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USA-1996-L-45457
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Title_of_text
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193 [H.R. 3734]) [Welfare Reform Act].
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United States of America
Subjects (Classification)
Social assistance and services
Adopted on (Date of text)
1996-08-22
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Aims to convert the welfare system into a work programme. Requires one member of every family on welfare to be working within 2 years of receiving welfare benefits; lifetime benefits shall be limited to 5 years (with exceptions for cases of special hardship). To assist persons in leaving welfare, provides additional funding for child care facilities. States are allowed to cap benefits for families which have children they cannot support. Teenagers who give birth outside of wedlock are required to live with an adult and remain in school in order to continue receiving welfare benefits. At the same time, procedures to enforce child support from absent noncustodial parents are strengthened. Also allows States to sanction welfare recipients who test positive for illegal drug use. Finally, provisions make families which sponsor immigration of relatives legally responsible for their well-being. Aliens are excluded from receiving food stamps, Supplemental Security Income and other benefits until they have received U.S. citizenship or have paid Social Security taxes for 40 quarters.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1998-06-10 (USA-1998-R-50602)
Child Care and Development Fund Rule (45 CFR Parts 98 and 99).
Implementing text(s)
1998-06-10 (USA-1998-R-50602)
Child Care and Development Fund Rule (45 CFR Parts 98 and 99).
Implementing text(s)
1998-08-07 (USA-1998-R-50633)
Medicaid and Title IV-E Programs; Revision and Definition of an Unemployed Parent Rule (45 CFR Part 233).
Implementing text(s)
1998-08-07 (USA-1998-R-50633)
Medicaid and Title IV-E Programs; Revision and Definition of an Unemployed Parent Rule (45 CFR Part 233).
Implementing text(s)
2000-06-19 (USA-2000-R-56432)
Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and Native Employment Works Program Rules (45 CFR Parts 286 and 287).
Implementing text(s)
2000-06-19 (USA-2000-R-56432)
Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and Native Employment Works Program Rules (45 CFR Parts 286 and 287).
Implementing text(s)
2001-01-17 (USA-2001-R-58392)
Food Stamp Programme: Personal Responsibility Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Final Rules (7 CFR Parts 272 and 273).
Implementing text(s)
2001-01-17 (USA-2001-R-58392)
Food Stamp Programme: Personal Responsibility Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Final Rules (7 CFR Parts 272 and 273).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2001-01-02 (USA-2001-R-57376)
Supplemental Security Income; Determining Disability for a Child Under Age 18 (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416).
Amending text(s)
2001-01-02 (USA-2001-R-57376)
Supplemental Security Income; Determining Disability for a Child Under Age 18 (20 CFR Parts 404 and 416).
Serial region
Serial title
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
Date
1996-10
Number
No. 8
Page range
pp. 110 STAT. 2105-2355