HR 3854 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014

Latest action · Jun 13, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014 - Revises the Community Services Block Grant Act, reauthorizing and extending the Act and its community services block grant program at specified levels for FY2014-2018, and at unspecified levels for FY2019-2023.

Prescribes requirements for a Community Action Innovations Program.

Eliminates requirements for: (1) community food and nutrition programs, (2) national or regional programs designed to provide instructional activities for low-income youth, and (3) demonstration partnership agreements addressing the needs of the poor.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2014 to Jul 24, 2014; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 13, 2014
D-CAJim CostaOriginalJan 13, 2014
D-OHTim RyanJan 15, 2014
R-PALou BarlettaJan 28, 2014
D-IABruce L. BraleyFeb 4, 2014
R-PACharles W. DentMar 4, 2014
D-HIColleen HanabusaMar 11, 2014
D-CAGloria Negrete McLeodMar 11, 2014
D-WIGwen MooreMar 11, 2014
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyMar 11, 2014
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaMar 11, 2014
D-GADavid ScottMar 24, 2014
D-MAJames P. McGovernMar 24, 2014
D-NCMike McIntyreMar 24, 2014
D-VTPeter WelchMar 24, 2014
D-WAAdam SmithApr 4, 2014
D-CAJackie SpeierApr 4, 2014
D-MNKeith EllisonApr 4, 2014
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterApr 4, 2014
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoApr 4, 2014
D-MNCollin C. PetersonApr 28, 2014
R-CADevin NunesApr 28, 2014
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyApr 28, 2014
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Apr 28, 2014
D-WIRon KindApr 28, 2014
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroApr 28, 2014
D-ILWilliam L. EnyartApr 28, 2014
R-CADavid G. ValadaoMay 9, 2014
D-IADavid LoebsackMay 28, 2014
D-CTJoe CourtneyMay 28, 2014
D-CAJulia BrownleyMay 28, 2014
D-CAMark TakanoMay 28, 2014
D-PAMatt CartwrightMay 28, 2014
D-MISander M. LevinMay 28, 2014
D-RIDavid N. CicillineJun 10, 2014
R-NYTom ReedJun 12, 2014
R-VABob GoodlatteJun 19, 2014
D-MAJohn F. TierneyJun 19, 2014
D-MAStephen F. LynchJun 19, 2014
D-MANiki TsongasJun 23, 2014
R-ILRodney DavisJul 24, 2014

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 13, 2014
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Jun 13, 2014

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
  2. Jan 13, 2014Introduced in House
  3. Jan 13, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H183H.R. 3854–3861—Jan 13, 2014

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I--The Legislative Branch. Section 1: The Legislature: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Section 8: Clause 1. The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Clause 18. The Congress shall have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H183.

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
RL32872Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and FundingReportSep 12, 2025

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and modernize the Act.
Short Titles as Introduced
Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 13, 2014Introduced in House

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