CARE Act of 2002
Latest action · Sep 24, 2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9095)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth provisions concerning the treatment of nongovernmental providers of social services.
Provides expedited procedures for obtaining tax exempt status.
Provides financial for support nongovernmental community based organizations for, among other things: (1) grant writing, legal, program development, and management assistance; (2) capacity building; and (3) delivering assistance.
Amends Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provisions of the Social Security Act (SSA) to restore State authority to transfer up to ten percent of TANF funds to carry out State programs under SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services). Amends title XX to restore funds to States and territories for FY 2003 and 2004.
Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to provide for maternity group homes and evaluation of such homes.
Savings for Working Families Act of 2002 - Permits a qualified financial institution, qualified nonprofit organization, or Indian tribe to establish one or more qualified individual development account programs. Defines such an account as an account established for an eligible individual (income based) as part of a qualified individual development account program (matched individual and entity savings accounts for qualifying educational, first-time home purchase, or business expenses). Provides matching funds through a tax credit.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2002 to Jul 31, 2002; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| D-MO | Jean Carnahan | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Feb 25, 2002 | |
| D-GA | Zell Miller | Mar 12, 2002 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Mar 18, 2002 | |
| R-AR | Tim Hutchinson | Mar 18, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Robert G. Torricelli | Mar 22, 2002 | |
| D-GA | Max Cleland | Apr 10, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2002 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9095)
- Feb 8, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Feb 8, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S546)
- Feb 8, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S546-555)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 | Debate and remarks S10604 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Oct 17, 2002 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S546Text printed S546–S555Summaries S555 | Joseph I. Lieberman I-CT (text) | Feb 8, 2002 |
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 3
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. 107-946 | BRINGING MORE UNBANKED AMERICANS INTO THE FINANCIAL MAINSTREAM70 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | May 2, 2002 |
| 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 |
| S. Hrg. 107-401 | SAFEGUARDING OUR SENIORS: PROTECTING THE ELDERLY FROM PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN NURSING HOMES188 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Mar 4, 2002 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote charitable giving, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- CARE Act of 2002
- Charity Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Savings for Working Families Act of 2002
- Popular Titles
- Charitable Contributions bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Agriculture and Food
- Block grants
- Bonds
- Books
- Charitable contributions
- Charities
- Child development
- Church and social problems
- College costs
- Commerce
- Community and school
- Community development
- Community organization
- Computer-assisted instruction
- Computers
- Computers in education
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Debt
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Excise tax
- Families
- Federal aid to community development
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Food relief
- Foundations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Group homes
- Higher education
- Home ownership
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing finance
- Human behavior
- Income tax
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Individual retirement accounts
- Infrastructure
- Inventories
- Labor and Employment
- Neighborhood government
- Nonprofit organizations
- Parent and child
- Personal budgets
- Personal income tax
- Poor
- Poor children
- Pregnant women
- Religion
- Research
- Saving and investment
- Savings accounts
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific instruments and apparatus
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Stocks
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Tax deferral
- Tax penalties
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Taxation
- Teenage pregnancy
- Trusts and trustees
- Unrelated business income tax
- Urban affairs
- Welfare eligibility
- Women
- Working poor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2002Introduced 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.
