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H.R. 2359 113th Congress House

Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2013

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 13, 2013 Introduced by: Danny K. Davis Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Social Welfare AppropriationsCrime preventionDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Labor
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Domestic violence and child abuseEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFood assistance and reliefIncome tax creditsMarriage and family statusMedicaidPoverty and welfare assistancePublic-private cooperationSeparation, divorce, custody, support
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Jul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jun 25, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
Jun 14, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 13, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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 13, 2013
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2013 - Conditions continued approval of a state plan under part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) upon state assessment of its policies with respect to barriers to employment and financial support of children.

Directs the Department 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 participation in a healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood program.

Amends SSAct 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 under SSAct title XIX (Medicaid)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 (TANF) 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 increase the earned income tax credit percentage for eligible individuals with no qualifying children.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 10
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jun 28, 2013
BROWN, CORRINE
· Jun 13, 2013
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 13, 2013
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jun 13, 2013
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 13, 2013
CLAY, WM.
· Jun 13, 2013
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jun 13, 2013
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Jun 13, 2013
LEWIS, JOHN
· Jun 13, 2013
MCDERMOTT, JIM
· Jun 13, 2013
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 13, 2013
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 13, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 13, 2013
Richmond, Cedric
· Jun 13, 2013
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jun 13, 2013
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 13, 2013
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jun 13, 2013
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