Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act
Latest action · May 1, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable states to establish emergency assistance programs to make certain payments to eligible low-income households for the purchase of gasoline.
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize a state to use funds from any TANF grant to carry out such a program.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 May 1, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 1, 2008Introduced in Senate
- May 1, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40841 | Assisting Households with the Costs of a CapandTrade Program: Options and Considerations for Congress Archived | Report | Oct 8, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide emergency assistance for families receiving assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and low-income working families.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Access to health care
- Aid to dependent children
- Cash welfare block grants
- Commuting
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy assistance for the poor
- Energy prices
- Families
- Gasoline
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Labor and Employment
- Social Welfare
- Transportation and Public Works
- Vocational and technical education
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare recipients
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2008Introduced 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.
