HR 1753 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Kevin Brady R-TX

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Latest action · Mar 14, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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  1. IntroducedMar 14, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

This bill renames the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) program, reauthorizes the program through FY2024, and makes changes relating to work requirements for beneficiaries.

States providing aid under the program shall create an individual opportunity plan for each beneficiary. States shall impose work requirements on all work-eligible beneficiaries, and shall reduce benefits for noncompliance. (Currently, individual plans are optional under TANF, and states have discretion as to whether to reduce benefits for noncompliant individuals.)

States providing aid shall meet annual performance targets related to the number of beneficiaries who exit the program and find unsubsidized employment. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall reduce grants to states that fail to meet such targets. States shall provide data related to beneficiary employment and wages to HHS, which shall be publicly available.

The bill modifies various limitations on the use of funds for various purposes, and establishes that at least 25% of funds from various grants shall be spent on core activities.

Certain existing laws relating to monitoring and recovering improper benefits payments shall apply to the JOBS program.

The bill eliminates programs providing (1) supplemental grants for population increases, (2) bonuses for high performance states, (3) welfare-to-work grants, and (4) contingency funds for state welfare programs.

Cosponsors 95

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2019 to Oct 20, 2020; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-GAA. Drew Ferguson IVOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-OHBrad R. WenstrupOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-WVCarol D. MillerOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-PADaniel MeuserOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-ILDarin LaHoodOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-CADevin NunesOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-MTGreg GianforteOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-INJackie WalorskiOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-INJim BanksOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-TXJodey C. ArringtonOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-PALloyd SmuckerOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-LAMike JohnsonOriginalMar 14, 2019
R-PAMike KellyOriginalMar 14, 2019
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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 14, 2019
Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Referred Mar 14, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Mar 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  3. Mar 14, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H2746H.R. 1753–1808—Mar 14, 2019

Research

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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. 165, no. 46, March 14, 2019, page H2746.

CRS reports 2

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Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 10

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 802Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success ActIdentical billMar 14, 2019
HR 1245Improving Access to Child Care ActRelated billFeb 14, 2019
HR 1246Improving Access to Work ActRelated billFeb 14, 2019
HR 1413WORK ActRelated billFeb 27, 2019
HR 1469Improving Transparency in TANF through Data ActRelated billFeb 28, 2019
HR 1473Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity ActRelated billFeb 28, 2019
HR 1490Helping Americans Succeed by Measuring Outcomes ActRelated billMar 4, 2019
HR 1505Protecting Family Resources and Training Options ActRelated billMar 5, 2019
S 3001Permanent Relief for Seniors and Medicare, Medicaid, Human Services Extension Act of 2019Related billDec 9, 2019
HR 4509Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success ActReintroduced BillJul 19, 2021

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2019Introduced in House

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