FOCUS Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot funds to eligible States (and Indian tribes and tribal organizations) for distribution directly, or at State option, through local governments, to pay the Federal share of the cost of making grants to eligible child care providers under both such programs.
Cosponsors 48
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2001 to Jun 18, 2002, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Benjamin A. Gilman | Original | May 1, 2001 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | May 1, 2001 |
| R-MD | Constance A. Morella | Original | May 1, 2001 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | May 1, 2001 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | May 1, 2001 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | May 1, 2001 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | May 10, 2001 | |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | May 10, 2001 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 10, 2001 | |
| D-HI | Patsy T. Mink | May 10, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | May 15, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | May 15, 2001 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 15, 2001 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | May 15, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- May 1, 2001Introduced in House
- May 1, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- May 1, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E676)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Agriculture and Food
- Child care workers
- Child development
- Demography
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational planning
- Elementary and secondary education
- Families
- Federal aid to day care centers
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to Indians
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Higher education
- Indian children
- Indian education
- Labor and Employment
- Labor turnover
- Minorities
- Poor children
- Preschool education
- Recruiting of employees
- Salaries
- Scholarships
- School lunch program
- Social Welfare
- Teacher education
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.
