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HR 1277 111th Congress House

Welfare Reform Restoration Act of 2009

Official title: To repeal the emergency fund for the TANF program.

Introduced: March 5, 2009 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Financial crises and stabilizationGovernment trust fundsIntergovernmental relationsPoverty and welfare assistanceState and local finance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 29, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Mar 3, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Mar 3, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 3, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 3, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Welfare Reform Restoration Act of 2009 - Amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to repeal the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (Emergency Fund), as added by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and eliminate related provisions.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Republican 13
R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · May 28, 2010
Lee, Christopher
· May 5, 2009
INGLIS, BOB
· Apr 21, 2009
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Mar 31, 2009
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 19, 2009
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Mar 19, 2009
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Mar 19, 2009
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 12, 2009
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 12, 2009
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Mar 12, 2009
 R
Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Mar 12, 2009
Fallin, Mary
· Mar 5, 2009
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 5, 2009
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 5, 2009
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 5, 2009
 R
Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Mar 3, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1277: Welfare Reform Restoration Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1277/
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"H.R. 1277: Welfare Reform Restoration Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1277/.
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H.R. 1277, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1277/.
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