HAND UP Act
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.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Help Americans in Need Develop Their Ultimate Potential Act or HAND UP Act - Establishes a framework for the head of a state entity or of a sub-state entity administering two or more qualified federal programs to participate in a demonstration project, approved by the administering Secretary, that supports individuals and families with the goal of moving them towards self-sufficiency, reducing welfare dependence, and increasing work and earnings. Authorizes the administering Secretary to waive program requirements for purposes of the demonstration.
Specifies as qualified federal programs: (1) the TANF program under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA), (2) the Block Grants to States for Social Services under SSA title XX, (3) activities funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, (4) activities funded under the United States Housing Act of 1937, and (5) the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require an annual public housing agency plan for a public housing agency to contain certain demonstration project application information.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 11, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Mar 11, 2014 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Mar 11, 2014 |
| R-FL | Steve Southerland II | Original | Mar 11, 2014 |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Original | Mar 11, 2014 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Mar 11, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Apr 1, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
- Mar 11, 2014Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2014Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Financial Services, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Administrative remedies
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Employment and training programs
- Food assistance and relief
- Intergovernmental relations
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public housing
- Social Welfare
- State and local government operations
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2014Introduced in House
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