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HR 1046 105th Congress House Congress Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Congressional allowances Congressional employees Economics and Public Finance Employee selection Families Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Members of Congress (House) Social Welfare Welfare recipients Welfare work participation

To allow each Member of the House of Representatives to hire one additional employee, if the employee is hired from the welfare rolls, and to provide that, if such employment is in the District of…

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To allow each Member of the House of Representatives to hire one additional employee, if the employee is hired from the welfare rolls, and to provide that, if such employment is in the District of Columbia, the jurisdiction represented by the Member may count the employment toward its welfare participation rate requirement.

Introduced: March 12, 1997 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 8, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2430)
Mar 19, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Mar 12, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 12, 1997
Referred to the Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 12, 1997
Referred to House Oversight
Mar 12, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E452)
Mar 12, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Allows each Member of the House of Representatives to hire one additional employee under the Members' Representational Allowance if: (1) at the time of such employment, the individual employed is receiving welfare; and (2) by reason of the employment, the individual is no longer eligible for welfare.

Provides that nothing in this Act may be construed to permit any increase in the amount of funds provided under the Members' Representational Allowance of any Member who hires such employee.

Amends the Social Security Act to provide that, with respect to a Member who employs in the District of Columbia a recipient of assistance under a State grant program under such Act, as long as the State represented by the Member elects to treat the recipient as a member of a family in such State for purposes of its welfare participation rate requirements, the recipient shall be so treated by only that State.

What's happening now May 8, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2430)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 10, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 10, 1997
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 12, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1046: To allow each Member of the House of Representatives to hire one additional employee, if the employee is hired from the welfare rolls, and to provide that, if such employment is in the District of Columbia, the jurisdiction represented by the Member may count the employment toward its welfare participation rate requirement.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1046/
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"H.R. 1046: To allow each Member of the House of Representatives to hire one additional employee, if the employee is hired from the welfare rolls, and to provide that, if such employment is in the District of Columbia, the jurisdiction represented by the Member may count the employment toward its welfare participation rate requirement.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1046/.
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H.R. 1046, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1046/.
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[H.R. 1046: To allow each Member of the House of Representatives to hire one additional employee, if the employee is hired from the welfare rolls, and to provide that, if such employment is in the District of Columbia, the jurisdiction represented by the Member may count the employment toward its welfare participation rate requirement.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1046/)
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