Right Start Act of 2001
Latest action · Jan 22, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S232-237)
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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the formula to increase the dependent care income tax credit for certain taxpayers, indexed for inflation, with an even greater credit for employment-related dependent care expenses; (2) allow a minimum dependent care income tax credit for stay-at-home parents; (3) provide for advance payment by the employer of an employee's dependent care income tax credit; and (4) allow a business-related tax credit for employer-provided child care expenditures.
Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to a State or local government to pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs.
Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite.
Time for Schools Act of 2001 - Amends FMLA to allow employees covered by such Act to take up to 24 hours, during any 12-month period, of school involvement leave to participate in: (1) an academic activity of their child's school, such as a parent-teacher conference or an interview for a school; or (2) literacy training under a family literacy program. Amends Federal civil service law to provide the same school involvement leave allowance for Federal employees.
Amends FMLA and Federal civil service law to entitle to leave those employees who must address the effects of domestic violence.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 22, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-MN | Paul D. Wellstone | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Jan 22, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2001 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S232-237)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S232–S237 | Thomas A. Daschle D-SD (text) | Jan 22, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-820 | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003746 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 7, 2002–Jun 6, 2002 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 265 | Right Start Act of 2001 | Identical bill | Mar 15, 2001 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to increase the availability and affordability of quality child care and early learning services, to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand the scope of the Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Right Start Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Time for Schools Act of 2001
- Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2001
- Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Adoption
- Authorization
- Business income tax
- Caregivers
- Child care block grants
- Child development
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost of living adjustments
- Costs
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Day care
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment subsidies
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Family leave
- Family violence
- Federal aid to day care centers
- Federal aid to education
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Head Start programs
- Income tax
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Labor and Employment
- Leave of absence
- Literacy programs
- Parent-school relationships
- Parents
- Personal income tax
- Preschool education
- Sick leave
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Tax refunds
- Taxation
- Victims of crimes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2001Introduced in Senate
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
