H.R. 180998th CongressHouse Bill

A bill to provide for minimum fines for certain offenses relating to welfare and unemployment fraud.

Introduced in the HouseDead

This bill died when its Congress ended.

Bills don't carry over between Congresses. Without re-introduction in a new session, it cannot advance.

Amends Part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit: (1) the knowing and willful misrepresentation of a material fact in any application for aid; (2) the concealment or failure to disclose information with a fraudulent intent; or (3) the knowing and willful conversion of aid for the use or benefit of another. Revises the fraud provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and titles XVI (Supplementary Security Income) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish as the minimum penalty the value of the benefit unlawfully received and as the maximum penalty the greater of such value or the fines currently provided. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to condition the approval of State unemployment compensation laws on a requirement that a State prohibit knowing and willful misrepresentation with respect to such compensation and establish as a minimum penalty the value of the compensation unlawfully secured.

Introduced Mar 2, 1983
1
Introduced

Filed in the House

2
Passed House
3
Passed Senate
4
Became Law

This house bill has been filed and is working its way through Congress. It will need to pass both the House and the Senate, then be signed by the President to become law.

Who introduced this

RM

Ron Marlenee

Republican

U.S. Representative · MT-2

Introduced solo — no cosponsors joined.

Ask AI About This Bill

Get plain-language answers with direct quotes from the bill text.

to ask questions about this bill.

Your Representatives

Enter your address to see how your representatives voted on this bill.

Your address is only used to find your district and is never saved. See how it works

Votes

Public Opinion

No votes yet — be the first to weigh in.

to cast your vote

Your voice matters — let representatives know where you stand.

Comments

No comments yet. to be the first to weigh in.