H.R. 2408

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Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015

Introduced 5/19/2015•114th Congress•House

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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

5/19/2015 • House

Summary

Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015

This bill establishes in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty.

The Working Group as its primary goal shall develop a national plan to reduce:

within 10 years the number of children living in poverty in the United States to half the number cited in the report of the U.S. Census Bureau on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013;
within the same 10 years the number of children living in extreme poverty in the United States to zero; and
within 20 years the number of children living in poverty, extreme or otherwise, in the United States to zero.

HHS shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for two public workshops to provide the Working Group with information to assist in the development of the plan.

Introduced in House • 5/19/2015

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Policy Area: Social Welfare

Advisory bodiesChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of EducationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment of JusticeDepartment of LaborEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsPolicy sciencesPoverty and welfare assistanceRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsUnemployment