3.0.0 4909 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z House H HR 2004-07-22 108 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo19 Government Efficiency and Financial Management Subcommittee Referred to 2004-08-16T15:41:50Z Referred to 2004-07-22T14:09:10Z 2004-08-16 hsgo19 Government Efficiency and Financial Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management. Committee 2004-07-22 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2004-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000545 Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8] MARK GREEN R WI 8 N S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2004-07-22 True E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2004-07-22 True R000004 Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] GEORGE RADANOVICH R CA P. 19 2004-07-22 True P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2004-07-22 True Social Welfare AIDS (Disease) Church and social problems Commerce Community organization Crime and Law Enforcement Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Economics and Public Finance Ex-offenders Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Families Fund raising Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Homeless Housing and Community Development Human immunodeficiency viruses Labor and Employment Nonprofit organizations Presidential appointments Public-private partnerships Rehabilitation of criminals Religion Volunteer workers Welfare work participation Youth services Social Welfare 00 2004-07-22 Introduced in House 2004-09-29T22:05:37Z Tools for Community Initiatives Act - Establishes the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (the Office) in the Executive Office of the President. Requires the Director of the Office to encourage faith-based and community initiatives and work to eliminate improper Federal barriers so as to allow faith-based and community entities to compete for Federal funding to the fullest opportunity permitted by law, including by: (1) developing, leading, and coordinating policies with respect to such initiatives; (2) coordinating public education activities designed to mobilize public support for such initiatives; (3) advising the President on options and ideas to assist, strengthen, and replicate successful initiatives; (4) developing and implementing strategic initiatives in keeping with policies that will strengthen families, communities, and the institutions of civil society; and (5) working to eliminate unnecessary legislative and regulatory barriers which impede the efforts of such initiatives to solve social problems.

Requires the heads of the Departments of Education, Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, and Veteran Affairs, the Agency for International Development, and the Small Business Administration to designate a liaison to coordinate the activities of the department or agency with the Office.

]]> Tools for Community Initiatives Act Display Title Tools for Community Initiatives Act Official Title as Introduced To establish the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Tools for Community Initiatives Act Introduced in House 2004-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4909ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4909ih.xml 2004-08-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.