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H.R. 3381 115th Congress House

Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017

Official title: To establish in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing C… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty to develop a national strategy to eliminate child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2017 Introduced by: Danny K. Davis Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017

This bill establishes, within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The primary goal of the working group shall be to develop a national plan for reducing to zero, within specified timeframes, the number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the United States.

The national plan devised by the working group shall also include recommendations for: (1) understanding the root causes of child poverty, (2) improving access to anti-poverty programs, (3) eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on specified demographic factors, (4) improving access to quality jobs, (5) connecting low-income children and families to education and job training, and (6) shifting the measures and policies of federal anti-poverty programs toward the goal of helping individuals and families achieve long-term economic stability.

The bill also specifies additional duties, membership, and reporting requirements for the working group.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5164 Urban Progress Act of 2018
  • S 1630 Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3381: Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3381/
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