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HR 3450 102th Congress House Social Welfare Aid to dependent children Manpower training programs Public assistance programs Small business Social security eligibility

To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to remove barriers and disincentives in the program of aid to families with dependent children so as to enable recipients of such aid to move…

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To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to remove barriers and disincentives in the program of aid to families with dependent children so as to enable recipients of such aid to move toward self-sufficiency through microenterprises.

Introduced: October 1, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 24, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
Oct 7, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Oct 1, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 1, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 1, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the exclusion limit on the net worth of a microenterprise for purposes of AFDC eligibility; (2) require that caseworkers advise AFDC recipients of the option to begin a microenterprise; (3) add definitions of "microenterprise" and "net profits" to the list of definitions under such part; (4) include microenterprise training and activities in the JOBS program; and (5) mandate adjustment of performance standards for microenterprises to take account of time required for their establishment.

Requires a Health and Human Services study to identify administrative barriers to development of microenterprises among interested AFDC recipients.

What's happening now October 24, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 19, 1992
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 28, 1992
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 28, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3450: To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to remove barriers and disincentives in the program of aid to families with dependent children so as to enable recipients of such aid to move toward self-sufficiency through microenterprises.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3450/
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"H.R. 3450: To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to remove barriers and disincentives in the program of aid to families with dependent children so as to enable recipients of such aid to move toward self-sufficiency through microenterprises.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3450/.
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H.R. 3450, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3450/.
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