HR 2166
107th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Poor children
Child Poverty Reduction Act
Introduced: June 13, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jun 13, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 13, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1092)
Jun 13, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Child Poverty Reduction Act -Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) make it an additional purpose of TANF to reduce poverty of families with children in the United States; and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make child poverty reduction bonus grants to any State whose child poverty rate for a completed calendar year is less than the rate the State achieved during the preceding calendar year.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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