H.R. 2721 - Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2015

Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2015

H.R. 2721 — 114^th Congress (2015–2016)

Summary

To strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives. (by CRS)

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Title

To strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives.

Other Titles

• Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2015
• Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2015
• Pathways Back to Work Act of 2015
• Supporting Unemployed Workers Act of 2015
• Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2015

Sponsor

Barbara Lee

Co-Sponsors

• Karen Bass
• Joyce Beatty
• André Carson
• Judy Chu
• David N. Cicilline
• John Conyers, Jr.
• Joe Courtney
• Joseph Crowley
• Susan A. Davis
• Mark DeSaulnier
• Debbie Dingell
• Keith Ellison
• Lois Frankel
• Ruben Gallego
• Raúl M. Grijalva
• Janice Hahn
• Alcee L. Hastings
• Michael M. Honda
• Sheila Jackson Lee
• Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
• Ann M. Kuster
• Brenda L. Lawrence
• Nita M. Lowey
• Betty McCollum
• James P. McGovern
• Jerry McNerney
• Gwen Moore
• Jerrold Nadler
• Donald Norcross
• Eleanor Holmes Norton
• Donald M. Payne, Jr.
• Charles B. Rangel
• Cedric L. Richmond
• Bobby L. Rush
• Janice D. Schakowsky
• Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
• José E. Serrano
• Terri A. Sewell
• Louise McIntosh Slaughter
• Jackie Speier
• Mark Takano
• Dina Titus
• Norma J. Torres
• Juan Vargas
• Marc A. Veasey
• Bonnie Watson Coleman
• Frederica S. Wilson

Subjects

• Social welfare
• Academic performance and assessments
• Advisory bodies
• Child care and development
• Child safety and welfare
• Climate change and greenhouse gases
• Community life and organization
• Cooperative and condominium housing
• Crime victims
• Crimes against women
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Disability and paralysis
• Disaster relief and insurance
• Domestic violence and child abuse
• Drug trafficking and controlled substances
• Economic performance and conditions
• Education programs funding
• Elementary and secondary education
• Employment and training programs
• Executive agency funding and structure
• Federal officials
• Food assistance and relief
• Government information and archives
• Government studies and investigations
• Government trust funds
• Higher education
• House of Representatives
• Housing finance and home ownership
• Housing supply and affordability
• Income tax credits
• Income tax deductions
• Inflation and prices
• Interest, dividends, interest rates
• Intergovernmental relations
• Labor standards
• Legislative rules and procedure
• Low- and moderate-income housing
• Nutrition and diet
• Performance measurement
• Poverty and welfare assistance
• Preschool education
• Public housing
• Public-private cooperation
• Separation, divorce, custody, support
• Sex offenses
• State and local finance
• State and local government operations
• State and local taxation
• Student aid and college costs
• Tax treatment of families
• Teenage pregnancy
• Unemployment
• Wages and earnings

Related Bills

• H.R. 3486 (114^th) : RISE Out of Poverty Act
• H.R. 122 (114^th) : Original Living Wage Act of 2015
• H.R. 258 (114^th) : Half in Ten Act of 2015
• H.R. 1064 (114^th) : Access to Education and Training Act
• H.R. 1662 (114^th) : Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2015
• H.R. 1676 (114^th) : Weekends Without Hunger Act
• H.R. 4158 (114^th) : RISE Act

Major Actions

Introduced	6/10/2015
Referred to Committee

Bill History

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There have been no votes on this bill.

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	6/10/2015
		6/10/2015	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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.
		6/10/2015	Introduced in House
		6/11/2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
		6/11/2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
		6/18/2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
		7/13/2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
		11/16/2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
		11/16/2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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