3.0.0 3005 2023-01-11T13:30:32Z 2023-01-11T13:30:32Z House HR 2015-07-09 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:H.R. 3005.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendmentsand further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court ofthe United States[Page H5030]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-15T18:38:23Z Referred to 2015-07-09T14:02:10Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-10T15:20:13Z Referred to 2015-07-09T14:02:15Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-07-09T14:02:20Z Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act 114 2991 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS 2015-07-15 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Committee 2015-07-10 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-07-09 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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 2015-07-09 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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 2015-07-09 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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 2015-07-09 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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 2015-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 N C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2015-07-09 True C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2015-07-15 False Social Welfare Child safety and welfare Domestic violence and child abuse Employment and training programs Food assistance and relief Government trust funds Income tax credits Marriage and family status Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance Separation, divorce, custody, support Vocational and technical education Wages and earnings Social Welfare 00 2015-07-09 Introduced in House 2015-09-09T18:57:04Z Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2015

Conditions continued approval of a state plan under part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) upon state assessment of its policies with respect to barriers to employment and financial support of children.

Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for an employment demonstration project involving a court- or state child support agency-supervised employment program for noncustodial parents who have barriers to employment and a history of nonpayment, so that they can pay their child support obligations.

Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of SSAct title IV with respect to: (1) funding for responsible fatherhood programs, (2) activities promoting responsible fatherhood, (3) elimination of a separate TANF work participation rate for two-parent families, (4) elimination of the requirement that two-parent family recipients participate in certain work activities not fewer than a specified number of hours per week more than 20, (5) elimination of the cap on treating vocational educational training as work participation, and (6) an increase in months of educational vocational training that may be counted as work participation.

Prohibits a state from conditioning receipt of TANF or certain other benefits on participation in a healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood program.

Amends SSAct title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to prohibit a state from collecting any amount owed it by reason of costs it has incurred under SSAct title XIX (Medicaid) for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned.

Requires a state to make a full distribution of collected child support to the family.

Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to: (1) deductions from family income for child support received in order to qualify for food stamps, (2) verification of child support payments, and (3) inclusion of economic opportunities programs in qualifying work programs.

Amends SSAct title IV part A (TANF) with respect to: (1) grants to healthy family partnerships for domestic violence intervention and prevention, and (2) grant recipients and their procedures for responding to the risks of domestic violence.

Establishes in the Treasury the Employment Fund for Needy Families.

Expresses the sense of Congress that a state to which a TANF grant is made should consider a noncustodial parent of a minor child, if the child receives assistance under a state TANF program, to be a member of the child's family for purposes of providing assistance to the family, the child, and the noncustodial parent under the program.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the earned income tax credit percentage for eligible individuals with no qualifying children.

]]> Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2015 Display Title Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3005ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3005ih.xml 2015-07-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. 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.