Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020
Latest action · Jun 30, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 30, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jun 30, 2020 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jun 30, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 30, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7419 | Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020 | Identical bill | Jun 30, 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 Senate
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