Senate
Feb 11, 2014

A bill to help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency, to provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide an overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs, and for other purposes.

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Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to declare that it should be the purpose of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to increase employment, encourage healthy marriage, and promote prosperous self-sufficiency, which means the ability of households to maintain an income above the poverty level...

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Introduced(2/11/14)
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Mr. Lee

Senate (R) Utah

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 11, 2014