HR 4724 · 114th Congress 2015โ€“2017, ended

Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective Federal Funding Act

Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 353.

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. IntroducedMar 10, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective Federal Funding Act

(Sec. 2) This bill repeals the program of block grants to states for social services under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act, except those for:

  • demonstration projects to address health professions workforce needs, and
  • the program for early detection of certain medical conditions related to environmental health hazards.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Mar 10, 2016Markup Mar 16, 2016Reported Mar 23, 2016
Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Referred Mar 14, 2016

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 23, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-462.
  2. Mar 23, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 353.
  3. Mar 16, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  4. Mar 16, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 16.
  5. Mar 14, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
  6. Mar 10, 2016Introduced in House
  7. Mar 10, 2016Referred 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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Mar 21, 2016H.R. 4724, Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective Federal Funding ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 16, 2016

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 39, March 10, 2016, page H1302.

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
IF10115Social Services Block GrantResourceMay 23, 2024
94-953Social Services Block Grant: Background and FundingReportNov 1, 2016

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To repeal the program of block grants to States for social services.
Short Titles as Introduced
Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective Federal Funding Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective Federal Funding Act

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 23, 2016Reported in House
  2. Mar 10, 2016Introduced in House

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