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HR 5738 115th Congress House Social Welfare Bank accounts, deposits, capital Energy assistance for the poor and aged Food assistance and relief Higher education Income tax exclusion Poverty and welfare assistance Student aid and college costs

CSA OPPORTUNITY Act

Introduced: May 9, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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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 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.

What's happening now June 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 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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