HCONRES 195 · 104th Congress · Social Welfare
To express the sense of the Congress that any welfare reform legislation enacted by the Congress should include provisions addressing domestic violence.
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7508)(1996-07-12)
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Provides that when considering proposed welfare legislation the Congress should: (1) seriously evaluate whether it would exacerbate certain ramifications of domestic violence against women and children; (2) require that State-implemented or State-adopted welfare-to-work or education programs take domestic violence into account; (3) require the Comptroller General to study the incidence and effect of domestic violence on AFDC recipients; and (4) provide, in any such legislation, mechanisms identifying and aiding in specified ways recipients and their children victimized by or at risk of violence.…
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Cosponsors (20)
18 Democrats2 Republicans