US Congress House Bill 385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-20 - Referred to House Budget
Pending: House Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2011 - Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider a public bill or joint resolution authorizing an appropriation of $10 million or more, unless: (1) the accompanying committee report includes a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Poverty Impact Division impact statement, or (2) the chair of the committee reporting the legislation submits such statement for publication in the Congressional Record before consideration of the measure. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish the CBO Poverty Impact Division to prepare and submit poverty impact statements to the chair of House committees.

Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2011

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Budget
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Rules
2011-01-20	House	Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/385/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr385/BILLS-112hr385ih.pdf