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HCONRES 195 104th Congress House Social Welfare Aid to dependent children Child abuse Child support Congress Congressional investigations Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against women Economics and Public Finance Education Educational policy Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Family violence Federal aid to child welfare Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Law Legislation

To express the sense of the Congress that any welfare reform legislation enacted by the Congress should include provisions addressing domestic violence.

Introduced: June 27, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Jul 12, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7508)
Jun 27, 1996
Introduced in House
Jun 27, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now July 12, 1996

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7508)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 11, 1996
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 27, 1996
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 27, 1996
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 27, 1996
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 27, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 195: To express the sense of the Congress that any welfare reform legislation enacted by the Congress should include provisions addressing domestic violence.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-195/
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"H. Con. Res. 195: To express the sense of the Congress that any welfare reform legislation enacted by the Congress should include provisions addressing domestic violence.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-195/.
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H. Con. Res. 195, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-195/.
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