HR 4213
109th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Agriculture and Food
Aid to dependent children
Alabama
Cash welfare block grants
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Ex-offenders
Families
Federal aid to education
Floods
Florida
Food stamps
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Elimination of Barriers for Katrina Victims Act
Introduced: November 2, 2005
Introduced by:
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Democratic
· Virginia
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jan 5, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Nov 8, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Nov 3, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2258)
Nov 2, 2005
Introduced in House
Nov 2, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Agriculture, 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.
Plain-English summary
Elimination of Barriers for Katrina Victims Act - Suspends temporarily the denial of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), food stamp, housing, and higher education benefits to victims of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita because of convictions for certain drug offenses.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.