HSWM03 · House Subcommittee

Work and Welfare Subcommittee

Under Ways and Means Committee waysandmeans.house.gov

House Subcommittee on Work and Welfare

Showing the 118th Congress (2023–2024). Back to the 119th Congress

153 bills referred in the 118th Congress

727 across the 12 Congresses on file, more in this Congress than in any other. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 118th

Members

Served in the 118th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 118th Congress

Members, 118th Congress 14

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 118th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
R-IL	Darin LaHood	Chair
R-NE	Adrian Smith
R-UT	Blake D. Moore
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup
R-NY	Claudia Tenney
D-IL	Danny K. Davis
D-PA	Dwight Evans
D-WI	Gwen Moore
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez
D-CA	Judy Chu
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker
R-CA	Michelle Steel
R-OH	Mike Carey
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 118th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 118th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 5408	SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act	Referred To	Dec 17, 2024
HR 5458	BO’s Act	Referred To	Dec 17, 2024
HR 5540	In Good Standing Adoption Agencies Act of 2023	Referred To	Dec 17, 2024
HR 5581	Child Care Assistance for Maternal Health Act	Referred To	Dec 17, 2024
HR 5629	Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2023	Referred To	Dec 17, 2024
HR 5644	End Diaper Need Act of 2023	Referred To	Dec 17, 2024
HR 5672	Bipartisan Keep America Open Act	Referred To	Dec 17, 2024
HR 5866	SAFE in Recovery Act	Referred To	Dec 17, 2024

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 118th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	Reforming Unemployment Insurance to Support American Workers and BusinessesRayburn House Office Building 202015 documents 5 witnesses J.T. Taylor, Senior Director of Fraud, ID.me Chris Stricklin, President, Dunn University Beth Townsend, Executive Director, Iowa Workforce Development Will Raderman, Employment Policy Analyst, Niskanen Center Jennifer Phillips, Program Lead, Georgetown University, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation	Scheduled	Jun 4, 2024

Hearing	Field Hearing on The Dignity of Work: Lifting Individuals Out of Poverty18 documents 6 witnesses Matt Paprocki, President and CEO, Illinois Policy Institute Nathan Montgomery, Executive Director, Salt & Light Brian Butler, Director of Residential Ministries, Pathway Ministries Kristy Schofield, Director of Homelessness & Housing, Dream Center Peoria Gianno Caldwell, Founder, Caldwell Strategic Consulting Sodiqa Williams, Senior Vice President, Safer Foundation	Scheduled	Apr 9, 2024

Hearing	Pathways to Independence: Supporting Youth Aging Out of Foster CareRayburn House Office Building 202012 documents 4 witnesses Todd Lloyd, Senior Policy Associate for the Jim Casey Program, Annie E. Casey Foundation Rebekka Behr, Former Foster Youth Will Kiefer, Executive Director and Founder, Bench Mark Jordan Otero, Former Foster Youth	Scheduled	Jan 17, 2024

Hearing	Joint Work & Welfare and Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on Strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program for States and TribesLongworth House Office Building 1100	Scheduled	Nov 29, 2023
Hearing	Measuring Poverty: How the Biden Administration Plans to Redraw the Poverty Line and Rob Resources from Rural AmericaRayburn House Office Building 2020	Scheduled	Oct 24, 2023
Hearing	Modernizing Child Welfare to Protect Vulnerable ChildrenRayburn House Office Building 202015 documents 5 witnesses Dr. David Sanders, Executive Vice President of Systems Improvement, Casey Family Programs Ms. Tracy Gruber, Executive Director, Utah Department of Human Services Ms. Cherie Craft, Founding Executive Director, Smart from the Start Ms. Katherine Marquart, Recruitment Manager, FosterAdopt Connect Ms. Prudence Beidler Carr, Center Director, American Bar Association, Center on Children and Law	Scheduled	Sep 28, 2023

Hearing	Where is all the Welfare Money Going? Reclaiming TANF Non-Assistance Dollars to Lift Americans Out of PovertyRayburn House Office Building 2020	Scheduled	Jul 12, 2023
Hearing	Welfare is Broken: Restoring Work Requirements to Lift Americans Out of PovertyRayburn House Office Building 20205 documents 5 witnesses Mr. Grant Collins, Senior Vice President for Workforce Development, Fedcap Group Ms. Shakirah Francis, Employment Services Social Work Supervisory, Department of Social Services Employment Division of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Ms. Heather Reynolds, Managing Director, Lab for Economic Opportunities at the University of Notre Dame Mr. Jacob Maas, Chief Executive Officer, West Michigan Works! Ms. Victoria Gray	Scheduled	Mar 29, 2023

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Meetings
119th2025–2026, sitting	13	0	0	0	7
118th2023–2024	14	153	0	0	8
117th2021–2022	11	95	0	0	4
116th2019–2020	11	55	0	0	4
115th2017–2018	14	67	0	1	8
114th2015–2016	15	65	0	0	8
113th2013–2014	23	29	0	0	10
112th2011–2012	12	59	0	0	0
111th2009–2010	14	15	0	0	—
110th2007–2008	13	52	0	1	—
109th2005–2006	14	34	1	0	—
108th2003–2004	13	73	0	2	—
107th2001–2002	13	30	2	1	—

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Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 112th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. A subcommittee's referrals are recorded against it separately from its parent's, so the two lists do not add up. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.