HCONRES 316
107th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Families
Labor and Employment
Marriage
Welfare eligibility
Welfare-to-work
Expressing the sense of the Congress that government policy should seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system, and should support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages.
Introduced: February 6, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H566)
Feb 6, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 6, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that healthy marriages are highly important to the well-being of children, adults, and society in general, and that government policy should seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system, and should support couples who choose to marry and assist them in acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to form and sustain healthy, loving, and productive marriages.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H566)
Committees of jurisdiction
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