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S 2133 117th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance

Focus on Children Act

Introduced: June 17, 2021 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Jun 17, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Focus on Children Act

This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to produce studies and reports regarding federal spending on children.

The CBO must provide

  • studies of legislation containing changes in spending on children, upon the request of a congressional committee;
  • an annual report regarding spending on children; and
  • an annual report on the President's budget request for spending on children.

The CBO must also develop and maintain a public website that includes

  • the reports and studies required by this bill,
  • a dashboard containing key indicators and visualization tools to assist the public in understanding trends in spending on children, and
  • an open data portal that contains quantitative data on federal spending on children.
What's happening now June 17, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

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