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HR 3150 106th Congress House Social Welfare Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Child health Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Day care Earnings Families Family services Family violence Food stamps Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government statistics Health Health insurance Income

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide bonus grants to high performance States based on certain criteria and to collect data to evaluate the outcome of welfare reform, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 26, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 2, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Oct 26, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 26, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with regard to the formula for measuring State performance for determining the bonus grant to reward high performance States to establish specified criteria measures for use in such formula.

Requires States not participating in the bonus reward grant program for high performance States to report on the characteristics and well-being of former TANF recipients for six months after such assistance has ceased.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on: (1) characteristics of former and current TANF recipients based on information currently received from States; (2) criteria measures regarding subsidized child care and changes in income; and (3) domestic violence.

What's happening now November 2, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

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