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HR 625 108th 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: February 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 19, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Feb 5, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 5, 2003
Introduced in House
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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 February 19, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 9 Independent 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 12, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 5, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 5, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 5, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 5, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 5, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 5, 2003
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 5, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 625: Child Poverty Reduction Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-625/
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"H.R. 625: Child Poverty Reduction Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-625/.
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H.R. 625, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-625/.
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