Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017
Latest action · Jul 25, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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 25, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017
This bill establishes, within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The primary goal of the working group shall be to develop a national plan for reducing to zero, within specified timeframes, the number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the United States.
The national plan devised by the working group shall also include recommendations for: (1) understanding the root causes of child poverty, (2) improving access to anti-poverty programs, (3) eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on specified demographic factors, (4) improving access to quality jobs, (5) connecting low-income children and families to education and job training, and (6) shifting the measures and policies of federal anti-poverty programs toward the goal of helping individuals and families achieve long-term economic stability.
The bill also specifies additional duties, membership, and reporting requirements for the working group.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2017 to Nov 14, 2017; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 25, 2017 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jul 25, 2017 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jul 25, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 14, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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. 163, no. 125, July 25, 2017, page H6298.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1630 | Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jul 25, 2017 |
| HR 5164 | Urban Progress Act of 2018 | Related bill | Apr 6, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty to develop a national strategy to eliminate child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Advisory bodies
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Education
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Intergovernmental relations
- Policy sciences
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Social Welfare
- State and local government operations
- Unemployment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2017Introduced 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.
