Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020
Latest action · Jun 30, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Census Bureau to take certain actions with respect to poverty measures and data related to child poverty. It also requires the National Academy of Sciences to report annually on child poverty as well as study other issues, such as policies to reduce intergenerational poverty.
Specifically, HHS must enter into an agreement with the Census Bureau to annually report an anchored supplemental poverty measure for individuals under the age of 18 and must otherwise collaborate with the bureau to, for example, correct income data to account for underreporting.
Currently, the Census Bureau uses the official poverty measure (based on cash resources) and the supplemental poverty measure (based on both cash and certain noncash resources, such as nutrition assistance program benefits) to measure poverty. Anchoring the supplemental poverty measure fixes the poverty threshold at a given point in time and then adjusts it for inflation.
HHS must publish resources on its website related to child poverty, and the Census Bureau must release certain economic and survey data at the same time it releases a specific report related to income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2020 to Dec 7, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jun 30, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Dec 3, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 7, 2020 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 30, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 30, 2020Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 120, June 30, 2020, page H2982.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1558 | Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 3, 2021 |
| S 4115 | Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020 | Identical bill | Jun 30, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- American Samoa
- Caribbean area
- Census and government statistics
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Guam
- Inflation and prices
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Puerto Rico
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Social Welfare
- State and local government operations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 30, 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.
