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S 1027 107th Congress Senate 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 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Jun 20, 2001
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Jun 13, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 13, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 a child poverty reduction bonus grant 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 June 20, 2001

Star Print ordered on the bill.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2166 Identical bill Child Poverty Reduction Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1027: Child Poverty Reduction Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1027/
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"S. 1027: Child Poverty Reduction Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1027/.
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S. 1027, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1027/.
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