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Fugitive Felon Welfare Elimination Act of 1995

Introduced: January 4, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Jan 27, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Jan 27, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jan 20, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Jan 11, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jan 4, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, Agriculture, and Banking and Financial Services, 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.
Jan 4, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fugitive Felon Welfare Elimination Act of 1995 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid), part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV, and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and the United States Housing Act of 1937, to eliminate specified benefits with respect to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and every public housing agency contracting with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to furnish information concerning such individuals with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.

Amends the same SSA titles and Acts to require the appropriate agencies to furnish the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the names and addresses of, and other identifying information on, any individual known to be an illegal alien.

Amends AFDC provisions to require termination of benefits for dependent children absent from the home for specified periods of time, with allowance for good cause exceptions.

What's happening now January 27, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 15, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 118: Fugitive Felon Welfare Elimination Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-118/
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"H.R. 118: Fugitive Felon Welfare Elimination Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-118/.
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