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H.R. 2979 111th Congress House

Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 19, 2009 Introduced by: Danny K. Davis Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Crime preventionDomestic violence and child abuseEmployment and training programsFamily relationships
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Financial services and investmentsFood assistance and reliefForeign and international corporationsIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductionsMarriage and family statusMedicaidPoverty and welfare assistancePublic-private cooperationSecuritiesSeparation, divorce, custody, supportTax administration and collection, taxpayersTax-exempt organizations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jun 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 19, 2009
Referred to House Agriculture
Jun 19, 2009
Introduced in House
Jun 19, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 19, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jun 19, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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.
Jun 19, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
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 Latest action June 18, 2010

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to condition continued approval of a state plan upon state assessment of its policies with respect to barriers to employment and financial support of children.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for an employment demonstration project involving a court- or state child support agency supervised-employment program for noncustodial parents who have barriers to employment and a history of nonpayment, so that they can pay their child support obligations.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants for transitional jobs programs and for public-private career pathways partnerships.

Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) funding for responsible fatherhood programs; (2) activities promoting responsible fatherhood; and (3) elimination of a separate TANF work participation rate for two-parent families.

Prohibits a state from conditioning receipt of TANF or certain other benefits on: (1) participation in a healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood program; or (2) assignment to the state of certain support rights.

Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to prohibit a state from collecting any amount owed it by reason of costs it has incurred for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned.

Requires a state to make a full distribution of collected child support to the family.

Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to: (1) deductions from family income for child support received in order to qualify for food stamps; (2) verification of child support payments; and (3) inclusion of economic opportunities programs in qualifying work programs.

Amends SSA title IV part A with respect to: (1) grants to healthy family partnerships for domestic violence intervention and prevention; and (2) grant recipients and their procedures for responding to the risks of domestic violence.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the credit percentage under the earned income tax credit for eligible individuals with no qualifying children; and (2) require information pertaining to the customer's adjusted basis in broker's returns in the case of securities transactions.

Amends the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 with respect to the effective date of its leasing provisions.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the economic substance doctrine.

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