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H.R. 5738 115th 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: May 9, 2018 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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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
May 25, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
May 9, 2018
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.
May 9, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

 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

This bill requires that (1) the value of a qualified tuition program be excluded for purposes of a means test under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program or the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits program; and (2) the value of a child's savings account be excluded for purposes of a means test under the TANF program, the SSI benefits program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or the low-income home-energy-assistance program.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 9, 2018
Dent, Charles
· May 9, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 9, 2018
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Smith, Adam
Washington · May 9, 2018
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 9, 2018
Tsongas, Niki
· May 9, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5738: CSA OPPORTUNITY Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5738/
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"H.R. 5738: CSA OPPORTUNITY Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5738/.
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H.R. 5738, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5738/.
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