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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
 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.

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