HCONRES 195
104th Congress
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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
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Became law
Jul 12, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7508)
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.
Jun 27, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7508)
Committees of jurisdiction
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