HR 359
99th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Aid to dependent children
Child welfare
Children and youth
Disabled
Federal aid to handicapped services
Maternal and infant welfare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Supplemental security income program
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to modify the terminology relating to handicapped children.
Introduced: January 3, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jan 3, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families With Children and for Child-Welfare Services), V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to strike out the words "crippled" and "crippling" wherever they appear and insert instead the words "handicapped" and "disability," respectively.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1