S 1027 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Child Poverty Reduction Act

Introduced Jun 13, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Charles E. Schumer D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 20, 2001 Star Print ordered on the bill.

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.

IntroducedJun 13, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Poverty Reduction Act -Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) make it an additional purpose of TANF to reduce poverty of families with children in the United States; and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a child poverty reduction bonus grant to any State whose child poverty rate for a completed calendar year is less than the rate the State achieved during the preceding calendar year.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2001 to Sep 4, 2001, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Paul D. Wellstone	Original	Jun 13, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd		Sep 4, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 20, 2001Star Print ordered on the bill.
Jun 13, 2001Introduced in Senate
Jun 13, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2166	Child Poverty Reduction Act	Identical bill	Jun 20, 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

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