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HR 4206 113th Congress House Social Welfare Administrative remedies Department of Agriculture Department of Health and Human Services Department of Housing and Urban Development Employment and training programs Food assistance and relief Intergovernmental relations Low- and moderate-income housing Performance measurement Poverty and welfare assistance Public housing State and local government operations

HAND UP Act

Introduced: March 11, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Apr 1, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
Mar 11, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Financial Services, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Mar 11, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Help Americans in Need Develop Their Ultimate Potential Act or HAND UP Act - Establishes a framework for the head of a state entity or of a sub-state entity administering two or more qualified federal programs to participate in a demonstration project, approved by the administering Secretary, that supports individuals and families with the goal of moving them towards self-sufficiency, reducing welfare dependence, and increasing work and earnings. Authorizes the administering Secretary to waive program requirements for purposes of the demonstration.

Specifies as qualified federal programs: (1) the TANF program under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA), (2) the Block Grants to States for Social Services under SSA title XX, (3) activities funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, (4) activities funded under the United States Housing Act of 1937, and (5) the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require an annual public housing agency plan for a public housing agency to contain certain demonstration project application information.

What's happening now June 13, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2