Poverty And Welfare Assistance
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Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2019 [HB-4471]
To amend title XX of the Social Security Act to provide grants to support job creation initiatives, and for other purposes.
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Look-back Elimination Act of 2019 [HB-4472]
To eliminate the requirement that, to be eligible for foster care maintenance payments, a child would have been eligible for aid under the former program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children at the time of removal from the home.
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National Center for the Right to Counsel Act [HB-3741]
Establishes the National Center for the Right to Counsel. The purpose of the center is to provide support for the following: public defense systems, and training programs to improve the delivery of legal services to indigent defendants.
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National Poverty Research Center Authorization Act [HB-4436]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to institutions of higher education for National Poverty Research Centers. In addition to conducting poverty policy research, such centers must coordinate nationwide research networks to inform public policies aimed at reducing poverty in the United States.
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Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 [HB-4378]
Provides FY2020 continuing appropriations to federal agencies through November 21, 2019. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when FY2020 begins on October 1, 2019, if the 12 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government for FY2020 have not been enacted. The CR funds most projects and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations to various programs. Additionally, the CR extends several programs
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Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 [HB-4378]
Provides FY2020 continuing appropriations to federal agencies through November 21, 2019. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when FY2020 begins on October 1, 2019, if the 12 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government for FY2020 have not been enacted. The CR funds most projects and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations to various programs. Additionally, the CR extends several programs
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Protect American Values Act [S.2482]
A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out the final rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds".
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Supporting Kinship Connections Act [HB-4352]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs. Such programs help grandparents and other relative caregivers find and use services to meet the needs of the caregivers and the children they are raising. Program requirements include a referral system for kinship support groups and service providers and the promotion of partnerships between public and private agencies to improve such services.
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Water Justice Act [S.2466]
Addresses affordable access to clean water by establishing, expanding, or extending various programs or requirements related to drinking water infrastructure, water pollution control, water supply, water recycling, water efficiency, or conservation programs. Specifically, the bill provides $50 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for programs that reduce contaminants of concern in drinking water, such as grant programs for lead testing or remediation efforts in schools, child care programs, or
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Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2019 [HB-4280]
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update eligibility for the supplemental security income program, and for other purposes.
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Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2019 [HB-4280]
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update eligibility for the supplemental security income program, and for other purposes.
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Climate Stewardship Act of 2019 [S.2452]
A bill to provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes.
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Climate Stewardship Act of 2019 [HB-4269]
To provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes.
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Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2019 [HB-4278]
Requires the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate) for programs to guarantee employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities.
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Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2019 [S.2457]
Requires the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate) for programs to guarantee employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities.
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HOPE (Heightening Opportunities for Pathways to Education) for FAFSA Act [HB-4245]
Revises the application process for a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) shall not require an applicant to provide income or asset information if the applicant indicates they received a federal benefit (e.g., supplemental nutrition assistance or Social Security disability) at some time during the previous 24 months. ED shall use a data retrieval tool to obtain such information for any other applicant. The bill raises to $34,000 the amount of household income below which a student shall be considered
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SPARK Act Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act [HB-4259]
Expands automatic eligibility for the National School Lunch Program to foster children who have been placed with a relative or family friend with the involvement of the state child welfare agency. To enroll in the program, a family must document the foster child's status to the child's school.
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College Student Hunger Act of 2019 [S.2143]
Expands the eligibility of students at institutions of higher education to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). SNAP eligibility for students is expanded to include certain low-income students who (1) are employed a minimum of 10 hours per week (currently 20 hours) during the regular school year, (2) are eligible for a federal Pell Grant, (3) have an expected family contribution equal to zero, or (4) are independent. Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Education
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FAIR Proceedings Act Funding Attorneys for Indigent Removal Proceedings Act [S.2389]
A bill to provide access to counsel for children and other vulnerable populations.
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EMPOWERS Act of 2019 Economic Mobility, Prosperity, and Opportunity with Waivers that Enable Reforms for States Act of 2019 [S.2416]
Establishes the Interagency Board for Empowering Low-Income Families and allows a governor to apply to the board for a four-year waiver from certain federal assistance program requirements. Specifically, under such a waiver, the governor's state may consolidate, replace, or alter eligibility requirements for two or more specified federal assistance programs related to nutrition, housing, income, foster care and adoption, and other social and community services. The board must evaluate waiver applications on the basis of whether a proposed project
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