible individuals regardless of whether or not they have been requested. | 2025-08-21T20:14:19Z | |
| 104-hr-2288 | 104 | hr | 2288 | To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend for 2 years the deadline by which States are required to have in effect an automated data processing and information retrieval system for use in the administration of State plans for child and spousal support. | Social Welfare | 1995-09-08 | 1995-10-12 | Became Public Law No: 104-35. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] | FL | R | S000303 | 12 | Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend for two years the deadline by which States are required to have in effect an automated data processing and information retrieval system for use in the administration of State plans for child and spousal support. | 2025-04-07T15:28:53Z | |
| 104-s-1207 | 104 | s | 1207 | Family Reconciliation Act | Social Welfare | 1995-09-06 | 1995-09-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 0 | Family Reconciliation Act - Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act with regard to family preservation and support services to create certain set-asides for States with approved family reconciliation plans which require a minimum 60-day waiting period and participation in counseling programs before final dissolution of a marriage involving one or more children under age 12. Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to prohibit the use of funds under that Act for legal assistance in certain actions relating to divorces or separations except where there is court-determined spousal abuse. | 2025-08-21T20:16:07Z | |
| 104-s-1212 | 104 | s | 1212 | Assets for Independence Act | Social Welfare | 1995-09-06 | 1995-09-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 5 | Assets for Independence Act - Provides for the establishment of demonstration projects designed to determine: (1) the social, civic, psychological, and economic effects of providing to individuals and families with limited means an incentive to accumulate assets; (2) the extent to which an asset-based welfare policy that promotes saving for education, homeownership, and microenterprises may be used to enable individuals and families with low income to achieve economic self-sufficiency; and (3) the extent to which an asset-based welfare policy improves the community in which participating individuals and families live. Requires each qualified not-for-profit organization or State or local government agency receiving a grant to establish a Reserve Fund. Makes an individual eligible for assistance under a demonstration project if such individual is a member of a household that meets certain income and net worth tests. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for contributions made to an individual development account by or on behalf of a qualified individual to pay qualified expenses of such individual. Limits such contributions to $2,000 per year. Defines qualified expenses as those for: (1) postsecondary educational expenses; (2) a first-home purchase; and (3) business capitalization. Excludes distributions from such an account for such purposes from gross income. Makes such accounts exempt from tax, except the tax on unrelated business income of charitable, etc. organizations. Disregards funds in an individual development account of a demonstration project participant for purposes of all means-tested Federal programs. | 2025-08-21T20:16:33Z | |
| 104-s-1218 | 104 | s | 1218 | Community Partnership Act | Social Welfare | 1995-09-06 | 1995-09-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 0 | Community Partnership Act - Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to jointly establish a State grant program for an information network for matching nonviolent criminal offenders and, on a voluntary basis, welfare families as well, with churches, synagogues, and other religious groups. Authorizes appropriations, earmarking a specified amount for information clearinghouses at the Departments of Justice and of HHS, respectively, to assist States in carrying out such programs. | 2025-08-21T20:16:48Z | |
| 104-sres-165 | 104 | sres | 165 | A resolution commending the 60th anniversary of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1995-08-11 | 1995-08-11 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S12518) | Senate | Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] | OR | R | P000009 | 1 | Commends the Social Security Act on its 60th anniversary. | 2025-04-07T15:23:12Z | |
| 104-s-1117 | 104 | s | 1117 | Work First Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-08-03 | 1995-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 17 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Temporary Employment Assistance Title II: Work First Employment Block Grant Title III: Supporting Work Title IV: Ending the Cycle of Intergenerational Dependency Title V: Interstate Child Support Responsibility Subtitle A: Improvements to the Child Support Collection System Subtitle B: Effect of Enactment Title VI: Supplemental Security Income Reform Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: Study of Disability Determination Process Subtitle D: National Commission on the Future of Disability Title VII: Provisions Relating to Sponsors Title VIII: Food Stamp Program Integrity and Reform Title IX: Effective Date; Miscellaneous Provisions Work First Act of 1995 - Title I: Temporary Employment Assistance - Replaces the current Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with a Temporary Employment Assistance (TEA) program for the purpose of providing assistance to families with needy children and assisting parents of such children to obtain and retain private sector work to the extent possible, and public sector or volunteer work if necessary, through the Work First Employment Block Grant (WORK) program. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 101) Sets forth the elements for State TEA plans to be approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including limits on the length of time for cash assistance, with specified exceptions for teen parents and individuals exempt from certain work requirements under this title because of illness or other specified reasons. Includes among such elements requirements for the State to assess the skills, prior work experience, and employability of each parent applicant and develop a parent empowerment contract setting forth their job search, work-, and education-related obligations (includi… | 2025-08-21T20:14:24Z | |
| 104-s-1120 | 104 | s | 1120 | Work Opportunity Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-08-03 | 1995-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 32 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Title II: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle A: Eligibility Restrictions Subtitle B: Benefits for Disabled Children Subtitle C: Studies Regarding Supplemental Security Income Program Subtitle D: National Commission on the Future of Disability Subtitle E: State Supplementation Programs Title III: Food Stamp Reform Subtitle A: Food Stamp Reform Subtitle B: Anti-Fraud and Trafficking Title IV: Child Nutrition Programs Subtitle A: Reimbursement Rates Subtitle B: Grant Programs Subtitle C: Other Amendments Subtitle D: Reauthorization Title V: Noncitizens Title VI: Child Care Title VII: Workforce Development and Workforce Preparation Activities Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Statewide Workforce Development Systems Subtitle C: Job Corps and Other Workforce Preparation Activities for At-Risk Youth Subtitle D: Transition Provisions Subtitle E: National Activities Subtitle F: Repeals of Employment and Training and Vocational and Adult Education Programs Title VIII: Workforce Development-Related Activities Subtitle A: Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Subtitle B: Amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act Title IX: Child Support Subtitle A: Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments Subtitle B: Locate and Case Tracking Subtitle C: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures Subtitle D: Paternity Establishment Subtitle E: Program Administration and Funding Subtitle F: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders Subtitle G: Enforcement of Support Orders Subtitle H: Medical Support… | 2025-08-21T20:16:16Z | |
| 104-hr-2167 | 104 | hr | 2167 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200. | Social Welfare | 1995-08-02 | 1995-08-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 46 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a Federal or State pension plan. | 2025-01-02T17:36:45Z | |
| 104-hres-209 | 104 | hres | 209 | Honoring the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program upon the 60th anniversary of the enactment of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1995-08-02 | 1995-08-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act should be maintained and that any changes to the program should be made only to preserve benefits and strengthen the long-term solvency and integrity of the program. | 2025-01-02T17:33:20Z | |
| 104-hr-2056 | 104 | hr | 2056 | Older Americans Act Amendments of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-07-18 | 1995-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Performance Partnerships Title II: Other Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 Title III: White House Conference on Aging Older Americans Act Amendments of 1995 - Title I: Performance Partnerships - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) to direct the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging (Assistant Secretary) to negotiate an agreement proposed by each State and included as part of its State plan under OAA's basic State grants program in order to receive its share of program funding that contains certain objectives selected by it for accomplishing the goals of such program and those of the vulnerable elder rights protection program as well. (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to make incentive awards to States which have performed effectively under a performance partnership agreement. (Sec. 103) Requires each State to establish an Advisory Council to: (1) review and comment on the State's proposed agreement; and (2) evaluate and report on the State's performance under the final agreement negotiated with the Assistant Secretary. (Sec. 104) Revises area and State plan provisions, among other changes, incorporating requirements for performance partnerships. Title II: Other Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Reauthorizes, revises, and extends OAA, making various specified changes, technical and otherwise, among other areas with regard to: (1) the National Eldercare Locator Service; (2) the basic State grant program (including providing for the coordination of services for individuals with disabilities under area plans, the transfer of funds between different grant programs, and the availability of disaster relief funds for tribal organizations); (3) the basic authority for research, development, and demonstrations (adding a new overall statement of purpose for such authority, as well as new components for certain centers to improve the quality of services for older individuals and for information disse… | 2025-08-21T20:16:59Z | |
| 104-hr-1974 | 104 | hr | 1974 | SSI Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-06-30 | 1995-07-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | B000220 | 19 | SSI Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1995 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require periodic reapplications with respect to continued receipt of SSI benefits by reason of disability; (2) strike certain restrictions regarding determination of SSI ineligibility; and (3) modify criteria regarding mental impairments. | 2025-08-21T20:14:04Z | |
| 104-hconres-78 | 104 | hconres | 78 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that Social Security should be maintained and protected. | Social Welfare | 1995-06-21 | 1995-06-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 42 | Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) Social Security should be maintained; and (2) any changes to the program should be made only to preserve benefits and strengthen its long-term solvency and integrity. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-hconres-75 | 104 | hconres | 75 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that Social Security should be maintained and protected. | Social Welfare | 1995-06-14 | 1995-06-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) social security should be maintained; and (2) reforms should be made not to pay for tax cuts or meet short-term budget targets, but only to strengthen and preserve the long-term integrity of the program. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-s-842 | 104 | s | 842 | Individual Accountability Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-05-23 | 1995-09-19 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13749-13750) | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 6 | Individual Accountability Act of 1995 - Amends title IV part A (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act to replace the AFDC program with a plan that consolidates and funnels funding directly to the States ("block grants"), provided that: (1) adult beneficiaries of the State assistance programs work; and (2) specified State child support and paternity establishment programs are in operation. Limits the amount of the block grants, prohibits the use of funds for medical services, and permits the redirection of a specified percentage of a State's funds for: (1) supplemental security income for the aged, blind, and disabled; (2) medical assistance programs; (3) food assistance; and (4) elementary and secondary education. Establishes specified accounting and reporting requirements, and requires that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General alone supervise and regulate the administration of the block grants. Requires that State assistance be administered without discrimination on the basis of disability, sex, race, color, or national origin. Makes religious groups eligible to provide assistance to the needy using block grant funds so long as they do not deny assistance benefits on the basis of religion. Prohibits certain State and Federal requirements with respect to such religious organizations. | 2025-08-21T20:15:20Z | |
| 104-s-845 | 104 | s | 845 | Supplemental Social Security Income Flexibility Act of 1995 | Social Welfare | 1995-05-23 | 1995-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 6 | Supplemental Social Security Income Flexibility Act of 1995 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to add a new part, Part C: Block Grants to States for Supplemental Security Income for the Disabled and Blind. States that the purpose of this part is to consolidate Federal SSI assistance to the States into a single grant, thereby giving States maximum flexibility to make State-specific requirements for individuals receiving benefits. Identifies certain requirements, including those relating to school attendance, immunizations, drug abuse, illegal aliens, and charitable, religious, and nonprofit organizations. Caps SSI spending levels. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to supervise the amounts received under Part C. | 2025-08-21T20:14:38Z |
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