Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2011
Latest action · Sep 8, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 15, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to condition continued approval of a state plan upon state assessment of its policies with respect to barriers to employment and financial support of children.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for an employment demonstration project involving a court- or state child support agency supervised-employment program for noncustodial parents who have barriers to employment and a history of nonpayment, so that they can pay their child support obligations.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants for transitional jobs programs and for public-private career pathways partnerships.
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) funding for responsible fatherhood programs, (2) activities promoting responsible fatherhood, and (3) elimination of a separate TANF work participation rate for two-parent families.
Prohibits a state from conditioning receipt of TANF or certain other benefits on: (1) participation in a healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood program, or (2) assignment to the state of certain support rights.
Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to prohibit a state from collecting any amount owed it by reason of costs it has incurred for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned.
Requires a state to make a full distribution of collected child support to the family.
Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to: (1) deductions from family income for child support received in order to qualify for food stamps, (2) verification of child support payments, and (3) inclusion of economic opportunities programs in qualifying work programs.
Amends SSA title IV part A with respect to: (1) grants to healthy family partnerships for domestic violence intervention and prevention, and (2) grant recipients and their procedures for responding to the risks of domestic violence.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the credit percentage under the earned income tax credit for eligible individuals with no qualifying children.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2011 to Jul 10, 2012; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 15, 2011 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jun 15, 2011 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Jun 15, 2011 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Jun 15, 2011 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jun 15, 2011 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Jun 15, 2011 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jun 15, 2011 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Jun 15, 2011 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 15, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 14, 2011 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2011 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2011 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2011 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Sep 8, 2011 | |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Sep 8, 2011 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 22, 2011 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2011 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2011 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Sep 8, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Jun 27, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
- Jun 23, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Jun 22, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 15, 2011Introduced in House
- Jun 15, 2011Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4278.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL31025 | Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children | Report | May 1, 2018 |
| R41431 | Child Well-Being and Noncustodial Fathers Archived | Report | Feb 12, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Appropriations
- Crime prevention
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family relationships
- Food assistance and relief
- Income tax credits
- Marriage and family status
- Medicaid
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public-private cooperation
- Separation, divorce, custody, support
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2011Introduced in House
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