General Aid

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Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 200710H.R. 211 (110th) Eshoo
To facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services, including volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act20S. 593 (110th) Burr
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals, and for other purposes.
9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 200730H.R. 1247 (110th) Nadler
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive health benefits for the relief of individuals whose health was adversely affected by the 9/11 disaster.
Telehealth and Medically Underserved and Advancement Act of 200710H.R. 1601 (110th) Jefferson
To facilitate the provision of telehealth services, and for other purposes.
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be10H.R. 1629 (110th) Pomeroy
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.
Disabled Veterans Insurance Act of 200710H.R. 2026 (110th) Jones
To amend section 1922A of title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of supplemental insurance available for totally disabled veterans.
Repairing Young Women's Lives Around the World Act10H.R. 2114 (110th) Maloney
To provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations Population Fund only for the prevention, treatment, and repair of obstetric fistula.
Feeding America's Families Act of 200740H.R. 2129 (110th) McGovern
To strengthen the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act40H.R. 2233 (110th) McDermott
To provide for special transfers of funds to States to promote certain improvements in State unemployment compensation laws.
Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 200750S. 1518 (110th) Reed
A bill to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.10S. 1701 (110th) Baucus
A bill to provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2007H.R. 206 (110th) Serrano
To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide greater access to the food stamp program by reducing duplicative and burdensome administrative requirements, authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to certain community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups for the purpose of establishing and implementing a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program for certain socially and economically disadvantaged populations, and for other purposes.
To extend for 1 year the availability of supplemental social services block grant funding.H.R. 184 (110th) Melancon
To extend for 1 year the availability of supplemental social services block grant funding.
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide pH.R. 144 (110th) Green
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals.
Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2007H.R. 149 (110th) Green
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title, and for other purposes.
Haitian Protection Act of 2007H.R. 522 (110th) Hastings
To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of Haiti eligible for temporary protected status under such section.
Social Security KidSave Accounts ActH.R. 242 (110th) Weller
To amend the Social Security Act to provide each American child with a KidSave Account, and for other purposes.
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of dH.R. 1160 (110th) Lowey
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement.
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insuranceH.R. 1162 (110th) Lowey
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability.
Emergency Gulf Coast Child Care Construction and Rebuilding ActH.R. 1411 (110th) Jefferson
To provide for the construction and rehabilitation of child care facilities in areas of the Gulf Coast affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Unemployment Compensation Improvement Act of 2007H.R. 1513 (110th) Weller
To provide for demonstration projects to help improve the Nation's unemployment compensation system.
Northern Border Economic Development Commission Act of 2007H.R. 1548 (110th) Hodes
To establish the Northern Border Economic Development Commission, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy ActS. 952 (110th) McCain
A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy, and for other purposes.
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur H.R. 1696 (110th) Reyes
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that Tribe.
Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2007H.R. 1938 (110th) McGovern
To reduce hunger in the United States.
Social Security Card Fortification ActH.R. 2368 (110th) Carter
To provide for updated and secure social security cards.
Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission Act of 2007H.R. 2024 (110th) Tanner
To establish the Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission.
Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007H.R. 2828 (110th) Jackson
To provide compensation to relatives of United States citizens who were killed as a result of the bombings of United States Embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998.
Language Education for Success Act of 2007H.R. 2861 (110th) Velazquez
To forgive certain loan repayments of teachers of limited English proficiency students, to direct the Commissioner of the National Center for Educational Statistics to study educational achievement performance measures of limited English proficiency children, and for other purposes.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Recovery Facilitation Act of 2007H.R. 3247 (110th) Norton
To improve the provision of disaster assistance for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes.
Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2007S. 2120 (110th) Menendez
A bill to authorize the establishment of a Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas to provide assistance to reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity in the countries of the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
A bill to authorize United States participation in the replenishment of resources of the International Development Association, S. 3168 (110th) Biden
A bill to authorize United States participation in the replenishment of resources of the International Development Association, and for other purposes.
National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008S. 3197 (110th) Durbin
A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to exempt for a limited period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.

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