<Table> Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 (a) (1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Acronyms (colloquial) </Th> <Td> PRWORA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nicknames </Th> <Td> Welfare Reform </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Enacted by </Th> <Td> the 104th United States Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Citations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Public law </Th> <Td> Pub. L. 104--193 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Statutes at Large </Th> <Td> 110 Stat. 2105 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Legislative history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Introduced in the House as H.R. 3734 by John Kasich (R - OH) on June 27, 1996 </Li> <Li> Committee consideration by House Budget, Senate Budget </Li> <Li> Passed the House on July 18, 1996 (256--170) </Li> <Li> Passed the Senate on July 23, 1996 (74--24, in lieu of S. 1956) </Li> <Li> Reported by the joint conference committee on July 30, 1996; agreed to by the House on July 31, 1996 (328--101) and by the Senate on August 1, 1996 (78--21) </Li> <Li> Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 22, 1996 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 (a) (1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Acronyms (colloquial) </Th> <Td> PRWORA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nicknames </Th> <Td> Welfare Reform </Td> </Tr>

Why was the welfare reform act of 1996 passed