HAND UP Act
Latest action · May 19, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
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.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Help Americans in Need Develop Their Ultimate Potential Act or the HAND UP Act
This bill allows state entities administering specified social-welfare programs to carry out demonstration projects designed to support individuals and families with the goal of moving them towards self-sufficiency, reducing dependence, and increasing work and earnings by testing methods of program integration and coordination of services.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2017 to May 18, 2017, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Original | Apr 28, 2017 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | Apr 28, 2017 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Apr 28, 2017 |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Original | Apr 28, 2017 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | May 16, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | May 18, 2017 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
- May 11, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- May 5, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 28, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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
- Medicaid
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public housing
- Social Welfare
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2017Introduced in House
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