HR 2249
115th 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
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
State and local government operations
HAND UP Act
Introduced: April 28, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
May 11, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
May 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 28, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, 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.
Apr 28, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Help Americans in Need Develop Their Ultimate Potential Act or the HAND UP Act
This bill allows state entities administering specified social-welfare programs to carry out demonstration projects designed to support individuals and families with the goal of moving them towards self-sufficiency, reducing dependence, and increasing work and earnings by testing methods of program integration and coordination of services.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.