The U.S. Congress Votes Database

Category: Public assistance programs

Bills

107th Congress

BillTitle
H R 7 To provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government program delivery to individuals and families in need, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets.

106th Congress

BillTitle
H R 2614 To amend the Small Business Investment Act to make improvements to the certified development company program, and for other purposes.
H R 4577 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
S 335 A bill to amend Chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for the nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to sweepstakes, skill contests, facsimile checks, administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties relating to such matter, and for other purposes.

105th Congress

BillTitle
H CON RES 284 Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
H R 2 To repeal the United States Housing Act of 1937, deregulate the public housing program and the program for rental housing assistance for low-income families, and increase community control over such programs, and for other purposes.
H R 2264 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2607 An Act making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
S 1733 An Act to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require food stamp State agencies to take certain actions to ensure that food stamp coupons are not issued for deceased individuals, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of options for the design, development, implementation, and operation of a national database to track participation in Federal means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes.
S 2206 A bill to amend the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and make improvements to those Acts, to establish demonstration projects that provide an opportunity for persons with limited means to accumulate assets, and for other purposes.

104th Congress

BillTitle
H CON RES 178 Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
H CON RES 67 Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
H J RES 122 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
H J RES 132 Affirming that budget negotiations shall be based on the most recent technical and economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office and shall achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 based on those assumptions.
H J RES 134 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
H J RES 136 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 1158 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 1530 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 1617 An Act to consolidate Federal employment training, vocational education, and adult education programs and create integrated statewide workforce development systems, and for other purposes.
H R 1643 To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria.
H R 1944 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance, for anti-terrorism initiatives, for assistance in the recovery from the tragedy that occurred at Oklahoma City, and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 1976 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 1977 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2076 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2127 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2202 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, to reform the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into the United States, and for other purposes.
H R 2406 To repeal the United States Housing Act of 1937, deregulate the public housing program and the program for rental housing assistance for low-income families, and increase community control over such programs, and for other purposes.
H R 2425 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve and reform the medicare program.
H R 2491 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996.
H R 2546 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2684 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in the amounts of allowable earnings under the social security earnings limit for individuals who have attained retirement age, and for other purposes.
H R 2703 To combat terrorism.
H R 2854 To modify the operation of certain agricultural programs.
H R 3019 Making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for other purposes.
H R 3103 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes.
H R 3136 To provide for enactment of the Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996, the Line Item Veto Act, and the Small Business Growth and Fairness Act of 1996, and to provide for a permanent increase in the public debt limit.
H R 3286 To help families defray adoption costs, and to promote the adoption of minority children.
H R 3448 To provide tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase the take home pay of workers, and for other purposes.
H R 3562 To authorize the State of Wisconsin to implement the demonstration project known as "Wisconsin Works".
H R 3603 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3610 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3662 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3734 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997.
H R 3755 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3814 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3845 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 4 "An Act to enhance support and work opportunities for families with children, reduce welfare dependence, and control welfare spending".
H R 4278 Making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 665 An Act entitled the Victims Justice Act of 1995.
H R 889 An Act making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
S 1026 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S 1028 A bill to provide increased access to health care benefits, to provide increased portability of health care benefits, to provide increased security of health care benefits, to increase the purchasing power of individuals and small employers, and for other purposes.
S 1124 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S 1244 An original bill making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
S 1357 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996.
S 143 A bill to consolidate Federal employment training programs and create a new process and structure for funding the programs, and for other purposes.
S 1541 A bill to extend, reform, and improve agricultural commodity, trade, conservation, and other programs, and for other purposes.
S 1664 An original bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase control over immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel and detention facilities, improving the system used by employers to verify citizenship or work-authorized alien status, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and document fraud, and reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures; to reduce the use of welfare by aliens; and for other purposes.
S 1956 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997.
S 735 A bill to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.
S CON RES 13 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
S CON RES 57 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

103rd Congress

BillTitle
H CON RES 218 Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
H CON RES 64 Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.
H R 1335 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
H R 1804 To improve learning and teaching by providing a national framework for education reform; to promote the research, consensus building, and systemic changes needed to ensure equitable educational opportunities and high levels of educational achievement for all American students; to provide a framework for reauthorization of all Federal education programs; to promote the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certifications, and for other purposes.
H R 2118 Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
H R 2264 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994.
H R 2442 To reauthorize appropriations under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, to revise administrative provisions of the Act to improve the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to administer grant programs, and for other purposes.
H R 2491 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2492 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2493 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2518 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2520 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 3167 To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, to establish a system of worker profiling, and for other purposes.
H R 3355 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants to increase police presence, to expand and improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies and members of the community to address crime and disorder problems, and otherwise to enhance public safety.
H R 3400 To provide a more effective, efficient, and responsive government.
H R 3474 To reduce administrative requirements for insured depository institutions to the extent consistent with safe and sound banking practices, to facilitate the establishment of community development financial institutions, and for other purposes.
H R 3759 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 3838 To amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.
H R 4067 To amend section 203 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to provide for the disposition of multifamily properties owned by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to provide for other reforms in programs administered by the Secretary, and to make certain technical amendments, and for other purposes.
H R 4092 To control and prevent crime.
H R 4217 To reform the Federal crop insurance program, and for other purposes.
H R 4277 To establish the Social Security Administration as an independent agency and to make other improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program.
H R 4278 To make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act.
H R 4301 An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense programs of hte Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strenths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
H R 4554 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 4602 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 4606 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 4624 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 4649 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 4650 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 8 To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through the fiscal year 1998.
H R 820 To amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance manufacturing technology development and transfer, to authorize appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and for other purposes.
S 1 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
S 1134 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994.
S 1150 An original bill to improve learning and teaching by providing a national framework for education reform; to promote the research, consensus building, and systemic changes needed to ensure equitable educational opportunities and high levels of educational achievement for all American students; to provide a framework for reauthorization of all Federal education programs; to promote the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certifications; and for other purposes.
S 1275 An Act to facilitate the establishment of community development financial institutions, to provide consumer protections for high cost mortgages, to encourage investment in and lending to small businesses, to improve the regulation of depository institutions, and for other purposes.
S 1607 A bill to control and prevent crime.
S 1614 A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National Lunch Act to promote healthy eating habits for children and to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes.
S 1970 An original bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to reorganize the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
S 2000 A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1995 through 1998 to carry out the Head Start Act and the Community Services Block Grant Act, and for other purposes.
S 2182 An Act to authoirze appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense programs of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S 2351 An original bill to achieve universal health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
S 4 A bill to promote the industrial competitiveness and economic growth of the United States by strengthening and expanding the civilian technology programs of the Department of Commerce, amending the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance the development and nationwide deployment of manufacturing technologies, and authorizing appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and for other purposes.
S 662 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, and title XIX of the Social Security Act to make technical corrections relating to the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992.
S CON RES 18 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.
S CON RES 63 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

102nd Congress

BillTitle
H CON RES 287 Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.
H R 11 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the establishment of tax enterprise zones, and for other purposes.
H R 1281 Making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for the consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, food stamps, unemployment compensation administration, veterans compensation and pensions, and urgent needs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes.
H R 2039 To authorize appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation, and for other purposes.
H R 2519 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes.
H R 2698 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes.
H R 2707 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes.
H R 2893 To extend to 1991 crops the disaster assistance provisions of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.
H R 2967 To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 through 1995; to authorize a 1993 National Conference on Aging; to amend the Native Americans Programs Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 through 1995; and for other purposes.
H R 3029 Entitled, "Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991".
H R 3033 A bill to amend the Job Training Partnership Act to strengthen the program of employment and training assistance under the Act, and for other purposes.
H R 3595 An Act to provide for a moratorium on the issuance of final regulations and on the use of donations and provider-specific taxes by States to receive Federal matching funds under medicaid.
H R 3603 To promote family preservation and the prevention of foster care with emphasis on families where abuse of alcohol or drugs is present, and to improve the quality and delivery of child welfare, foster care, and adoption services.
H R 3724 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize appropriations for Indian health programs, and for other purposes.
H R 3839 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes.
H R 4210 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for increased economic growth and to provide tax relief for families.
H R 4323 To improve education for all students by restructuring the education system in the States.
H R 5334 To amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.
H R 5429 To establish the Social Security Administration as an independent agency, which shall be headed by a Social Security Board, and which shall be responsible for the administration of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act and the supplemental security income program under title XVI of such Act.
H R 5487 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
H R 5677 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
H R 5679 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
S 1306 A bill to amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend certain programs, to restructure the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and for other purposes.
S 2166 A bill to reduce the Nation's dependence on imported oil, to provide for the energy security of the Nation, and for other purposes.
S 243 A bill to revise and extend the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
S 2481 A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize appropriations for Indian health programs, and for other purposes.
S 725 A bill entitled the "Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991".
S 869 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the availability of treatment of veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder; and for other purposes.
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