US Congress House Bill 5783 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on December 3 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Children's Savings Accounts Offer Parents Plenty of Reasons to Understand and Invest in Tuition Yearly Act or the CSA OPPORTUNITY Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct a state receiving a TANF grant to disregard the value of any interest in, or distribution from, a qualified tuition program, as well as the value of a child's savings account, in determining individual or family TANF eligibility or the amount or type of assistance. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to exclude from an individual's resources for SSI eligibility or benefit purposes the value of any interest in, or distribution from, a qualified tuition program as well as the value of a child's savings account. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exclude any child's savings accounts from resources for eligibility and benefit purposes under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program). Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to exclude from household income any child's savings accounts from resources for eligibility and benefit purposes under the low-income home energy assistance program. Presribes penalties for noncompliance.

Children's Savings Accounts Offer Parents Plenty Of Reasons To Understand aNd Invest in Tuition Yearly Act

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-12-03	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2014-12-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-12-03	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2014-12-03	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-12-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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/113th-congress/house-bill/5783/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5783/BILLS-113hr5783ih.pdf