Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2015
Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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 26, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2015
This bill amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to revise the Act and reauthorize it through FY2023.
States must adopt performance requirements and performance benchmarks to be included as part of the performance measurement system under this Act.
States that receive grants must reserve 2% of the funds for a new Community Action Innovations Program (CAIP) and use not less than 90% of the remainder to make subgrants to eligible entities to enable the entities to implement programs, projects, or services to reduce poverty.
Authority is repealed for specific nationally administered grants for: (1) community food and nutrition programs, (2) national or regional programs designed to provide instructional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.
A state may use certain grant funds for training and technical assistance to eligible entities and innovative projects to reduce poverty conditions.
Two or more eligible entities shall receive state assistance to merge if the geographic areas of the state they serve can be more effectively served under a single corporate structure. The same assistance must be given any eligible public organization that determines the area it serves can be more effectively served if it becomes a private public charity.
An incentive is repealed for states to enact a charity tax credit.
The Department of Health and Human Services must conduct, in at least one-third of the states in each fiscal year, evaluations (including investigations) of state compliance with the Community Services Block Grant Program.
Cosponsors 119
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2015 to Sep 28, 2016; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 1, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | May 1, 2015 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 14, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 14, 2015 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | May 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 20, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | May 26, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | May 26, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jul 14, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jul 14, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jul 14, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jul 14, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Jul 23, 2015 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jul 23, 2015 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jul 23, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jul 23, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Aug 4, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Aug 4, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Oct 9, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Oct 9, 2015 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Nov 18, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Nov 30, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Dec 10, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Dec 10, 2015 | |
| R-NH | Frank C. Guinta | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jan 5, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jan 5, 2016 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Feb 25, 2016 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| R-MI | David A. Trott | Mar 23, 2016 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Mar 23, 2016 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Apr 13, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 13, 2016 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| R-IA | Rod Blum | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Sep 28, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2015 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Mar 26, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2015Referred 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1124 | Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA | Jul 14, 2016 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 51, March 26, 2015, page H2112.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32872 | Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding | Report | Sep 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 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Charitable contributions
- Food assistance and relief
- Government studies and investigations
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Income tax credits
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2015Introduced in House
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.
