HR 3160 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015

Introduced Jul 22, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Karen Bass D-CA

Latest action · Jul 28, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

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.

IntroducedJul 22, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015

This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the chief executive officer of a state to certify that the state will provide assistance and services under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained age 23 if:

the state has elected to extend the eligibility for foster care to all children up to age 21, or
the responsible state agency uses state or other funds not provided under the Program to provide assistance and services comparable to those such youths would receive if the state had made such an election

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2015 to Nov 30, 2015; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jul 22, 2015
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Jul 22, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Jul 22, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jul 22, 2015
R-PA	Tom Marino	Original	Jul 22, 2015
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Jul 22, 2015
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 29, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jul 29, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jul 29, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Sep 10, 2015
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Nov 30, 2015

Committees 1

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 Jul 22, 2015
	Work and Welfare Subcommittee	Referred Jul 28, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 28, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jul 22, 2015Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 1. Article. I. Section 1. 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.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 115, July 22, 2015, page H5403.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1439	Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015	Identical bill	May 21, 2015

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States that provide foster care for children up to age 21 to serve former foster youths through age 23 under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 22, 2015Introduced in House

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