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HR 1722 96th Congress Social Welfare

A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to stabilize State welfare costs by providing full Federal reimbursement for any increases in a State's aid to families with dependent children…

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A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to stabilize State welfare costs by providing full Federal reimbursement for any increases in a State's aid to families with dependent children payments which reflect rises in the cost of living since 1973 or are due to increased caseload, if the State agrees to make provision for cost-of-living adjustments in such payments, to implement a program of aid to dependent children of unemployed fathers, and not to impose any new restrictive requirements under its approved State plan.

Introduced: January 31, 1979 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1722: A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to stabilize State welfare costs by providing full Federal reimbursement for any increases in a State's aid to families with dependent children payments which reflect rises in the cost of living since 1973 or are due to increased caseload, if the State agrees to make provision for cost-of-living adjustments in such payments, to implement a program of aid to dependent children of unemployed fathers, and not to impose any new restrictive requirements under its approved State plan.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1722/
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"H.R. 1722: A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to stabilize State welfare costs by providing full Federal reimbursement for any increases in a State's aid to families with dependent children payments which reflect rises in the cost of living since 1973 or are due to increased caseload, if the State agrees to make provision for cost-of-living adjustments in such payments, to implement a program of aid to dependent children of unemployed fathers, and not to impose any new restrictive requirements under its approved State plan.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1722/.
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H.R. 1722, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1722/.
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[H.R. 1722: A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to stabilize State welfare costs by providing full Federal reimbursement for any increases in a State's aid to families with dependent children payments which reflect rises in the cost of living since 1973 or are due to increased caseload, if the State agrees to make provision for cost-of-living adjustments in such payments, to implement a program of aid to dependent children of unemployed fathers, and not to impose any new restrictive requirements under its approved State plan.](https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-1722/)
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