WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Social welfare

S. 2749, The Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act of 2009

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

S. 2749 would amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care....

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S. 1674, The Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2009

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1674 would provide for an exclusion under the Supplemental Security Income program and the Medicaid program for compensation provided to individuals who participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions....

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S. 1625, The Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1625 would amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to provide for an improved method to measure poverty so as to enable a better assessment of the effects of programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act....

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H.R. 3469, The Timely Due Process for People with Disabilities Act of 2009

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3469 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that disability determinations under such title on the basis of hearings by the Commissioner of Social Security are made on a timely basis and to require the Commissioner to establish a program for monitoring each year the number of disability determinations which are in reconsideration....

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P.L. 111-63, The WIPA and PABSS Reauthorization Act of 2009

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3325 would amend title XI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize for 1 year the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program....

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H.R. 3306, The Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3306 would amend the Social Security Act to enhance Social Security account number privacy protections, to prevent fraudulent misuse of the Social Security account number, and to otherwise enhance protection against identity theft....

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H.R. 3211, The Cost of Living Equity Act

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3211 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the percentage increase applied to benefits each year as a cost-of-living increase under such title shall in no case be less than the percentage increase in compensation of Members of Congress specified for such year under section 31 of title 2, United States Code....

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H.R. 3053, To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits under the program of temporary assistance for needy families

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3053 would amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits under the program of temporary assistance for needy families....

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S. 1309, The Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1309 would amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families....

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H.R. 2979, The Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2979 would amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families....

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S. 1286, The Keeping Families Safe Act of 2009

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1286 would amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting....

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H.R. 2909, The Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2909 would amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved method to measure poverty so as to enable a better assessment of the effects of programs under the Social Security Act....

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H.R. 2866, The Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2009

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2866 would provide for a disregard under the Supplemental Security Income program of compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions....

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H.R. 2829, The Recidivism Reduction Act

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2829 would ensure prompt access to supplemental security income, social security disability, and medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions....

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H.R. 2783, The Elimination of the Single Parent Tax Act of 2009

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2783 would amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to repeal a fee imposed by States on certain child support collections....

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H.R. 2706, The Young Children Social Security Number Protection Act of 2009

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2706 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the reissuance of social security account numbers to young children in cases in which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised by reason of theft....

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H.R. 2582, To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2582 would extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa....

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H.R. 2558, The State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2009

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2558 would amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on indicators of child well-being....

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S. 1151, The State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2009

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1151 would amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on indicators of child well-being....

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H.R. 2417, The Identity Protection Act of 2009

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2417 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to preclude use of the social security account number on Government-issued identification cards issued in connection with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP....

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H.R. 2440, The More Transparent and Honest Communications with American Workers Reform Act of 2009

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2440 would amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide that annual Social Security account statements indicate, in estimating the level of projected benefits of eligible individuals, the effect on such benefits levels of benefit reductions which may be necessary, in the absence of future legislative remedies, by reason of anticipated insolvency of the Social Security Trust Funds....

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S. 998, The Arthur Woolweaver, Jr., Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 998 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance program....

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H.R. 2338, The No Welfare for Terrorists Act of 2009

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2338 would prohibit any alien formerly detained at the Department of Defense detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and brought into the United from receiving any Federal, State, or local public benefit....

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H.R. 2287, The No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2009

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2287 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States....

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H.R. 2286, The Social Security Exemption Relief Act of 2009

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2286 would amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that an employee whose employment for an employer is not otherwise covered for social security benefit purposes may irrevocably elect to have his or her employment with such employer treated as so covered and subject to social security taxes....

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