openregs: legislation: 8 rows where congress = 95 and policy_area = "Families" sorted by introduced

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bill_id	congress	bill_type	bill_number	title	policy_area	introduced_date ▲	latest_action_date	latest_action_text	origin_chamber	sponsor_name	sponsor_state	sponsor_party	sponsor_bioguide_id	cosponsor_count	summary_text	update_date
95-hr-14045	95	hr	14045	A bill to assist former spouses of Federal employees in obtaining court-ordered payments.	Families	1978-09-11	1978-09-11	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2]	VA	R	W000406	1	Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the garnishment of salaries payable by the Federal Government for the enforcement of court-ordered payments to or on behalf of an employee's or official's spouse, former spouse, or children in addition to garnishment for alimony and child support payments presently authorized.	2024-08-01T20:06:58Z
95-hr-10748	95	hr	10748	A bill to assist former spouses of federal employees in obtaining court-ordered payments.	Families	1978-02-02	1978-02-02	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2]	VA	R	W000406	0	Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the garnishment of salaries payable by the Federal Government for the enforcement of court-ordered payments to or on behalf of an employee's or official's spouse, former spouse, or children in addition to garnishment for alimony and child support payments presently authorized.	2024-08-01T20:04:28Z
95-hr-10705	95	hr	10705	A bill to assist former spouses of federal employees in obtaining court-ordered payments.	Families	1978-02-01	1978-02-01	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2]	VA	R	W000406	0	Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the garnishment of salaries payable by the Federal Government for the enforcement of court-ordered payments in addition to garnishment for alimony and child support payments presently authorized.	2024-08-01T20:04:28Z
95-s-1728	95	s	1728	Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Act	Families	1977-06-21	1977-06-21	Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.	Senate	Sen. Anderson, Wendell R. [D-MN]	MN	D	A000202	8	Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to establish a grant program designed to support projects which: (1) develop methods for the identification, prevention, and treatment of domestic violence; and (2) provide for family rehabilitation and support, and for emergency shelter and protection for individuals who are threatened by domestic violence. Directs the Director to establish a national information and resource clearinghouse to collect, analyze, prepare, and disseminate information relating to domestic violence. Requires the Director, in cooperation with the Administrator of Law Enforcement Assistance and the head of any other Federal agency involved with domestic violence, to study State laws, practices, and policies relating to domestic violence. Requires the Director to annually review the effectiveness of projects carried out under this Act and to report the findings to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to transmit each such report to the President and to each House of Congress.	2025-09-02T17:13:22Z
95-s-1123	95	s	1123	A bill to amend the Social Security Act to authorize the issuance of regulations for section 459.	Families	1977-03-24	1977-03-24	Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA]	GA	D	N000171	0	Amends the program of Child Support and Establishment of Paternity of Title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to garnishment of Federal salaries for child support and alimony obligations to include monies due from, or payable by, the District of Columbia as monies subject to garnishment for child support. Sets forth procedures under which regulations governing such garnishment for each branch of the Government shall be promulgated. Requires that each branch of the Government designate an agent or agents to respond to relevant interrogatories served to an employee or member of the armed services. Defines the terms "child support", "alimony" and "legal process" used in this Act. Directs the exclusion from monies subject to garnishment of amounts which are (1) owed by such individual to the United States, (2) required by law to be deducted, (3) withheld for Federal, State, or local income tax purposes, (4) health insurance premiums, (5) retirement contributions, and (6) normal life insurance premiums. Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to set the maximum part of an individual's disposable earnings which shall be subject to garnishment under this Act at 50 percent (where such individual is supporting a spouse or dependent child in addition to the one for whose support such order is issued) or 60 percent in one workweek. Sets forth procedures to control the misapplication of cash receipts handled by public employees in the administration of garnished funds. Appropriates amounts not to exceed $6,000,000 payable to States for demonstration projects for child support. Requires that an annual report of all activities undertaken pursuant to enactment of this Act be submitted each fiscal year to the Congress, in addition to the initial report submitted by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.	2024-08-01T20:08:56Z
95-hr-4868	95	hr	4868	Federal Support Payment Act	Families	1977-03-10	1977-03-10	Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Walsh, William F. [R-NY-33]	NY	R	W000107	0	Federal Support Payment Act - Authorizes individuals to whom the proceeds of a child support order are payable to register such order in any court in any State in which the individual responsible for making such payments resides. Allows courts in which such an order is registered to entertain contempt proceedings against an individual who fails to comply with the support order in the same manner as if the court originally issued the order. Requires a court in which any support order is registered or any enforcement proceedings are undertaken to send written notice of such action to the original court.	2025-09-02T17:06:25Z
95-hr-2045	95	hr	2045	A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to limit the amount of an individual's wages which is subject to garnishment thereunder, for the enforcement of child support and alimony obligations, to 50 percent of such wages (or such lower amount as may be provided by State law).	Families	1977-01-19	1977-01-19	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1]	AL	R	E000084	0	Amends Title IV (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to limit to 50 percent the amount of an individual's wages which is subject to garnishment under such title.	2024-08-01T19:58:45Z
95-hr-1223	95	hr	1223	Federal Support Payment Act	Families	1977-01-04	1977-01-04	Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]	NJ	D	R000383	0	Federal Support Payment Act - Authorizes individuals to whom the proceeds of a child support order are payable to register such order in any court in any State in which the individual responsible for making such payments resides. Allows courts in which such an order is registered to entertain contempt proceedings against an individual who fails to comply with the support order in the same manner as if the court originally issued the order. Requires a court in which any support order is registered or any enforcement proceedings are undertaken to send written notice of such action to the original court.	2025-09-02T17:04:36Z

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CREATE TABLE legislation (
    bill_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    congress INTEGER,
    bill_type TEXT,
    bill_number INTEGER,
    title TEXT,
    policy_area TEXT,
    introduced_date TEXT,
    latest_action_date TEXT,
    latest_action_text TEXT,
    origin_chamber TEXT,
    sponsor_name TEXT,
    sponsor_state TEXT,
    sponsor_party TEXT,
    sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
    cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
    summary_text TEXT,
    update_date TEXT,
    url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);