H.R. 2408 · 114th Congress
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015
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This bill establishes in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 19, 2015
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015
This bill establishes in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty.
The Working Group as its primary goal shall develop a national plan to reduce:
- within 10 years the number of children living in poverty in the United States to half the number cited in the report of the U.S. Census Bureau on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013;
- within the same 10 years the number of children living in extreme poverty in the United States to zero; and
- within 20 years the number of children living in poverty, extreme or otherwise, in the United States to zero.
HHS shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for two public workshops to provide the Working Group with information to assist in the development of the plan.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015
Latest action (May 19, 2015): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Policy area: Social Welfare · Origin: House · Introduced: May 19, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.