HOPE Act of 2020
Latest action · Mar 12, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
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.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health, Opportunity, and Personal Empowerment Act of 2020 or the HOPE Act of 2020
This bill establishes several Health, Opportunity, and Personal Empowerment (HOPE) pilot projects to improve economic security for individuals who meet income or other requirements. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development must collaborate on the projects and report to Congress on project implementation and outcomes.
The HOPE Accounts Pilots provide awards to certain nonprofits to assist eligible individuals in establishing HOPE accounts through banks, credit unions, or governmental agencies. Through technology platforms and other means, HOPE accounts must (1) provide access to specified financial services and information related to public benefits, health insurance, and other topics; and (2) facilitate activities such as applying for government benefits and filing taxes. HHS, in consultation with the other departments, must also hold a merit-based competition to award contracts to private businesses and nonprofits to develop technology applications and other tools for HOPE accounts.
Grants for the HOPE Action Plans Pilot Projects allow nonprofits to enter voluntary agreements with eligible individuals to carry out long-term plans related to improving economic security and upward mobility.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2020 to May 19, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 12, 2020 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | May 19, 2020 |
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2020 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2020 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2020 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2020Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
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. 166, no. 48, March 12, 2020, page H1670.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2336 | HOPE Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Oct 19, 2021 |
| S 3484 | HOPE Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 12, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the establishment of HOPE Account Pilot Projects, HOPE Action Plans Pilot Projects, and competitive grants for pilot projects.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HOPE Act of 2020
- Health, Opportunity, and Personal Empowerment Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Aging
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Business investment and capital
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and paralysis
- Economic development
- Employment and training programs
- Financial literacy
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Income tax credits
- Libraries and archives
- National and community service
- Nutrition and diet
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public contracts and procurement
- Right of privacy
- Rural conditions and development
- Social Welfare
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local taxation
- Student aid and college costs
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2020Introduced 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.
