House
Feb 19, 2003Child Poverty Reduction Act
Summary
Official
Child Poverty Reduction Act -Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) make it an additional purpose of TANF to reduce poverty of families with children in the United States; and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a child poverty reduction bonus grant to any State whose child poverty rate for a completed calendar year is less than the rate the State achieved during the preceding calendar year.
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Introduced(2/5/03)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
PS
Mr. STARK
(D) CA – 13
Cosponsors (20)
Topics
Latest Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Feb 19, 2003
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