Subject Poverty and welfare assistance | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HB1601 | Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2013 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase from $240 to $1,320 (increased for inflation each calendar year after 2015) the first amount of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 |
| US | SB762 | Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) households in which each member receives cash assistance under the temporary assistance to needy fami... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HB1616 | Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 |
| US | HB428 | School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress on the cost differences between: (1) providing meals and supplements under the school lunch and breakfast programs in Guam, American ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB11 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act. Modifies or expands grant conditions under such Act, including requirements rela... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1244 | Sensible School Lunch Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from promulgating rules and regulations applicable to the school lunch and breakfast programs that establish a maximum quanti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB567 | State Health Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to replace the Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program with a program of block grants to states for health care services to indigent individuals. Requires states... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1303 | School Nutrition Flexibility Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from promulgating rules and regulations applicable to the school lunch and breakfast programs that establish a maximum... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB951 | Women and Workforce Investment for Nontraditional Jobs or Women WIN Jobs - Requires the Secretary of Labor, in any fiscal year in which the total authorization of appropriations to carry out this Act exceeds $50 million, to allocate grants to states ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1229 | Security and Financial Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations for grants for the national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence for FY2014-FY2018. Establishes limits on the use of funds for admi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1355 | State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2013 - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide federal financial assistance to the states in the form of a single grant to allow the states flexibility in providing, and financing the provision ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | SB836 | Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the income threshold (from $10,000 to $3,000) for determining the re... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB1698 | Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state Medicaid plan to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for an eligible individual, regardless of age. Amends SSA title XXI (S... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1657 | Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) households in which each member receives cash assistance under the temporary assistance to needy fami... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | HB1720 | Local School Foods Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary will give up to five participating states the option of rece... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-03 |
| US | SB873 | Drug Free Families Act of 2013 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state TANF programs to implement a program to test TANF applicants and recipients for illegal drug use. ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | HR196 | Expresses support for: (1) the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, the right to counsel; and (2) strategies to improve the criminal justice system to ensure that indigent defendants in all felony cases are adequately represented by counsel. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB1933 | Let's Grow Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB825 | Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013 - Requires public or private nonprofit entities that receive grants under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to agree to meet the physical, privacy, sa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB994 | Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 |
| US | SB999 | Responding to Urgent Needs of Survivors of the Holocaust Act or RUSH Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include specifically within its purview older Americans who are Holocaust survivors. Authorizes the Administrator for Community Livin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 |
| US | HB2064 | Responding to Urgent Needs of Survivors of the Holocaust Act or RUSH Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include specifically within its purview older Americans who are Holocaust survivors. Authorizes the Administrator for Community Livin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 |
| US | HB1752 | SNAP Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) establish a uniform reporting system to enable retail stores participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance progra... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1882 | Safety Net Abuse Prevention (SNAP) Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using funds for any agreement with a foreign government to promote enrollment in the supplemental nutriti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1929 | Enhancing Employment and Training Through Education Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | HB1783 | School Food Modernization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the school lunch program, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities to finance the construct... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-22 |
| US | SB1028 | Older Americans Act Amendments of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-23 |
| US | SB1086 | Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-03 |
| US | SB744 | Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrati... [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-17 S.AMDT.1228 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4519) |
| US | HB1947 | Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-06-17 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 266 Reported to House. The resolution provides for one hour of debate on H.R. 1947 and provides for consideration of H.R. 1797 with one hour of debate and one motion to recommit with or without instructions. |
