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| 113-s-3003 | 113 | s | 3003 | Protecting Social Security Disability Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] | OK | R | C000560 | 0 | Protecting Social Security Disability Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old, Age and Survivors Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to revise the Disability Insurance program to declare any individual who is entitled to both an old-age insurance benefit and a disability insurance benefit for a month to be entitled only to the old-age insurance benefit for that month, except those whose medical improvement is not expected. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to establish a system for classifying any individual who is determined to be entitled to disability insurance benefits or to monthly OASDI benefits in a specified manner on the basis of the expectation of medical improvement. Revises continuing disability review standards. Time-limits disability benefits for certain individuals. Prohibits age from being considered a vocational factor for any individual who has not attained the age 12 years below the retirement age. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require all W-2s to be submitted electronically, with a hardship exception for certain small businesses. Amends SSAct title II to: (1) eliminate the reconsideration review level for an initial adverse determination of an application for disability insurance benefits, and (2) require any such determination to be reviewed before an administrative law judge (ALJ). Modifies the deadline for the submission of medical evidence. Directs the Commissioner to establish: (1) disability hearing attorney positions within the Office of Appellate Operations of the Social Security Administration (SSA), as well as (2) procedural rules for hearings. Requires attorneys to certify to the Commissioner that they have never been disbarred or suspended from any court or relinquished a license in the face of a misconduct investigation. Subjects ALJs to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. Directs the Commissioner to ensure that all ALJs within the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review receive training on how to evaluate medical eviden… | 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z | |
| 113-sres-599 | 113 | sres | 599 | A resolution recognizing the 100-year anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania. | Social Welfare | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6698; text as passed Senate: CR S6631) | Senate | Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] | PA | R | T000461 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the 100-year anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-hres-771 | 113 | hres | 771 | Recognizing the 100-year anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania. | Social Welfare | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] | PA | D | F000043 | 1 | Recognizes the 100-year anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania. | 2023-01-11T13:25:08Z | |
| 113-hr-5783 | 113 | hr | 5783 | CSA OPPORTUNITY Act | Social Welfare | 2014-12-03 | 2014-12-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 10 | Children's Savings Accounts Offer Parents Plenty of Reasons to Understand and Invest in Tuition Yearly Act or the CSA OPPORTUNITY Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct a state receiving a TANF grant to disregard the value of any interest in, or distribution from, a qualified tuition program, as well as the value of a child's savings account, in determining individual or family TANF eligibility or the amount or type of assistance. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to exclude from an individual's resources for SSI eligibility or benefit purposes the value of any interest in, or distribution from, a qualified tuition program as well as the value of a child's savings account. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exclude any child's savings accounts from resources for eligibility and benefit purposes under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program). Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to exclude from household income any child's savings accounts from resources for eligibility and benefit purposes under the low-income home energy assistance program. Prescribes penalties for noncompliance. | 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z | |
| 113-hr-5774 | 113 | hr | 5774 | No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-12-01 | 2014-12-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 0 | No Social Security Numbers and Benefits for Illegal Aliens Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from assigning a Social Security account number to any individual who, according to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), has been authorized to be employed in the United States in accordance with a certain DHS memorandum dated November 20, 2014, and who would not be so authorized but for that memorandum. Prohibits the payment of OASDI benefits to such individuals. Denies the crediting of quarters of coverage toward benefits for earnings from unauthorized work by an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national and who was not authorized to be employed in the United States. Prohibits counting an individual's annual wages or self-employment income for any year for which no quarter of coverage may be credited. Directs the Commissioner and the Secretary to enter into an agreement to establish a system to transmit to the Secretary any Social Security account number assigned to an individual after the enactment of this Act, as well as other identifying information, in any case in which the individual is not a U.S. citizen or national at the time that number is assigned. | 2023-01-11T13:25:15Z | |
| 113-hres-761 | 113 | hres | 761 | Recognizing the benefits of charitable giving and expressing support for the designation of December 2, 2014, as Giving Tuesday. | Social Welfare | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] | HI | D | G000571 | 7 | Expresses support for the designation of Giving Tuesday and recognizes its lasting impact. | 2023-01-11T13:25:20Z | |
| 113-hr-5739 | 113 | hr | 5739 | No Social Security for Nazis Act | Social Welfare | 2014-11-19 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-270. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 48 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) No Social Security for Nazis Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consider the following individuals to be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act and so to have their OASDI benefits terminated: an individual with respect to whom an order admitting the individual to citizenship has been revoked and set aside where such action is based on conduct relating to participation in Nazi persecution, concealment of a material fact about such conduct, or willful misrepresentation about such conduct; and an individual who, pursuant to a settlement agreement with the Attorney General (AG), has admitted to such conduct and has lost status as a U.S. national by renouncing that status. Requires such individuals to have been considered removed under such Act as of the date of the revocation, setting aside, or renunciation. Prohibits such individuals from receiving other Social Security benefits based on the wages and self-employment income of any other individual. Prohibits the payment to such individuals also of any benefits under SSA tile XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI). Requires the AG or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify the Commissioner of Social Security of such revocations, setting asides, and renunciations of nationality. | 2023-03-22T18:49:21Z | |
| 113-s-2944 | 113 | s | 2944 | No Social Security for Nazis Act | Social Welfare | 2014-11-19 | 2014-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 19 | No Social Security for Nazis Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consider the following individuals to be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act and so to have their OASDI benefits terminated: an individual with respect to whom an order admitting the individual to citizenship has been revoked and set aside where such action is based on conduct relating to participation in Nazi persecution, concealment of a material fact about such conduct, or willful misrepresentation about such conduct; and an individual who, pursuant to a settlement agreement with the Attorney General (AG), has admitted to such conduct and has lost status as a U.S. national by renouncing that status. Requires such individuals to have been considered removed under such Act as of the date of the revocation, setting aside, or renunciation. Prohibits such individuals from receiving other Social Security benefits based on the wages and self-employment income of any other individual. Prohibits the payment to such individuals also of any benefits under SSA tile XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI). Requires the AG or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify the Commissioner of Social Security of such revocations, setting asides, and renunciations of nationality. | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-hr-5715 | 113 | hr | 5715 | Child's Insurance Benefits Improvement Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-11-14 | 2014-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] | PA | D | S001162 | 1 | Child's Insurance Benefits Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to child insurance benefits based on disability, to raise from 22 to 26 the cut-off age for entitlement and re-entitlement to such benefits. Raises from 22 to 26 the cut-off age before which the suspension of disability benefits, based on evidence that the disability has ceased, shall not apply to a full-time student. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to raise from 22 to 26 the cut-off age at which individuals receiving SSI benefits based on blindness or disability cease to be entitled to SSI benefits and become entitled to child's OASDI benefits based on disability. Amends SSA title II to adjust related age limits for calculation of recent work for disability determinations. | 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5697 | 113 | hr | 5697 | Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-11-13 | 2014-11-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] | TX | R | B000755 | 8 | Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to replace the current windfall elimination provision (WEP) (that reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security) for individuals who: (1) become eligible for old-age insurance benefits after 2016 or would attain age 62 after 2016 and become eligible for disability insurance benefits after 2016, (2) subsequently become entitled to such benefits, and (3) have earnings derived from noncovered service performed after 1977. Establishes a new formula for the treatment of noncovered earnings in determining Social Security benefits. Prescribes a second formula to modify WEP for current beneficiaries. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to recover overpayments from certain individuals. | 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z | |
| 113-hr-5706 | 113 | hr | 5706 | Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-11-13 | 2014-11-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | M000087 | 30 | Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 - Makes any participant in Nazi persecution ineligible for: (1) Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (SSA), and (2) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under SSA title XVI. Requires the Attorney General (AG), as soon as practicable after determining that an individual is a participant in Nazi persecution, to notify the Commissioner of Social Security of the individual's identity and residence. Directs the AG, in cooperation with the Commissioner, to report to Congress specified information regarding such individuals. | 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z | |
| 113-s-2920 | 113 | s | 2920 | Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-11-13 | 2014-11-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 4 | Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 - Makes any participant in Nazi persecution ineligible for: (1) Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (SSA), and (2) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under SSA title XVI. Requires the Attorney General (AG), as soon as practicable after determining that an individual is a participant in Nazi persecution, to notify the Commissioner of Social Security of the individual's identity and residence. Directs the AG, in cooperation with the Commissioner, to report to Congress specified information regarding such individuals. | 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z | |
| 113-hr-5571 | 113 | hr | 5571 | 10-20-30 Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] | SC | D | C000537 | 39 | 10-20-30 Act of 2014 - Requires 10% of funds made available in appropriations Acts in FY2015-FY2025 for specified accounts or activities to be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties. Defines "persistent poverty counties" as any county with a poverty rate of at least 20%, as determined in each of the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates of the Bureau of the Census. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5515 | 113 | hr | 5515 | Elder Justice Reauthorization Act | Social Welfare | 2014-09-17 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] | NY | R | K000210 | 10 | Elder Justice Reauthorization Act - Reauthorizes the Elder Justice Act of 2009 and funding for its programs through FY2019. Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reauthorize through FY2019: (1) the National Training Institute for Federal and State Surveyors, and (2) grants by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to state agencies that perform surveys of skilled nursing facilities or nursing facilities. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-hres-729 | 113 | hres | 729 | Expressing support for the designation of September 19, 2014 as National Service Coordinator Day to recognize the value of service coordinators in subsidized and other affordable housing communities for their work to promote and support economic self-sufficiency and independence for low-income families, older Americans, and persons with disabilities. | Social Welfare | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] | OH | R | S001187 | 1 | Supports the designation of National Service Coordinator Day. Recognizes the value of service coordinators in assisting low-income Americans to maintain and maximize their independence and strive toward economic self-sufficiency. | 2023-01-11T13:25:30Z | |
| 113-hr-5306 | 113 | hr | 5306 | Social Security 2100 Act | Social Welfare | 2014-07-31 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | L000557 | 2 | Social Security 2100 Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: increase the primary insurance amount formula factor from 90% to 93% for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2015; revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E); increase the special minimum primary insurance amount (25% above the federal poverty line) for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to increase the gross income threshold for taxation of Social Security benefits from $25,000 to $50,000 for single taxpayers and from $32,000 to $100,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns, beginning in 2015. Amends the IRC and SSA title II to impose the employment tax on all wage income above $400,000, effective in 2015. Requires incremental increases, up to 14.4% in 2037, in the employment and self-employment taxes. Amends SSA title II to include 2% of an individual's excess average indexed monthly earnings (over $400,000 per annum) in the formula for determining primary insurance amounts. Amends IRC to increase the Social Security tax rate on employees and employers and with respect to self-employment income. Amends SSA title II to establish an Independent Social Security Investment Oversight Board to: set up a Common Stock Old-Age Investment Fund in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and a Common Stock Disability Investment Fund in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and prescibe rules for the investment of the Common Stock Investment Funds in common stock. Requires reallocation of a portion of employment tax revenues from the OASDI Trust Fund to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for wages paid after 2014. | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-hr-5352 | 113 | hr | 5352 | Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-07-31 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] | CA | D | L000551 | 38 | Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2014 - Division A: Education - Title I: Strong Start for America's Children - Subtitle A: Access to Voluntary Prekindergarten for Low- and Moderate-Income Families - Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to allot matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs), childhood education program providers, or consortia of those entities to implement high-quality prekindergarten programs for children from low-income families. Allots grants to states based on each state's proportion of children who are age four and who are from families with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level. Defines "high-quality prekindergarten programs." Conditions grant eligibility on a state demonstrating to the Secretary that it: (1) has established or will establish early learning and development standards, (2) has established or will develop the ability to link prekindergarten data with elementary and secondary school data, (3) offers state-funded kindergarten for children, and (4) has established a State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a process to provide Head Start program services to children who are younger than age four in states or regions that provide four-year-olds whose family income is at or below 200% of the poverty level with sustained access to high-quality prekindergarten programs. Subtitle B: Prekindergarten Development Grants - Directs the Secretary to award competitive, matching, capacity-building grants to states that assure that they will use their grant to become eligible, within three years of receiving the grant, for this Act's grants for high-quality prekindergarten programs. Title II: Restoring Summer Pell Grants - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary to award a student two Pell Grants during a single award year if the student is enrolled in an associate or bacca… | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-s-2742 | 113 | s | 2742 | Improving Access to Social Security Services Act | Social Welfare | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 5 | Improving Access to Social Security Services Act - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from imposing any reduction in public access on a Social Security Administration field or hearing office without a public comment period meeting specified deadlines, including at least one public hearing. Requires each field office to provide services necessary for: (1) Social Security number printout services until August 1, 2015, and (2) benefit verification letter services until October 1, 2015. Directs the Commissioner to conduct an outreach campaign to notify Social Security beneficiaries and other interested parties of plans to phase out such services and their online availability. Requires each office that ceases to offer, or reduces the availability of, such services to give notice to key local organizations whose members or patrons may be affected by such cessation or reduction. Requires the Commissioner to establish a system providing live-chat assistance for online users of the Administration website. Directs the Commissioner to establish: (1) a process whereby an eligible individual may apply for a reduction or waiver of Administration service fees, and (2) an automated notification system to alert Social Security beneficiaries of changes made to their information for direct deposit to a financial institution of their Social Security benefits. Prohibits any person from displaying another individual's Social Security number to the general public without the individual's affirmatively expressed consent, or selling or purchasing that number without such consent. Directs the Attorney General to study all uses of Social Security numbers permitted, required, authorized, or excepted under any federal law. Prohibits any person from obtaining an individual's Social Security number for purposes of locating or identifying the individual with the intent to physically injure, harm, or use the identity of the individual for any illegal purpose. Amend… | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-s-2763 | 113 | s | 2763 | Older Americans CARE Act | Social Welfare | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 0 | Older Americans Community Access Revitalization and Education Act or the Older Americans CARE Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) to redefine Aging and Disability Resource Center as a collaborative network that has a no wrong door single entry point system and a comprehensive and integrated program as part of a state system of integrated long-term care (LTC) for individuals with disabilities and older individuals. (Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a "no wrong door single entry point system" is a statewide system to enable consumers to access all LTC services and supports through an agency, organization, coordinated network, or portal giving information on: (1) the availability of such services, (2) how to apply for them, (3) referral services in the community, and (4) financial and functional eligibility for services and supports, including assistance with eligibility assessment processes.) Includes status as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) individual as a factor indicative of greatest social need. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Aging, through a coordinated public education and outreach campaign carried out by the National Eldercare Locator Service, and in coordination with other appropriate federal agencies, to promote: (1) enhanced public awareness of the importance of advance planning for integrated LTC; and (2) the availability of national, state, and local information and resources to assist in such planning, as well as the existence of area agencies and aging service providers to give direct assistance with it. Directs the Assistant Secretary to make grants to states for the modernization of facilities to serve as multipurpose senior centers. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to provide funding through area agencies on aging, and other approved entities, to not-for-profit owners or managers of housing for a pilot project service packaged and targeted for residents of federally assisted housing. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish… | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | |
| 113-hr-5260 | 113 | hr | 5260 | Stop Disability Fraud Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 7 | Stop Disability Fraud Act of 2014 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to take any necessary actions to ensure that cooperative disability investigations units have been established that would cover the country and specified U.S. territories. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the Commissioner, in determining whether an individual is or continues to be under a disability, from considering any evidence furnished by an unlicensed or sanctioned physician physician or health care practitioner. Authorizes the Commissioner to disqualify or suspend immediately from appearing as a claimant representative before the Social Security Administration any individual who has been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude in a federal or state court, or, in the case of an attorney, upon the individual's disbarment from any court or bar. Amends SSA titles II, VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to subject to criminal penalties for fraud any conspiracy to commit specified offenses, and increase criminal as well as civil monetary penalties for certain individuals in positions of trust who commit fraud. Amends SSA title II to direct the Commissioner to establish rules under which fines and other appropriate sanctions may be imposed on claimant representatives for failure to comply with the Commissioner's rules and regulations. Amends SSA title XI to: (1) establish a civil monetary penalty for any claimant representative who knowingly charges for services rendered in excess of the maximum fee prescribed by the Commissioner or allowed by a court; and (2) direct the Commissioner periodically to adjust civil monetary penalty maximum amounts for inflation. Requires federal courts (which currently are merely authorized) to order defendants convicted of Social Security fraud to provide restitution to victims in certain cases. Amends SSA title II to ban any payment of benefit… | 2023-01-11T13:25:55Z | |
| 113-hr-5274 | 113 | hr | 5274 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow voluntary agreements for Social Security and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa. | Social Welfare | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | B001245 | 1 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security, at the request of Guam or American Samoa, to enter into or modify an agreement extending the OASDI insurance system (including coverage, at territorial option, under SSA title XVIII [Medicare]) to services performed by employees of such territories. | 2023-01-11T13:25:55Z | |
| 113-hr-5285 | 113 | hr | 5285 | Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] | PA | R | K000376 | 54 | Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 - Prohibits the federal government, and any state that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA), from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child welfare service provider that declines to provide, facilitate, or refer for a child welfare service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions. Bars such prohibition from applying to SSA requirements that forbid state entities from denying or delaying adoption or foster care placements on the basis of an adoptive parent's or a child's race, color, or national origin. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withhold 15% of the federal funds that a state receives for such programs if the state violates this Act. Allows an aggrieved child welfare service provider to assert such an adverse action violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and to obtain all appropriate relief (including declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs). | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-s-2691 | 113 | s | 2691 | Pay for Performance Act | Social Welfare | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 1 | Pay for Performance Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C (Social Impact Pay for Performance Contracts). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from states or local governments for social impact pay for performance contract projects which produce measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed, high school graduation, and reduction of teen and unplanned pregnancies as well as incidences of child abuse and neglect. Requires applications to include a feasibility study, funded under this Act, which contains specified information. Requires the Secretary to decide whether to enter into such a contract within six months after receiving an application. Requires independent evaluation of a state or local government social impact pay for performance contract project. Makes appropriations for 10 years to carry out this Act. Establishes the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Pay for Performance Contracts. Authorizes the Comptroller General (GAO) to audit the activities of any state, local government, or nongovernment that receives funds under this Act. Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency to consider, in assessing and taking into account the record of a financial institution in meeting the credit needs of its entire community, its investments in social impact pay for performance contract projects. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-s-2706 | 113 | s | 2706 | Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 3 | Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 - Prohibits the federal government, and any state that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA), from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child welfare service provider that declines to provide, facilitate, or refer for a child welfare service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions. Bars such prohibition from applying to SSA requirements that forbid state entities from denying or delaying adoption or foster care placements on the basis of an adoptive parent's or a child's race, color, or national origin. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withhold 15% of the federal funds that a state receives for such programs if the state violates this Act. Allows an aggrieved child welfare service provider to assert such an adverse action violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and to obtain all appropriate relief (including declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs). | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-hr-5243 | 113 | hr | 5243 | Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] | FL | R | D000621 | 2 | Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the payroll tax for individuals who have attained retirement age, and (2) remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. | 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z | |
| 113-hr-5182 | 113 | hr | 5182 | Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-07-23 | 2014-07-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] | CA | D | T000472 | 39 | Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state. Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died. Waives the nine-month marriage requirement to make eligible for widow or widower benefits certain widows or widowers whose marriage to a deceased individual would not have been treated as a marriage for federal law purposes before June 26, 2013. Waives the same requirement for anyone who became a stepchild of the deceased individual as a result of such a marriage. Waives the one-year marriage requirement to make eligible for husband's or wife's OASDI benefits certain husbands and wives whose marriage to an individual would not have been treated as a marriage for federal law purposes before June 26, 2013. Waives the same requirement for anyone who became a stepchild of the individual as a result of such a marriage. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a comprehensive and effective three-year outreach campaign to encourage benefit applications by individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits as a result of changes in law relating to same-sex marriage and occurring on or after June 26, 2013. | 2023-01-11T13:25:57Z | |
| 113-s-2646 | 113 | s | 2646 | Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act | Social Welfare | 2014-07-23 | 2014-10-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 22 | Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act - Title I: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act - Reauthorizes the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act through FY2019, generally at FY2009 levels. (Sec. 103) Modifies the Basic Center Grant (BCG) Program (for short-term emergency shelter and family reunification services to runaway and homeless youth) to require local centers to provide safe shelter and services, including trauma-informed services, for runaway and homeless youth, and (if appropriate) services for their families, including individuals they identify as family. Extends the maximum stay in a BCG shelter from 21 to 30 days, and requires a shelter to provide suicide prevention services. Allows shelter services to include: (1) trauma-informed and gender-responsive services for runaway or homeless youth, including victims of trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation; and (2) an assessment of family engagement in support and reunification (if appropriate), interventions, and services for parents or legal guardians of such youth, or individuals they identify as family. Revises plan applicant record keeping requirements. Requires plan applicants to: (1) provide age, gender, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services to runaway youth; and (2) assist youth in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. (Sec. 104) Revises the Transitional Living Grant (TLG) Program (for longer-term residential services, life skills, education, and employment support to older homeless youth) to require information and counseling services in basic life skills to be age, gender, and linguistically appropriate. Requires TLG plan applicants to provide suicide prevention services, counseling to homeless youth, and aftercare services. Requires a TLG plan to ensure proper referral of homeless youth to mental health services, including programs providing comprehensive services to victims of trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation. Requires plan applicants to provide age, gender, and culturally and linguis… | 2023-01-11T13:25:23Z | |
| 113-hr-5140 | 113 | hr | 5140 | Child Welfare Workforce Partnership Act | Social Welfare | 2014-07-17 | 2014-07-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] | CA | D | B001270 | 4 | Child Welfare Workforce Partnership Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to deem child welfare training expenditures made by public or private nonprofit education institutions to be made by the state if those expenditures would otherwise have been allowable if made by the state claiming federal reimbursement. (Thus allows a state to be federally reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by a nonprofit education institutions in the state.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:58Z | |
| 113-hr-5024 | 113 | hr | 5024 | Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-07-08 | 2014-07-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | L000480 | 41 | Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit, including any lump-sum death payment, payable under OASDI on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual. Deems such an individual to have been paid a wage (according to a specified formula) during each month during which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative without monetary compensation for up to five years of such service. Makes this Act inapplicable in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment if a larger benefit or payment would be payable without its application. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-4964 | 113 | hr | 4964 | Seniors' Access to Social Security Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-06-25 | 2014-06-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] | IA | D | B001259 | 26 | Seniors' Access to Social Security Act of 2014 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to continue to make available at Social Security Administration field offices Social Security number printouts through at least July 31, 2015, and benefit verification letters through at least September 30, 2015. | 2023-01-11T13:26:13Z | |
| 113-hr-4885 | 113 | hr | 4885 | Social Impact Bond Act | Social Welfare | 2014-06-18 | 2014-06-18 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9] | IN | R | Y000064 | 28 | Social Impact Bond Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C (Social Impact Bonds). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to seek proposals from states or local governments for social impact bond projects which produce measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed, high school graduation, and reduction of teen and unplanned pregnancies as well as incidences of child abuse and neglect. Requires applications to include a feasibility study, funded under this Act, which contains specified information. Requires the Secretary to decide whether to enter into such a contract within six months after receiving an application. Makes appropriations for 10 years to carry out this Act. Requires independent evaluation of a state or local government social impact bond project. Establishes the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Bonds. Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency to consider, in assessing and taking into account the record of a financial institution in meeting the credit needs of its entire community, its investments in social impact bond projects. | 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z | |
| 113-hr-4840 | 113 | hr | 4840 | Seniors' Identity Protection Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-06-11 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 1 | Seniors' Identity Protection Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the use of Social Security account numbers on identification cards issued by the U.S. government in connection with benefits under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP). Declares the sense of Congress that private entities should not use Social Security account numbers as a method identifying individuals on documents made available to the public or on personal identification cards. | 2023-01-11T13:26:16Z | |
| 113-s-2453 | 113 | s | 2453 | Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-06-10 | 2014-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014 - Reinstates the 10-year statute of limitations period applicable to the collection of amounts paid to Social Security beneficiaries by administrative offset. (This former statute of limitations was repealed effective May 22, 2008.) Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disabillity Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to overpayments under OASDI or SSA title XVI (Supplementary Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI), to prevent the recovery of any such overpayments made to or on behalf of individuals under age 18 by shielding such individuals from liability for the repayment of such amounts. | 2023-01-11T13:26:08Z | |
| 113-s-2455 | 113 | s | 2455 | Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act | Social Welfare | 2014-06-10 | 2014-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 1 | Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to entitle divorced spouses to OASDI benefits after 5 (currently 10) years of marriage. Makes the monthly divorced spouse's benefits equal to one-half of the former spouse's primary insurance amount, reduced 10% for each year less than 10 the individual was married to the former spouse. Revises the widow's or widower's insurance benefit for any month to equal the greater of: (1) the primary insurance amount of a deceased individual (as under current law); or (2) in the case of a fully-insured widow or surviving divorced spouse, 75% of the sum of any old-age or disability insurance benefit to which the widow, widower, or surviving divorced spouse is entitled plus the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual. Reduces a widow's or widower's insurance benefits for any month if that individual is also entitled to an old age or disability insurance benefit greater than the widow's or widower's insurance benefit. Sets the benefit in such a case at the level of the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual. Amends SSA title II and the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend benefits for full-time students up to age 23 (currently age 19) who are enrolled at an educational institution. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an OASDI surtax of: (1) 2% on an employee's income over $400,000 and 2% on the employer, and (2) 4% on an individual's self-employment income over $400,000. Adjusts the $400,0000 threshold each year according to a specified indexing formula. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to apply a similar 2% additional tier 1 tax on railroad employees earning over $400,000 as well as 2% on their railroad employers. Imposes a 4% additional tier 1 tax on representatives of railroad employees earning over $400,000. Specifies a formula to index the $400,000 annually after 2015. Amends SSA title II to: (1) include 2% of the in… | 2023-01-11T13:26:08Z | |
| 113-hr-4786 | 113 | hr | 4786 | Social Security Commission Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-05-30 | 2014-05-30 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | D000620 | 7 | Social Security Commission Act of 2014 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency to make recommendations to Congress, including proposed legislation, for achieving solvency in the Social Security trust funds for a period of at least 75 years. Requires expedited consideration of any proposed legislation approving Commission recommendations. | 2023-01-11T13:26:25Z | |
| 113-hr-4731 | 113 | hr | 4731 | Welfare Reform Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-05-22 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] | OH | R | J000289 | 13 | Welfare Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to declare that it should be the purpose of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to increase employment, encourage healthy marriage, and promote prosperous self-sufficiency, which means the ability of households to maintain an income above the poverty level without services and benefits from the federal government. Declares that food or a food product shall be considered a food under such Act only if it is a bare essential (as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture [USDA]). Defines "able-bodied, work capable adult" and "physically or mentally incapable of work." Prescribes additional conditions of participation, denying SNAP eligibility, for instance, to any able-bodied, work-capable adult who: (1) refuses to register for employment or without good cause accept an offer of employment at a certain wage, (2) refuses without good cause to give a state agency sufficient information of his or her employment status or job availability, (3) voluntarily quits a job or reduces work effort below 30 hours a week unless another adult in the same family unit increases employment to make up the difference, or (4) is on strike because of a labor dispute other than a lockout. Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for students with dependent children. Denies SNAP eligibility to members of a program-eligible family required by the state agency to participate in work activation unless the relevant one or more adults in such family comply with the work activation standards. Terminates benefits for all family members for failure to participate in work activation during a given month. Prescribes work activation standards for a family unit with adult members required to participate in work activation. Gives states the option to require greater amounts of work activations for work capable family units. Requires each state participating in SNAP to carry out a work activation program whose goals are to: (1) encourag… | 2023-01-11T13:26:26Z | |
| 113-hres-594 | 113 | hres | 594 | Recognizing Older Americans Month. | Social Welfare | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] | OR | D | B001278 | 3 | Recognizes Older Americans Month. | 2023-01-11T13:26:23Z | |
| 113-s-2382 | 113 | s | 2382 | Fair Raises for Seniors Act | Social Welfare | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 0 | Fair Raises for Seniors Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) that indicates the average change over time in the prices paid by individuals in the United States who are age 62 and older for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPI-E the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from wages for purposes of employment and self-employment taxes (under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act [FICA] for OASDI insurance): (1) any remuneration up to $250,000 of the amount of the contribution and benefit base, and (2) only so much of that remuneration that is less than $250,000. Amends SSA title II to include 1% or $1,000 (whichever is less) of surplus average indexed monthly earnings in the determination of primary OASDI amounts. | 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z | |
| 113-sres-455 | 113 | sres | 455 | A resolution designating May 2014 as "Older Americans Month". | Social Welfare | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3308-3309; text as passed Senate: CR S3299) | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates May 2014 as Older Americans Month. | 2019-03-03T03:49:17Z | |
| 113-hr-4664 | 113 | hr | 4664 | Social Security and Marriage Equality Act | Social Welfare | 2014-05-15 | 2014-05-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 51 | Social Security and Marriage Equality Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state. Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died. | 2023-01-11T13:26:28Z | |
| 113-s-2336 | 113 | s | 2336 | Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-05-14 | 2014-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 1 | Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the payroll tax for individuals who have attained retirement age, and (2) remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. | 2023-01-11T13:26:21Z | |
| 113-hr-4636 | 113 | hr | 4636 | Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-05-09 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] | CA | D | B001270 | 45 | Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2014 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that the state plan under the Act certifies that the state has in effect and is enforcing a state law, or is operating a statewide program, relating to child abuse and neglect that includes provisions and procedures requiring: (1) identification and assessment of reports involving child trafficking, and (2) training child protective services workers about identifying and providing services for such children. | 2023-01-11T13:26:29Z | |
| 113-hr-4617 | 113 | hr | 4617 | School Attendance Improves Lives Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-05-08 | 2014-05-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] | NY | R | R000585 | 6 | School Attendance Improves Lives Act of 2014 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to condition SSI benefits for disabled children aged 16 or 17 on school attendance, except where the Commissioner of Social Security determines that the individual has good medical cause to not attend school for part or all of a month. | 2023-01-11T13:26:29Z | |
| 113-s-2305 | 113 | s | 2305 | Social Security and Marriage Equality Act | Social Welfare | 2014-05-08 | 2014-05-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 8 | Social Security and Marriage Equality Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state. Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died. | 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z | |
| 113-hr-4583 | 113 | hr | 4583 | SSI Savers Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-05-06 | 2014-05-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] | MA | D | T000465 | 8 | SSI Savers Act of 2014 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase resource limits for aged, blind, or disabled individuals who do not have an eligible spouse; (2) require an inflation adjustment for such individuals, regardless of whether a spouse is eligible; (3) provide a limited exclusion from resources of certain deferred compensation and education savings arrangements; (4) set forth income rules imputing income from certain deferred compensation arrangements; and (5) eliminate the requirement that SSI recipients apply for periodic payments from certain deferred compensation arrangements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:31Z | |
| 113-hr-4401 | 113 | hr | 4401 | Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act | Social Welfare | 2014-04-04 | 2014-04-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] | OR | D | S001180 | 1 | Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security, if the Commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the representative payee for an individual has died, has misused any individual's benefit, or has otherwise become unable or unwilling to continue as a representative payee, to: (1) revoke immediately certification for payment of the individual's benefits to such representative payee; (2) certify payment of such benefits, on a permanent or temporary basis, to a qualified organization to serve as a substitute representative payee; or (3) certify payments of such benefits to the individual directly if it would serve the individual's interests. Prohibits the deferral of benefits payments directly to an individual during the selection of a substitute representative payee in any case in which a representative payee has previously been designated for the individual. | 2023-01-11T13:26:40Z | |
| 113-sres-406 | 113 | sres | 406 | A resolution designating April 4, 2014, as "National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day". | Social Welfare | 2014-03-31 | 2014-03-31 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1880; text as passed Senate: CR S1873) | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates April 4, 2014, as National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day. | 2019-02-20T12:28:44Z | |
| 113-hr-4294 | 113 | hr | 4294 | Children First Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-03-25 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14] | NY | D | C001038 | 1 | Children First Act of 2014 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) exclude child care assistance from the determination of the five-year limit on assistance under TANF, and (2) increase funding for child care. Requires the plans submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) by eligible states to contain provisions for certification of procedures to ensure that child care providers comply with applicable state or local health and safety standards. Increases from 6 to 13 the maximum age allowed of a child under the care of a single custodial parent or other individual with custody who will not be subject to a reduction or termination of TANF assistance as a result of a refusal of the individual to engage in work. Subjects to the individual and case data reporting requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 any TANF funds expended for child care, whether or not transferred to that Act, and exempts such funds from SSA reporting requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z | |
| 113-hres-519 | 113 | hres | 519 | Supporting the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day. | Social Welfare | 2014-03-13 | 2014-03-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] | CA | D | L000551 | 36 | Supports the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day. | 2023-01-11T13:26:47Z | |
| 113-sres-386 | 113 | sres | 386 | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day. | Social Welfare | 2014-03-13 | 2014-03-13 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1663) | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 8 | Supports the goals and ideals of National Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day. | 2023-01-11T13:26:43Z | |
| 113-hr-4206 | 113 | hr | 4206 | HAND UP Act | Social Welfare | 2014-03-11 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] | NY | R | R000585 | 5 | Help Americans in Need Develop Their Ultimate Potential Act or HAND UP Act - Establishes a framework for the head of a state entity or of a sub-state entity administering two or more qualified federal programs to participate in a demonstration project, approved by the administering Secretary, that supports individuals and families with the goal of moving them towards self-sufficiency, reducing welfare dependence, and increasing work and earnings. Authorizes the administering Secretary to waive program requirements for purposes of the demonstration. Specifies as qualified federal programs: (1) the TANF program under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA), (2) the Block Grants to States for Social Services under SSA title XX, (3) activities funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, (4) activities funded under the United States Housing Act of 1937, and (5) the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require an annual public housing agency plan for a public housing agency to contain certain demonstration project application information. | 2023-01-11T13:26:51Z | |
| 113-s-2089 | 113 | s | 2089 | Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-03-06 | 2014-03-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 2 | Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to increase from $240 to $1,320 (increased for inflation each calendar year after 2015) the first amount of general income per year excluded in determining SSI program eligibility. Increases from: (1) $780 to $4,284 (similarly increased) the first amount of earned income similarly excluded (including for a blind or disabled individual [or spouse] under age 65), (2) $3,000 to $15,000 in calendar year 2015 (increased for inflation) the resource limit for couples, and (3) $2,000 to $10,000 in calendar year 2015 (similarly increased) for individuals without a spouse. Prescribes an inflation adjustment in benefits in any calendar year after 2015. Removes support and maintenance furnished in kind from determination of unearned income. Repeals the administrative penalty that renders individuals (and spouses) ineligible for SSI for a certain period of time if after the look-back date (usually 36 months preceding their application for SSI) they dispose of their resources for less than market value. | 2023-01-11T13:26:46Z | |
| 113-hr-4137 | 113 | hr | 4137 | Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act | Social Welfare | 2014-03-04 | 2014-09-17 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] | WA | R | R000578 | 18 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state receiving a TANF grant to maintain policies and practices necessary to prevent assistance under the TANF program from being used in any electronic benefit transfer (via a card) at any establishment that offers marijuana for sale. | 2023-01-11T13:25:40Z | |
| 113-hr-4142 | 113 | hr | 4142 | No Welfare for Weed Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-03-04 | 2014-04-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | G000565 | 8 | No Welfare for Weed Act of 2014 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude marijuana products from the definition of food which may be purchased under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program). Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state receiving a TANF grant to maintain policies and practices necessary to prevent assistance under the TANF program from being used in any electronic benefit transfer (via a card) at any establishment that offers marijuana for sale. | 2023-01-11T13:26:52Z | |
| 113-hr-4122 | 113 | hr | 4122 | Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-02-28 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] | OR | D | B001278 | 22 | Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) and funding for its programs for FY2014-FY2018. Makes it an objective of such Act the acquiring for older individuals of high-quality services in a manner that is culturally and linguistically responsive to such individuals and family caregivers. Includes older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) individuals within the purview of such Act and specifically among certain reporting requirements. Requires the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs (in the Administration on Aging [AOA] of the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]) to collect, analyze, and report on best practices related to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in long-term care facilities. Requires the Assistant Secretary for Aging of the AOA to: (1) focus on the health and economic needs and welfare of older individuals; (2) conduct studies and collect data to determine the services that are needed by LGBT older individuals; (3) ensure that authorized programs include appropriate training in the prevention of abuse, neglect, and exploitation and provision of services that address elder justice and the exploitation of older individuals; and (4) establish and operate a National Resource Center for Women and Retirement, a National Adult Protective Services Resource Center, and a National Resource Center on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Aging. Establishes an Advisory Committee to Assess, Coordinate, and Improve Legal Assistance Activities to study the legal services activities assistance system for older individuals. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018, and revises requirements for, the AOA, the Eldercare Locator Service, pension counseling and information programs, supportive services, congregate nutrition services, disease prevention and health promotion services, family caregiver support, the nutrition services incentive program, the Community Service Senior Opportunity Act, grants for N… | 2023-01-11T13:26:57Z | |
| 113-hr-4111 | 113 | hr | 4111 | Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-02-27 | 2014-02-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 2 | Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 - Requires the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration to increase the number of cooperative disability investigative (CDI) units to 54 and distribute them equally among the most densely populated areas. Prohibits the Commissioner of Social Security, in determining whether an individual is under a disability for insurance benefit payment purposes, from considering: (1) an individual as approaching advanced age unless he or she has attained age 58; (2) an individual as having attained advanced age unless he or she has attained age 61; and (3) the individual's inability to communicate in English as a vocational factor. Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate consideration of the combined effect of impairments in disability determinations. Makes appropriations for continuing disability reviews for FY2014-FY2018. Directs the Commissioner to assess for Congress after FY2018 the amount of savings attained as a result of such appropriations in the federal disability program under SSA title II and the SSI program. Requires the Commissioner to describe for Congress the designs of: (1) a disability demonstration program, (2) a state demonstration program to revise specified existing funding streams for specific populations to improve outcomes and reduce participation in SSI or Social Security disability insurance, and (3) a demonstration program that encourages employers to reduce the incidence of disability among their employees by 20% through a voluntary program that provides the employers with a tax credit if their employees do not file for Social Security disability insurance. | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-hr-4090 | 113 | hr | 4090 | Social Security Fraud and Error Prevention Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-26 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34] | CA | D | B000287 | 7 | Social Security Fraud and Error Prevention Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to appropriate from the Social Security Trust Funds to the Social Security Administration for each fiscal year beginning FY2015 amounts for specified fraud and error prevention activities. Prescribes a formula for the calculation of such amounts, which include fines and civil monetary penalties recovered. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to: (1) report to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a plan for conducting fraud and error prevention activities; (2) take any necessary actions to ensure that cooperative disability investigations (CDI) units have been established for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories; (3) conduct quality reviews in certain cases with respect to decisions in connection with the application for benefits under this title and SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI), in a sufficient number to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and other guidance issued by the Commissioner; (4) report annually to Congress the total number of cases selected for such quality review, the number of such cases in which a decision is remanded, and the number of such cases in which a decision is modified or reversed; and (5) report annually to Congress on the number of work-related continuing disability reviews conducted. Allows the Commissioner to submit a combined annual report to specified congressional committees of certain information relating to disability benefits. Increases civil and criminal penalties for specified persons in positions of trust in certain cases of fraud, and requires inflation adjustments every four years for certain civil penalties. Prohibits the Commissioner, in making any determination with respect to whether an individual is or continues to be under a disability, from considering (except for good cause) any evidence furnished by a physician or other health care… | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-hr-4084 | 113 | hr | 4084 | Community Gardening and Nutrition Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-02-25 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] | FL | D | H000324 | 14 | Community Gardening and Nutrition Act of 2014 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to require the Director of the Corporation for National and Community Service to establish a Community Garden Pilot Program under the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program. Requires the Program to address the health and nutrition of individuals in low-income and underserved communities through activities that include: creating new community gardens and supporting and expanding existing community gardens; recruiting local community members to actively engage in community gardens and gardening projects; transforming vacant places into community garden plots; increasing community members' access to healthy foods and local foods while also encouraging them to stay active; expanding anti-poverty efforts by teaching basic nutrition and self-reliance through community gardening; and developing initiatives that increase the community's access to healthy, locally grown foods. Requires the Director to carry out at least 40 projects under the Program. Requires the Director to give priority to: (1) volunteers with experience in health, nutrition, and gardening; (2) projects located in varied geographic regions; and (3) selecting a balance of urban and rural projects. | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-hr-4054 | 113 | hr | 4054 | Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act | Social Welfare | 2014-02-11 | 2014-02-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 3 | Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act - Makes FY2014 supplemental appropriations to the Corporation for National and Community Service (Americorps) to provide additional funds for: operating expenses, salaries and administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General. Requires Americorps to: (1) use the funds to increase the number of national service positions approved under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to 500,000, and (2) give preference to national service programs that propose to use full-time national service positions. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-s-2015 | 113 | s | 2015 | Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act | Social Welfare | 2014-02-11 | 2014-02-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 3 | Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to declare that it should be the purpose of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to increase employment, encourage healthy marriage, and promote prosperous self-sufficiency, which means the ability of households to maintain an income above the poverty level without services and benefits from the federal government. Declares that food or a food product shall be considered a food under such Act only if it is a bare essential (as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture [USDA]). Defines "able-bodied, work capable adult" and "physically or mentally incapable of work." Prescribes additional conditions of participation, denying SNAP eligibility, for instance, to any able-bodied, work-capable adult who: (1) refuses to register for employment or without good cause accept an offer of employment at a certain wage, (2) refuses without good cause to give a state agency sufficient information of his or her employment status or job availability, (3) voluntarily quits a job or reduces work effort below 30 hours a week unless another adult in the same family unit increases employment to make up the difference, or (4) is on strike because of a labor dispute other than a lockout. Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for students with dependent children. Denies SNAP eligibility to members of a program-eligible family required by the state agency to participate in work activation unless the relevant one or more adults in such family comply with the work activation standards. Terminates benefits for all family members for failure to participate in work activation during a given month. Prescribes work activation standards for a family unit with adult members required to participate in work activation. Requires each state participating in SNAP to carry out a work activation program whose goals are to: (1) encourage and assist able-bodied, work-capable adult SNAP recipients to obtai… | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-hr-3997 | 113 | hr | 3997 | Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-02-05 | 2014-03-03 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2858-2859) | House | Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H001038 | 25 | Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit an annual budget estimate of the Social Security Administration (SSA) (instead of a budget) directly to Congress and the President (instead of first to the President, who would submit it to Congress). Revises requirements for the general contents of the SSA budget, requiring inclusion of the number of cases pending at each hearing office and the average processing time. Prohibits the Commissioner from closing or consolidating SSA field or hearing offices, or otherwise limiting public access to one, until 180 days after submitting to specified congressional committees a detailed report outlining and justifying the process for selecting field offices to be closed, consolidated, or otherwise have limited access. Prohibits the Commissioner from closing an SSA field or hearing office, consolidating two or more such offices, or otherwise imposing any new limitation on public access to any such office unless the Commissioner follows certain administrative procedures. | 2023-01-11T13:27:01Z | |
| 113-s-1986 | 113 | s | 1986 | Streamlining Services for Older Veterans Act | Social Welfare | 2014-02-03 | 2014-02-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] | WV | D | M001183 | 1 | Streamlining Services for Older Veterans Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include status as a veteran among the categories of greatest social need based on noneconomic factors. Requires state and area plans to include information on how the state and area agencies on: (1) aging will engage in outreach to veterans eligible for services under such Act, and (2) effective and efficient procedures for the coordination of services provided under that Act with services provided to veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other providers. | 2023-01-11T13:26:56Z | |
| 113-sres-335 | 113 | sres | 335 | A resolution designating January 2014 as "National Mentoring Month". | Social Welfare | 2014-01-16 | 2014-01-16 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S457-458; text as passed Senate: CR S448-449) | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 15 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates January 2014 as National Mentoring Month. Recognizes those who are already serving as mentors and encourages others to volunteer as mentors. Expresses support for: (1) the goals of mentoring to increase educational achievement, reduce juvenile delinquency, and improve life outcomes for mentees; and (2) the creation and expansion of quality mentoring programs across the United States. | 2019-02-20T12:28:35Z | |
| 113-hr-3854 | 113 | hr | 3854 | Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-01-13 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | F000451 | 41 | Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014 - Revises the Community Services Block Grant Act, reauthorizing and extending the Act and its community services block grant program at specified levels for FY2014-2018, and at unspecified levels for FY2019-2023. Prescribes requirements for a Community Action Innovations Program. Eliminates requirements for: (1) community food and nutrition programs, (2) national or regional programs designed to provide instructional activities for low-income youth, and (3) demonstration partnership agreements addressing the needs of the poor. | 2023-01-11T13:27:10Z | |
| 113-hr-3850 | 113 | hr | 3850 | Older Americans Act Reauthorization of 2014 | Social Welfare | 2014-01-10 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] | NY | R | G000564 | 20 | Older Americans Act Reauthorization of 2014 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to reauthorize through FY2018 appropriations for: (1) the Administration on Aging, including the Eldercare Locator Service and pension counseling and information programs; (2) grants for state and community programs on aging; (3) grants and contracts for educational activities; (4) Older American community service employment programs; and (5) grants for Native Americans. | 2023-01-11T13:27:10Z | |
| 113-s-1870 | 113 | s | 1870 | Supporting At-Risk Children Act | Social Welfare | 2013-12-19 | 2014-02-06 | By Senator Baucus from Committee on Finance filed written report. Report No. 113-137. Minority views filed. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Supporting At-Risk Children Act -Title I: Strengthening and Finding Families for Children - Strengthening and Finding Families for Children Act - Subtitle A: Adoption Incentive Payments - (Sec. 111) Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend the adoption incentives grant program through FY2016. (Sec. 112) Revises the program's award structure. Repeals the state incentive-eligibility requirement that: (1) the number of foster child adoptions in the state during the fiscal year exceed the state's base number of foster child adoptions for the fiscal year, (B) the number of older child adoptions in the state during the fiscal year exceed the state's base number of older child adoptions for the fiscal year, or (C) the state's foster child adoption rate for the fiscal year exceed the highest ever foster child adoption rate determined for the state. Replaces determination of numbers of adoptions based on Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data with determination of the rates of adoptions and foster child guardianships. Creates a new formula for determining adoption incentive payments. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase the adoption incentive payment for timely adoption award states. (Sec. 113) Renames the program the adoption and legal guardianship incentive program. (Sec. 114) Requires states to use amounts paid to them under the program to supplement, and not supplant, any federal or non-federal funds used to provide any service under SSA title IV parts B (Child and Family Services) or E. (Sec. 115) Requires a state to calculate the savings (if any) resulting from the application of specified eligibility requirements for adoption assistance to all applicable children for a fiscal year, using a methodology specified by the Secretary or an alternative methodology pr… | 2022-03-03T21:31:09Z | |
| 113-s-1876 | 113 | s | 1876 | Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act | Social Welfare | 2013-12-19 | 2013-12-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 5 | Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the adoption incentives grant program (renaming it the adoption and legal guardianship incentive program), creating a new formula for determining adoption incentive payments, and extending the program through FY2016. Revises the program's award structure, including limitations on the use of incentive payments. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase the adoption incentive payment for timely adoption award states. Requires states to use amounts paid to them under the program to supplement, and not supplant, any federal or non-federal funds used to provide any service under SSA title IV parts B (Child and Family Services) or E. Requires a state to calculate the savings (if any) resulting from the application of specified eligibility requirements for adoption assistance to all applicable children for a fiscal year, using a methodology specified by the Secretary or an alternative methodology proposed by the state and approved by the Secretary. Requires a state to spend at least 40% of any such savings on: (1) post-adoption or post-guardianship services (as applicable) for children placed in adoptive, kinship guardianship, or guardianship placements and their families; and (2) services to support and sustain positive permanent outcomes for children who otherwise might enter into foster care under the responsibility of the state. Declares that, in the event of the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the eligibility of a child for a kinship guardianship assistance payment shall not be affected by reason of the replacement of the relative guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the kinship guardianship assistance agreement. Directs the Secretary, as part of the data collection system, to promulgate final regulations providing for the collection and analysis of information regarding children who enter into foster … | 2023-01-11T13:23:32Z | |
| 113-s-1877 | 113 | s | 1877 | Child Support Improvement and Work Promotion Act | Social Welfare | 2013-12-19 | 2013-12-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 5 | Child Support Improvement and Work Promotion Act - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to utilize federal and state enforcement mechanisms and take necessary steps to ensure compliance with the U.S. treaty obligations under any multilateral child support convention in the event that a state plan does not comply with those obligations. Authorizes a Central Authority for child support enforcement in a foreign reciprocating country or a foreign treaty country to obtain information from the Federal Parent Locator Service for the purpose of establishing parentage or child support obligations, and enforcing them. Authorizes a state to require residents of a foreign reciprocating country or foreign treaty country who apply for services relating to establishment of paternity or child support obligations to make such an application through the foreign country's Central Authority for child support enforcement. Allows the state to accept or reject the application of any individual residing in a foreign country that is not a foreign reciprocating country or a foreign treaty country. Allows collection of past-due support from federal tax refunds in response to a request from a foreign reciprocating country or a foreign treaty country. Amends the federal judicial code with respect to full faith and credit for child support orders to revise requirements for state tribunals with appropriate jurisdiction to modify child support orders including an order issued in that state if one party resides in another state. Allows individual contestants to a child support order to consent to allow a state tribunal to continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify the order, or to change the tribunal and jurisdiction, in certain circumstances, to those of another state. Allows issuance of passports to certain individuals with annual incomes of under $100,000 who owe arrearages of child support but have been making su… | 2023-01-11T13:23:32Z | |
| 113-s-1878 | 113 | s | 1878 | Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act | Social Welfare | 2013-12-19 | 2013-12-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 8 | Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state agency under its foster care and adoption assistance program plan to demonstrate to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) that it has developed, and is implementing, policies and procedures for identifying and screening any child who the state has reasonable cause to believe is a victim of sex trafficking or is at risk of being a victim of trafficking. Prescribes additional case plan and case review system requirements for placement of a child in another planned permanent living arrangement. Requires a permanency plan for a child age 14 or older to be developed in consultation with the child, and allows the child to choose up to two members of his or her case planning team. Requires foster youth to be discharged from care only if provided with an official birth certificate, a Social Security card, a driver's license or equivalent state-issued identification care, and a fee-free (or low-fee) bank account. Subjects any state to an administrative penalty for noncompliance. Requires the state plan to require the state agency to: (1) identify and document each child who is a victim of sex trafficking or a victim of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and (2) report to law enforcement authorities within 24 hours after receiving any information on missing or abducted children for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Amends part A of SSA title XI to require the head of each federal agency to report to Congress recommendations for expanding safe housing for youth victims of trafficking. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking. | 2023-01-11T13:23:32Z | |
| 113-s-1823 | 113 | s | 1823 | Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-12-13 | 2013-12-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 11 | Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and publish guidelines to assist state, Indian tribe, and tribal organization child welfare agencies and juvenile and family courts in efforts to serve appropriately youth who are victims of trafficking and youth at-risk of becoming such. Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to require reasonable efforts be made to: (1) identify as a victim of trafficking and document appropriately in agency records each child who is such a victim over whom the agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision; and (2) specify in agency records the type of trafficking to which the child has been subjected. Requires the plan to require the agency to report within 72 hours to appropriate law enforcement agencies for entry into the National Crime Information Center database the identity of each child to whom the agency is providing child welfare services who is missing or has been abducted or is identified as a victim of trafficking. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require the state plan for use of a grant for a child abuse or neglect prevention program to contain an assurance that the state law has in place provisions and procedures for the assessment and identification of victims of trafficking, as well as comprehensive training and services to serve such victims. | 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z | |
| 113-s-1786 | 113 | s | 1786 | Sibling Connections Act | Social Welfare | 2013-12-10 | 2013-12-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 1 | Sibling Connections Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state foster care and adoption assistance plan to encourage placement of children with siblings by requiring the state, in its due diligence with regard to a child removed or being removed from parental custody, to notify all parents of a sibling of the child who have legal custody of that sibling. | 2023-01-11T13:23:28Z | |
| 113-s-1734 | 113 | s | 1734 | Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights Act | Social Welfare | 2013-11-19 | 2013-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] | WV | D | M001183 | 0 | Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) to make it a duty of the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Aging to coordinate with other federal agencies any activities and research related to the economic security and financial exploitation of older individuals and to use them to make available to states and local organizations resources, technical assistance, and information to carry out the State Seniors' Financial Bills of Rights, as well as certain other activities. Requires the state OAA plan to include an assurance that the state will establish a State Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights meeting specified criteria. | 2023-01-11T13:23:42Z | |
| 113-hr-3434 | 113 | hr | 3434 | Parental Accountability for Reducing Child Poverty Act | Social Welfare | 2013-10-30 | 2013-10-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] | NY | R | R000585 | 3 | Parental Accountability for Reducing Child Poverty Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit a state receiving a TANF grant from using any part of it to provide assistance to a parent, caretaker relative, or legal guardian of a child age 6 to 19 who is not attending school for at least the state-required number of days per year. Makes a similar requirement for home schooled children. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reduce the grant to a state which fails to comply with this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:23:55Z | |
| 113-hr-3161 | 113 | hr | 3161 | To protect the Social Security and Medicare trust funds from the public debt limit. | Social Welfare | 2013-09-20 | 2013-09-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] | VA | R | F000445 | 0 | Prohibits disinvestment of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance 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, with certain conditions, the sale of Trust Fund public debt obligations for the payment of cash benefits and administrative expenses. | 2023-01-11T13:24:09Z | |
| 113-hr-3151 | 113 | hr | 3151 | Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act | Social Welfare | 2013-09-19 | 2013-09-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] | NY | R | R000585 | 4 | Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act, with respect to the state maintenance of effort required to avoid a reduction in its TANF grant, to include as qualified state expenditures transitional cash assistance provided for up to one year to otherwise eligible families who have exceeded the five-year limitation on TANF assistance. Specifies as transitional cash assistance an amount necessary to replace the loss of any food assistance, rent assistance, low-income energy assistance, and childcare assistance lost as a result of increased family income from earnings or child support payments. | 2023-01-11T13:24:10Z | |
| 113-hr-3123 | 113 | hr | 3123 | Recidivism Reduction Act | Social Welfare | 2013-09-18 | 2013-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] | IN | D | C001072 | 12 | Recidivism Reduction Act - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the reinstatement upon release of an otherwise eligible disabled inmate for SSI benefits which were terminated because of the inmate's incarceration in a jail, prison, penal institution, or correctional facility for a period of 12 or more consecutive months. Requires automatic reinstatement of the benefit eligibility under SSA title XVI upon discharge or release of an individual who has become an inmate of a jail, prison, penal institution, or correctional facility, without the need to reapply for the benefits, if the period of sentence to the institution does not exceed 90 days. Requires the inmate to apply for reinstatement and resumption of such benefits within 36 months after release. Requires the reinstatement of SSI benefit eligibility for such an individual's spouse if the spouse was previously an SSI-eligible spouse. Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to develop a system for prerelease application for resumption of suspended OASDI disability insurance benefits, or other benefits based on disability. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to require state Medicaid plans to provide that in the case of any individual enrolled for medical assistance immediately before becoming an inmate of a public institution under a sentence of 90 days or less: (1) the enrollment shall be reinstated automatically upon the individual's release from such institution without the need to apply for such assistance, and (2) any period of continuous eligibility in effect when the individual became such an inmate shall be reinstated as of the release date and the duration of such period shall be determined without regard to the period in which the individual was such an inmate. Requires an increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) (matching rate) by five percentage points (not to exc… | 2023-01-11T13:24:11Z | |
| 113-s-1518 | 113 | s | 1518 | Improving Outcomes for Youth At Risk for Sex Trafficking Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-09-18 | 2013-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Improving Outcomes for Youth At Risk for Sex Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan to demonstrate the state has developed policies and procedures for identifying and screening children whom the state has reasonable cause to believe are victims of sex trafficking or a specified severe form of trafficking in persons, or are at risk of being such victims. Requires the state authority or authorities designated by a state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to: (1) develop a reasonable and prudent parent standard for the child's participation in age or developmentally appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities; and (2) apply this standard to any foster family home or child care institution receiving title funds under IV part E. Limits to children age 16 or older the option, in an initial permanency hearing, of being placed in a planned permanent living arrangement other than a return to home, referral for termination of parental rights, or placement for adoption, with a fit and willing relative, or with a legal guardian. Prescribes documentation and determination requirements for such an option. Prescribes requirements of child support collected by the state for payment indirectly to a child (via a depository account) or directly to a foster youth age 18 or older. Requires the state case review system to require the state agency to appear before a court and verify that before a child is placed in child care institutions or other settings that are not a foster family home: (1) a family group decisionmaking meeting decided that such placement is in the child's best interests, and (2) efforts have been made to locate relatives or other potential guardians for the child but that those efforts have thus far been unsuccessful in locating an alternative placement. Revises requirements for foster family homes, authorizing a state to decrease the maximum number of children permitted in a h… | 2023-01-11T13:24:05Z | |
| 113-hr-3118 | 113 | hr | 3118 | Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-09-17 | 2014-01-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | S001156 | 66 | Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of taxable wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013. Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States who have attained early retirement age for purposes of an old-age, wife's, or husband's insurance benefit. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals. | 2023-01-11T13:24:11Z | |
| 113-s-1511 | 113 | s | 1511 | Removing Barriers to Adoption and Supporting Families Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-09-17 | 2013-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 2 | Removing Barriers to Adoption and Supporting Families Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize the adoption incentive payment program through FY2018. Adds a new adoption incentive payment for states involved in sending and receiving interstate adoptions. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay each state that was a receiving state for an interstate adoptive placement for a fiscal year a pro rata share of the portion of the adoption incentive payment paid to the sending state. Requires a state to report to the Secretary data on interstate adoptions. Directs the Secretary to develop national standards for home studies for use in evaluating potential foster and adoptive parents. Establishes a matching rate for states adopting home study in compliance with national standards. Limits planned permanent living arrangements to children who have attained age 17. Directs the Comptroller General to study: (1) the number of children in each state that are assigned a permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; (2) the ages, gender, race, and special needs of children whose permanency goal is another planned permanent living arrangement; (3) a review and analysis of court practices for determining that another planned permanent living arrangement is the appropriate placement for a child; (4) information with respect to foster youths' involvement in deciding to enter into a permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement; and (5) a summary of the reasons that reunification, adoption, kinship care, or guardianship were not found to be in the best interests of the child. Requires a state to spend an amount equal to 20% of the amount of savings from adoption assistance de-linkage to provide post-adoption and post-permanency services to children and families. Requires the state foster care and adoption assistance plan to: (1) co… | 2023-01-11T13:24:05Z | |
| 113-hres-345 | 113 | hres | 345 | Recognizing the importance of nonprofit organizations and expressing support for designation of May 16, 2014, as "National Nonprofit Day". | Social Welfare | 2013-09-12 | 2013-09-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] | FL | D | H000324 | 24 | Recognizes the importance of nonprofit organizations to the communities they serve, the issues they support, and the economy of the United States. Supports the designation of National Nonprofit Day. | 2023-01-11T13:24:07Z | |
| 113-hr-3050 | 113 | hr | 3050 | Social Security Equality Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-08-02 | 2013-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | S001156 | 116 | Social Security Equality Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to authorize the treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to OASDI benefits. | 2023-01-11T13:24:16Z | |
| 113-hr-2720 | 113 | hr | 2720 | Alexis Agin Identity Theft Protection Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-07-18 | 2013-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 24 | Alexis Agin Identity Theft Protection Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the treatment of death information furnished to or maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Authorizes the Commissioner of Social Security to use or provide such information to federal and state agencies for statistical and research activities or to any federal agency for law enforcement or tax administration purposes. Authorizes disclosure of such information by: (1) federal and state agencies to contractors to assist with similar activities, (2) the Commissioner to entities concerning certain individuals who died more than three years earlier as well as to entities certified by the Commissioner, and (3) the Commissioner to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to assist in the identification of remains. | 2023-01-11T13:24:32Z | |
| 113-hr-2744 | 113 | hr | 2744 | Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-07-18 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] | MN | R | P000594 | 10 | Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that for each child over whom the state has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision, the state agency shall: (1) identify and document in agency records each child identified as a victim of sex trafficking, including severe forms of trafficking in certain persons; and (2) report immediately, within 24 hours, any information on missing or abducted children to the law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Requires such plans also to contain a regularly updated description of the specific measures the state agency has taken to protect and provide services to child victims of sex trafficking, including efforts to coordinate with state law enforcement, juvenile justice, and social service agencies such as runaway and homeless youth shelters to serve that population. Requires the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) to provide comprehensive national information with respect to the aggregate number of children in foster care identified as victims of sex trafficking. Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require any law enforcement agency that entered a missing child report into the NCIC to notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of each report received relating to a child reported missing from a foster care family home or childcare institution. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that the state plan under the Act certifies that the state has in effect and is enforcing a state law, or is operating a statewide program, relating to child abuse and neglect that includes provisions and procedures requiring: (1) identification and assessment of all reports involving child victims of sex trafficking, and (2) training child pr… | 2023-01-11T13:24:31Z | |
| 113-hr-2745 | 113 | hr | 2745 | No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-07-18 | 2013-07-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] | CA | R | R000409 | 33 | No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income any wages earned for services by aliens performed in the United States, and self-employment income derived from a trade or business conducted in the United States, while the alien was not authorized to be so employed or to perform a function or service in such a trade or business. | 2023-01-11T13:24:31Z | |
| 113-hres-305 | 113 | hres | 305 | Expressing support for the 2013 Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. | Social Welfare | 2013-07-18 | 2013-07-18 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] | WV | R | M001180 | 17 | Honors each scout, venturer, volunteer, and staff member from across the United States celebrating the 2013 National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. | 2023-01-11T13:24:26Z | |
| 113-s-1311 | 113 | s | 1311 | Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-07-17 | 2013-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 3 | Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prescribe formulae for payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits over a period of 24 consecutive calendar months for individuals determined to be under a disability upon submission of a diagnosis of a terminal illness. | 2023-01-11T13:24:24Z | |
| 113-hr-2470 | 113 | hr | 2470 | Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-06-20 | 2013-08-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 2 | Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2013 - Establishes the National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families to study, report, and make recommendations on policy changes to mitigate the impact of the effective marginal tax rate and of phaseouts in federal benefits on low-income earners and their families. | 2023-01-11T13:24:47Z | |
| 113-hr-2418 | 113 | hr | 2418 | Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-06-18 | 2013-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] | AR | R | G000567 | 4 | Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2013 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI), VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit from receiving benefits under those titles any individual who is the subject of: (1) an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony, or (2) an outstanding arrest warrant for violating a condition of prohibition or parole imposed under federal or state law. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to furnish any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer, upon written request, with the current address, Social Security number, and photograph of any recipient of title VIII benefits if the officer furnishes the Commissioner with the individual's name and other identifying information as reasonably required to establish the individual's unique identity, and notifies the Commissioner that: (1) the individual is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, or the individual is violating a condition of probation or parole; and (2) the location or apprehension of such individual is within the officer's official duties. | 2023-01-11T13:24:49Z | |
| 113-hr-2359 | 113 | hr | 2359 | Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-06-13 | 2013-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] | IL | D | D000096 | 25 | Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2013 - Conditions continued approval of a state plan under part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) upon state assessment of its policies with respect to barriers to employment and financial support of children. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for an employment demonstration project involving a court- or state child support agency-supervised employment program for noncustodial parents who have barriers to employment and a history of nonpayment, so that they can pay their child support obligations. Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants for transitional jobs programs and for public-private career pathways partnerships. Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) funding for responsible fatherhood programs, (2) activities promoting responsible fatherhood, and (3) elimination of a separate TANF work participation rate for two-parent families. Prohibits a state from conditioning receipt of TANF or certain other benefits on participation in a healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood program. Amends SSAct title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to prohibit a state from collecting any amount owed it by reason of costs it has incurred under SSAct title XIX (Medicaid)for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned. Requires a state to make a full distribution of collected child support to the family. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to: (1) deductions from family income for child support received in order to qualify for food stamps, (2) verification of child support payments, and (3) inclusion of economic opportunities programs in qualifying work programs. Amends SSA title IV part A (TANF) with respect to: (1) grants to healthy family partnerships for domestic violence intervention and preven… | 2023-01-11T13:24:51Z | |
| 113-s-1118 | 113 | s | 1118 | Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-06-07 | 2013-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 16 | Child Sex Trafficking Data and Response Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that for each child over whom the state has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision, the state agency shall: (1) identify and document in agency records each child identified as a victim of sex trafficking, including severe forms of trafficking in certain persons; and (2) report immediately, within 24 hours,any information on missing or abducted children to the law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Requires such plans also to contain a regularly updated description of the specific measures the state agency has taken to protect and provide services to child victims of sex trafficking, including efforts to coordinate with state law enforcement, juvenile justice, and social service agencies such as runaway and homeless youth shelters to serve that population. Requires the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) to provide comprehensive national information with respect to the aggregate number of children in foster care identified as victims of sex trafficking. Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require any law enforcement agency that entered a missing child report into the NCIC to notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of each report received relating to a child reported missing from a foster care family home or childcare institution. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that the state plan under the Act certifies that the state has in effect and is enforcing a state law, or is operating a statewide program, relating to child abuse and neglect that includes provisions and procedures requiring: (1) identification and assessment of all reports involving child victims of sex trafficking, and (2) training child pro… | 2023-01-11T13:24:42Z | |
| 113-s-1099 | 113 | s | 1099 | Reducing Overlapping Payments Act | Social Welfare | 2013-06-06 | 2013-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] | OK | R | C000560 | 6 | Reducing Overlapping Payments Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require reduced to zero the total of an individual's monthly disability insurance benefits and any spouse's, surviving spouse's, child's, widow's, widower's, or parent's OASDI benefits based on the individual's wages and self-employment income for any month before the individual attains retirement age in which that individual is entitled to both disability insurance benefits and unemployment compensation. (Thus allows only unemployment compensation in such a situation.) | 2023-01-11T13:24:42Z | |
| 113-hr-2154 | 113 | hr | 2154 | CPI for Seniors Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-05-23 | 2013-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 6 | CPI for Seniors Act of 2013 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly index, to be known as the Consumer Price Index for Seniors (CPI-S), that indicates monthly changes in expenditures for consumption that are typical for individuals in the United States who are 62 years of age or older. | 2022-11-15T16:33:32Z | |
| 113-hr-2182 | 113 | hr | 2182 | Half in Ten Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-05-23 | 2013-05-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] | CA | D | L000551 | 65 | Half in Ten Act of 2013 - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty, which shall develop a National Strategy to reduce the number of persons living in poverty in America in half within 10 years after release of the 2012 Census report on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011. | 2022-11-15T16:33:14Z | |
| 113-hr-2109 | 113 | hr | 2109 | Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-05-22 | 2013-05-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 2 | Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2013 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to State for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible entities to assist low-income individuals and individuals who have been unemployed for at least three months in developing self-employment opportunities. | 2022-11-15T16:34:04Z | |
| 113-hr-2110 | 113 | hr | 2110 | Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-05-22 | 2013-05-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 3 | Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Assets for Independence Act, which provides for demonstration projects designed to provide individuals and families of limited means with an incentive to save a portion of their earned income and thereby accumulate assets, increase their economic self-sufficiency, and stabilize such families and the communities in which they live. Expresses the sense of Congress that a qualified entity conducting a demonstration project under the Act should, to the maximum extent practicable, increase: (1) the rate at which it matches contributions by participating individuals, or (2) the number of such participating individuals. States that multiple households may share a single residence. Specifies public housing agencies and tribally designated housing entities as entities qualified to participate in a demonstration project. Repeals the requirement that state or local government or other public agencies apply jointly with a tax-exempt not-for-profit charitable organization or collaborate with certain kinds of local community-based organizations. Includes among postsecondary educational expenses any expenses for preparatory courses, room and board, and transportation. Revises requirements for: (1) applications for new and renewals of existing projects; (2) limitations on uses of the Reserve Fund; and (3) the adjusted gross household income eligibility test, requiring regulations for transfers from one project to another for individuals who move because of major disasters or emergencies, to find employment, or to a community where no project is available. Revises requirements for deposits by qualified entities in the individual development accounts (IDAs) of participating individuals to: (1) increase maximum deposits per individual and per household; (2) facilitate withdrawal of funds from an IDA, with formal approval, during the year following the end of a demonstration project; and (3) require disposal of funds remaining in an IDA at the end… | 2022-11-15T16:34:31Z | |
| 113-hr-2064 | 113 | hr | 2064 | RUSH Act | Social Welfare | 2013-05-21 | 2013-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] | FL | D | W000797 | 27 | Responding to Urgent Needs of Survivors of the Holocaust Act or RUSH Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include specifically within its purview older Americans who are Holocaust survivors. Authorizes the Administrator for Community Living to designate, within the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a person with specialized training, background, or experience with issues of Holocaust survivors to implement services for them. Requires a state nutrition project to: (1) ensure that project meals meet the dietary needs of program participants based on religious, cultural, or ethnic requirements; and (2) encourage individuals who distribute nutrition services to engage in conversation with homebound older individuals and to be aware of the warning signs of medical emergencies, injury, or abuse in order to reduce isolation and promote wellbeing. Amends the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 to require the study of nutrition projects to analyze the abilities of service providers to obtain viable contracts for special foods necessary to meet a religious requirement, required dietary need, or ethnic consideration. Authorizes the HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging to make grants to or contract with states, public agencies, private nonprofit agencies, institutions of higher education, and organizations, including tribal organizations, to support programs that provide transportation services and resources to older individuals with the greatest economic or social need. | 2022-11-15T16:32:53Z | |
| 113-s-997 | 113 | s | 997 | Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act | Social Welfare | 2013-05-21 | 2013-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 3 | Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment for, and retention, research, and reinvestment in, the profession of social work. Directs the Commission to study and report to Congress on issues facing the social work profession, including: (1) fair market compensation, high social work educational debt, social work workforce trends, translating social work research to practice, and social work safety; and (2) state-level social work licensure policies and reciprocity agreements for providing services across state lines. Requires such study to assess the professional capacity of the social work workforce to serve and respond successfully to the increasing biopsychosocial needs of individuals, groups, and communities in certain areas, including aging and child welfare. Terminates the Commission 30 days after it submits such report within 18 months of its first meeting. Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) workplace improvement grants to eligible entities and individuals to address workplace concerns for the social work profession, including caseloads, compensation, social work safety, supervision, and working conditions; and (2) research grants, education and training grants, and community-based programs of excellence grants. Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with a national social work entity to serve as a coordinating center and clearinghouse for information on activities funded under the grants, and (2) develop a multi-media outreach campaign and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the social work profession. | 2023-01-11T13:24:56Z | |
| 113-s-999 | 113 | s | 999 | RUSH Act | Social Welfare | 2013-05-21 | 2013-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 8 | Responding to Urgent Needs of Survivors of the Holocaust Act or RUSH Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include specifically within its purview older Americans who are Holocaust survivors. Authorizes the Administrator for Community Living to designate, within the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a person with specialized training, background, or experience with issues of Holocaust survivors to implement services for them. Requires a state nutrition project to: (1) ensure that project meals meet the dietary needs of program participants based on religious, cultural, or ethnic requirements; and (2) encourage individuals who distribute nutrition services to engage in conversation with homebound older individuals and to be aware of the warning signs of medical emergencies, injury, or abuse in order to reduce isolation and promote wellbeing. Amends the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 to require the study of nutrition projects to analyze the abilities of service providers to obtain viable contracts for special foods necessary to meet a religious requirement, required dietary need, or ethnic consideration. Authorizes the HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging to make grants to or contract with states, public agencies, private nonprofit agencies, institutions of higher education, and organizations, including tribal organizations, to support programs that provide transportation services and resources to older individuals with the greatest economic or social need. | 2023-01-11T13:24:56Z | |
| 113-hr-2047 | 113 | hr | 2047 | Social Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act of 2013 | Social Welfare | 2013-05-17 | 2013-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 1 | Social Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting period for disability insurance benefits for terminally ill individuals with a life expectancy of 12 months or less. | 2022-11-15T16:35:13Z | |
| 113-sres-137 | 113 | sres | 137 | A resolution designating May 2013 as "Older Americans Month". | Social Welfare | 2013-05-09 | 2013-05-09 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3352; text as passed Senate: CR S3343-3344) | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates May 2013 as Older Americans Month, recognizing it as the 50th anniversary of the designation. | 2019-03-03T03:49:17Z |
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