What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act
This bill modifies requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services to research practices and projects that have moved recipients under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program into jobs.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2017 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Apr 28, 2017 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Apr 25, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 25, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 70, April 25, 2017, page H2847.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 576 | Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act | Related bill | Feb 1, 2017 |
| S 961 | Using Evidence to Move Welfare Recipients into Work Act | Related bill | Apr 27, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To strengthen welfare research and evaluation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
