US Congress Senate Bill 1780 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on June 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to produce studies and reports regarding federal spending on children. The CBO must provide studies of legislation containing changes in spending on children, upon the request of a congressional committee; an annual report regarding spending on children; and an annual report on the President's budget request for spending on children. The CBO may provide a warning report to Congress regarding a fiscal year in which outlays for interest on the public debt will exceed spending on children. The CBO must also develop and maintain a public website that includes the reports and studies required by this bill, a dashboard containing key indicators and visualization tools to assist the public in understanding trends in spending on children, and an open data portal that contains quantitative data on federal spending on children.

Focus on Children Act

Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1780/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1780/BILLS-116s1780is.pdf