3.0.0 4461 2023-01-11T13:37:58Z 2023-01-11T13:37:58Z House HR 2017-11-28 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 193 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BRADY of Texas:H.R. 4461.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and generalWelfare of the United States.''[Page H9468]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-11-28T17:01:15Z COURTS Act 115 2173 S 2017-11-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7407) Related bill CRS 2017-11-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2017-11-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-11-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000755 Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] KEVIN BRADY R TX 8 N S001172 Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] Adrian Smith R NE 3 2017-12-12 False M001181 Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] Patrick Meehan R PA 7 2018-01-05 False G000568 Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] H. Griffith R VA Morgan 9 2018-01-25 False L000569 Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] Blaine Luetkemeyer R MO 3 2018-02-07 False Social Welfare Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Indian social and development programs Poverty and welfare assistance State and local courts Social Welfare 00 2017-11-28 Introduced in House 2019-09-04T19:06:33Z Continuation of Useful Resources to States Act or COURTS Act

This bill extends and otherwise revises funding for programs related to child welfare. Specifically, the bill

  • extends funding through FY2022 for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program;
  • extends funding through FY2022 for, and otherwise revises, the grant program for improving courts' handling of foster-care and adoption proceedings; and
  • provides funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency Fund for FY2019 and decreases the amount of funding available to the fund for FY2018.
]]> COURTS Act Display Title COURTS Act Short Titles as Introduced COURTS Act Short Titles as Introduced Continuation of Useful Resources to States Act Official Title as Introduced To amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend State court funding for child welfare, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4461ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4461ih.xml 2017-11-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.