Family Assistance Plan (House only, not enacted)

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The Family Assistance Plan (House only, not enacted) was a Nixon-era welfare reform proposal that would have replaced existing aid programs with a guaranteed minimum income for families, passing the U.S. House of Representatives but ultimately failing to become law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal legislative proposal ⓘ
guaranteed minimum income proposal ⓘ
welfare reform proposal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Family Assistance Plan ⓘ
basedOnConcept negative income tax ⓘ
branchOfGovernmentInvolved legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ
geographicScope nationwide within the United States ⓘ
goal provide income support to low-income families with children ⓘ
replace existing welfare programs with a guaranteed minimum income ⓘ
simplify the U.S. welfare system ⓘ
historicalSignificance key episode in the history of U.S. welfare reform ⓘ
major early attempt to establish a guaranteed income in the United States ⓘ
includedComponent federal cash benefit ⓘ
guaranteed annual income floor for families ⓘ
work requirements for able-bodied adults ⓘ
influencedDebateOn guaranteed basic income in the United States ⓘ
reform of cash welfare programs ⓘ
initiatedByBranch executive branch of the United States ⓘ
legalStatus never implemented ⓘ
legislativeChamberFailed United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeChamberPassed United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeOutcome not enacted into law ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal government of the United States ⓘ
opposedByGroup conservatives concerned about work disincentives ⓘ
liberals who considered the benefit level inadequate ⓘ
policyArea income maintenance ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
welfare policy ⓘ
proposedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
proposedByOffice Nixon administration ⓘ
proposedByParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
proposedReformType replacement of categorical welfare with universal income floor ⓘ
reasonForFailure ideological opposition from both left and right ⓘ
insufficient support in the United States Senate ⓘ
relatedConcept basic income ⓘ
negative income tax experiments in the United States ⓘ
relatedToProgram Earned Income Tax Credit ⓘ
Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
subjectOf historical analyses of U.S. welfare policy ⓘ
scholarly debates on guaranteed income ⓘ
targetPopulation families with dependent children ⓘ
low-income families ⓘ
timePeriod Nixon era ⓘ
wouldHaveReplacedProgram Aid to Families with Dependent Children ⓘ
existing categorical welfare programs ⓘ

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91st United States Congress → passed → Family Assistance Plan (House only, not enacted) ⓘ
Family Assistance Plan (House only, not enacted) → alsoKnownAs → Family Assistance Plan ⓘ
linked to: Family Assistance Plan (House only, not enacted)