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Welfare Antifraud Act of 1995

Introduced: January 19, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Jan 19, 1995
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 19, 1995
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Welfare Antifraud Act of 1995 - Amends part A (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require State plans to require the State agency to procure, on a competitive basis, a two-digit fingerprint matching identification system for the purpose of preventing multiple enrollments of an individual in the State AFDC program.

Prescribes requirements for such a system, including benefit denial for certain periods of time per offense for any individual identified under the system as receiving or attempting to receive multiple benefits.

Establishes criminal penalties for any person who knowingly and intentionally makes or obtains any unauthorized disclosure of data collected and maintained by a State fingerprint identification system.

What's happening now January 19, 1995

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1