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H.R.1720
Title: A bill to replace the existing AFDC program with a new Family Support Program which emphasizes work, child support, and need-based family support supplements, to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to encourage and assist needy children and parents under the new program to obtain the education, training, and employment needed to avoid long-term welfare dependence, and to make other necessary improvements to assure that the new program will be more effective in achieving its objectives.
Sponsor: Rep Ford, Harold E. [TN-9] (introduced 3/19/1987)      Cosponsors (68)
Related Bills: H.RES.310, H.RES.331, H.RES.556, H.R.598, H.R.717, H.R.795, H.R.916, H.R.1255, H.R.1288, 
H.R.1604, H.R.1696, H.R.1831, H.R.1880, H.R.1985, H.R.2177, H.R.2245, H.R.2577, H.R.3148, 
H.R.3160, H.R.3200, H.R.3587, H.R.3644, H.R.3692, H.R.4898, S.1511
Latest Major Action: 10/13/1988 Became Public Law No: 100-485.
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MAJOR ACTIONS:

3/19/1987 Introduced in House
6/17/1987 Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Ways and Means. Report No: 100-159 (Part I).
8/7/1987 Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 100-159 (Part II).
9/15/1987 Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 100-159 (Part III).
12/16/1987 Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 230 - 194 (Record Vote No: 487).
6/7/1988 Committee on Finance. Reported to Senate by Senator Bentsen without recommendation without amendment. Without written report.
6/16/1988 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-3. Record Vote No: 189.
7/7/1988 Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Voice Vote.
9/28/1988 Conference Report 100-998 Filed in House.
9/29/1988 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 96-1. Record Vote No: 341.
9/30/1988 Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 347 - 53 (Record Vote No: 373).
9/30/1988 Cleared for White House.
10/13/1988 Presented to President.
10/13/1988 Signed by President.
10/13/1988 Became Public Law No: 100-485.
ALL ACTIONS: (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
3/19/1987:
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
4/29/1987:
Committee Hearings Held.
4/30/1987:
Committee Hearings Held.
5/5/1987:
Committee Hearings Held.
7/14/1987:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
7/15/1987:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
7/15/1987:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
3/19/1987:
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3/30/1987:
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
4/24/1987:
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
7/1/1987:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
7/1/1987:
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
7/14/1987:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
7/21/1987:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
7/21/1987:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
3/19/1987:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
3/26/1987:
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
3/30/1987:
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
4/1/1987:
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
4/2/1987:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
4/6/1987:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
4/7/1987:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
4/8/1987:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
4/9/1987:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
4/9/1987:
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
4/2/1987:
Executive Comment Received From HHS.
5/19/1987:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
6/9/1987:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
6/10/1987:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
6/10/1987:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
6/17/1987:
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Ways and Means. Report No: 100-159 (Part I).
8/7/1987:
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 100-159 (Part II).
11/18/1987:
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From HHS.
9/15/1987:
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 100-159 (Part III).
9/15/1987:
Placed on Union Calendar No: 184.
11/17/1987:
Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Closed Rule Providing Four Hours of General Debate; Waiving All Points of Order.
11/17/1987:
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.310 Reported to House.
12/9/1987:
Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Rule Providing Four Hours of General Debate.
12/10/1987:
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.331 Reported to House.
12/15/1987:
Rule Passed House.
12/15/1987:
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
12/15/1987:
House Incorporated H.R.3644 in This Measure as an Amendment.
12/16/1987:
H.AMDT.577 Amendment Offered by Representative Andrews.
An amendment comprised of several amendments en bloc to reduce the costs of the bill by $509 million (10 percent) over five years by requiring states to implement immediate wage withholding for child support payments, even when the parent is not in arrears. The amendment also tries to more sharply focus the child care transition program, and terminates, effective October 1, 1991, the bill's provisions for an increased federal match for states that increase their AFDC benefits.
12/16/1987:
H.AMDT.578 Amendment Offered by Representative Michel.
An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3200 to require participation in education, training, and work programs by all heads of households receiving AFDC benefits, except those with children under six months of age. The amendment establishes specific standards for the percentage of recipients that states must have enrolled in programs by various dates. It authorizes $500 million in FY 1988, and such sums as may be necessary thereafter for state education, training, and work programs for welfare recipients, and for day care assistance to those leaving welfare because of increased earnings, but makes this funding subject to annual appropriations. The substitute does not include provisions that require states to extend eligibility for welfare to two-parent families where the major wage earner is unemployed; does not raise the federal matching payment to states that raise benefits; does not increase federal reimbursement for day care costs, or permit recipients to retain more of their earnings from work without having benefits reduced. Finally, cost estimates for the substitute are $215 million in FY 1988, and $1.1 billion over five years.
12/16/1987:
H.AMDT.577 Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 336 - 87 (Record Vote No: 485).
12/16/1987:
H.AMDT.578 Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 173 - 251 (Record Vote No: 486).
12/16/1987:
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
12/16/1987:
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 230 - 194 (Record Vote No: 487).
12/17/1987:
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
4/20/1988:
Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment without recommendation.
6/7/1988:
Committee on Finance. Reported to Senate by Senator Bentsen without recommendation without amendment. Without written report.
6/7/1988:
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.
6/16/1988:
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1511 amended.
6/16/1988:
Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-3. Record Vote No: 189.
6/16/1988:
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Bentsen; Moynihan; Pryor; Rockefeller; Daschle; Packwood; Dole; Wallop; Armstrong.
6/21/1988:
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
7/7/1988:
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Voice Vote.
7/7/1988:
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Rostenkowski, Downey (NY), Ford (TN), Pease, Matsui, Kennelly, Archer, Vander Jagt, Brown (CO), Hawkins, Ford (MI), Kildee, Williams, Martinez, Solarz, Jeffords, Gunderson, Tauke, Henry.
7/7/1988:
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Dingell, Waxman, Scheuer, Walgren, Wyden, Dowdy (MS), Madigan, Dannemeyer, Whittaker, de la Garza, Panetta, Glickman, Staggers, Olin, Espy, Emerson, Schuette, Lewis (FL), Herger.
7/7/1988:
House Conferees Instructed by Yea-Nay Vote: 227 - 168 (Record Vote No: 219).
9/16/1988:
House Conferees Instructed by Yea-Nay Vote: 249 - 130 (Record Vote No: 326).
9/28/1988:
Conference Report 100-998 Filed in House.
9/29/1988:
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Waiving All Points of Order Against the Consideration of the Conference Report.
9/29/1988:
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.556 Reported to House.
9/29/1988:
Conference report considered in Senate.
9/29/1988:
Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 96-1. Record Vote No: 341.
9/30/1988:
House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 347 - 53 (Record Vote No: 373).
9/30/1988:
Cleared for White House.
10/12/1988:
Measure Signed in Senate.
10/13/1988:
Presented to President.
10/13/1988:
Signed by President.
10/13/1988:
Became Public Law No: 100-485.
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AMENDMENT(S):

1. H.AMDT.577 to H.R.1720 An amendment comprised of several amendments en bloc to reduce the costs of the bill by $509 million (10 percent) over five years by requiring states to implement immediate wage withholding for child support payments, even when the parent is not in arrears. The amendment also tries to more sharply focus the child care transition program, and terminates, effective October 1, 1991, the bill's provisions for an increased federal match for states that increase their AFDC benefits.
Sponsor: Rep Andrews, Michael [TX-25] (introduced 12/16/1987)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 12/16/1987 House amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 336 - 87 (Record Vote No: 485).

2. H.AMDT.578 to H.R.1720 An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3200 to require participation in education, training, and work programs by all heads of households receiving AFDC benefits, except those with children under six months of age. The amendment establishes specific standards for the percentage of recipients that states must have enrolled in programs by various dates. It authorizes $500 million in FY 1988, and such sums as may be necessary thereafter for state education, training, and work programs for welfare recipients, and for day care assistance to those leaving welfare because of increased earnings, but makes this funding subject to annual appropriations. The substitute does not include provisions that require states to extend eligibility for welfare to two-parent families where the major wage earner is unemployed; does not raise the federal matching payment to states that raise benefits; does not increase federal reimbursement for day care costs, or permit recipients to retain more of their earnings from work without having benefits reduced. Finally, cost estimates for the substitute are $215 million in FY 1988, and $1.1 billion over five years.
Sponsor: Rep Michel, Robert H. [IL-18] (introduced 12/16/1987)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 12/16/1987 House amendment not agreed to. Status: Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 173 - 251 (Record Vote No: 486).