3.0.0 3172 2023-01-11T21:18:15Z 2023-01-11T21:18:15Z House H HR 2007-07-25 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-25T18:46:54Z Referred to 2007-07-25T14:01:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-31T19:55:16Z hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-31T19:55:11Z Referred to 2007-07-25T14:01:25Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-25T21:36:22Z Referred to 2007-07-25T14:01:35Z 2008-04-25 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2007-07-31 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-31 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Committee 2007-07-25 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-07-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2007-07-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 N E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2007-07-25 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2007-07-25 True C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2007-07-25 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2007-07-25 True W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2007-07-25 True S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 16 2007-07-25 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2007-07-25 True W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2007-07-25 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2007-07-25 True R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2007-07-25 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2007-09-25 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2007-09-25 False Social Welfare Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Education savings accounts Families Federal aid to child health services Finance and Financial Sector Food stamps Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Higher education Indexing (Economic policy) Individual retirement accounts Labor and Employment Medically uninsured Motor vehicles Poor children Supplemental security income program Transportation and Public Works Wealth Welfare eligibility Social Welfare 00 2007-07-25 Introduced in House 2007-10-09T19:26:03Z Freedom to Save Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the asset test for food stamp program eligibility by increasing the amounts of allowable financial resources, with annual inflation adjustments, and excluding from countable financial resources any retirement accounts, education accounts, and licensed vehicles.

Prohibits the use of any asset test under the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act. Prescribes an administrative penalty for any state imposing such a test.

Eliminates any asset test for disabled persons under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income (SSI)) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and for any eligible individual under SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)).

]]> Freedom to Save Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To exclude certain assets in determining eligibility under the food stamp program, the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, and the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP). Introduced in House IH Display Title Freedom to Save Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Freedom to Save Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3172ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3172ih.xml 2008-04-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. 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.