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H.R. 5783 113th Congress House

CSA OPPORTUNITY Act

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act, the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to require that the value of child'… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act, the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to require that the value of child's savings accounts be disregarded for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under such Acts; and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 3, 2014 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Bank accounts, deposits, capitalEnergy assistance for the poor and agedFood assistance and reliefHigher education
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Income tax exclusionPoverty and welfare assistanceStudent aid and college costs
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Dec 19, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 3, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, 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.
Dec 3, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 19, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Savings Accounts Offer Parents Plenty of Reasons to Understand and Invest in Tuition Yearly Act or the CSA OPPORTUNITY Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct a state receiving a TANF grant to disregard the value of any interest in, or distribution from, a qualified tuition program, as well as the value of a child's savings account, in determining individual or family TANF eligibility or the amount or type of assistance.

Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to exclude from an individual's resources for SSI eligibility or benefit purposes the value of any interest in, or distribution from, a qualified tuition program as well as the value of a child's savings account.

Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exclude any child's savings accounts from resources for eligibility and benefit purposes under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program).

Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to exclude from household income any child's savings accounts from resources for eligibility and benefit purposes under the low-income home energy assistance program.

Prescribes penalties for noncompliance.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 3
D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Dec 9, 2014
Fudge, Marcia
· Dec 8, 2014
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Dec 3, 2014
HINOJOSA, RUBEN
· Dec 3, 2014
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 3, 2014
Ribble, Reid
· Dec 3, 2014
Schwartz, Allyson
· Dec 3, 2014
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Dec 3, 2014
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Dec 3, 2014
Tsongas, Niki
· Dec 3, 2014
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