March 24, 2011
Members of the Republican Study Committee – the self-described Caucus of House Conservatives – including Rep. Jim Jordan, R-OH (primary sponsor), and cosponsors Reps. Dan Burton, R-IN, Jason Chaffetz, R-UT, Scott Garrett, R-NJ, Louie Gohmert, R-TX, and Tim Scott, R-SC, introduced on 17 March legislation entitled the Welfare Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 1167) designed to: