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HR 3172 110th Congress House Social Welfare Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Education savings accounts Families Federal aid to child health services Finance and Financial Sector Food stamps Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Higher education Indexing (Economic policy) Individual retirement accounts Labor and Employment Medically uninsured Motor vehicles

Freedom to Save Act of 2007

Introduced: July 25, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 25, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jul 31, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 31, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
Jul 25, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 25, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 25, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Freedom to Save Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the asset test for food stamp program eligibility by increasing the amounts of allowable financial resources, with annual inflation adjustments, and excluding from countable financial resources any retirement accounts, education accounts, and licensed vehicles.

Prohibits the use of any asset test under the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act. Prescribes an administrative penalty for any state imposing such a test.

Eliminates any asset test for disabled persons under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income (SSI)) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and for any eligible individual under SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)).

What's happening now April 25, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 25, 2007
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 25, 2007
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 25, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3172: Freedom to Save Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3172/
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"H.R. 3172: Freedom to Save Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3172/.
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H.R. 3172, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3172/.
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