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Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022

Introduced: February 1, 2022 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
Sep 13, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-148.
May 25, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 1, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 1, 2022
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022

This bill addresses funding for areas of persistent poverty.

Specifically, the bill requires

  • the Bureau of the Census to publish a list of all areas of persistent poverty and annually update the list;
  • the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop and implement guidance and measures to increase the share of federal investments targeted to areas of persistent poverty and to report annually to Congress;
  • the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on the measures implemented by the OMB under this bill, including an assessment regarding the impact of increasing federal investments spent in areas of persistent poverty; and
  • GAO to submit at least two subsequent reports within 10 years of this bill's enactment.
What's happening now September 13, 2022

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.

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