H.R. 4074
115th Congress
House
Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2017
Official title: To strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives.
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Oct 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Oct 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Oct 16, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Plain-English summary
Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2017
This bill establishes and expands various programs related to education, housing, employment, and social welfare.
The Department of Education must award grants to states for the development and implementation of prekindergarten programs.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the Department of Justice may award grants to assist communities in addressing juvenile delinquency and gang prevention.
The bill expands:
- the Pell Grant program,
- the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, and
- the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs.
With respect to housing, the bill:
- phases out the federal mortgage-interest income-tax deduction, replacing it with a new mortgage-interest income-tax credit;
- expands the federal low-income housing income-tax credit;
- expands certain affordable-housing programs; and
- establishes a federal income-tax credit for low-income renters.
With respect to employment, the bill:
- expands unemployment compensation benefits;
- establishes several new employment-related programs to be carried out by the Department of Labor;
- establishes a tax credit for employers that hire long-term unemployed individuals;
- establishes prohibitions on employment discrimination based on an individual's status as unemployed;
- increases the federal minimum wage, incrementally over a period of seven years, to $15.00 per hour.
In addition, the bill:
- expands the federal earned-income tax credit,
- makes refundable a federal income-tax credit for dependent care expenses,
- and expands eligibility for certain child-care benefits.
The bill also establishes:
- within the Congressional Budget Office, a Poverty Impact Division; and
- within the Department of Health and Human Services, a Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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- Agriculture Committee
- Budget Committee
- Committee on House Administration
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
- Education and Workforce Committee
- Financial Services Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Rules Committee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4074: Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4074/
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