3.0.0 1427 2023-01-11T13:37:34Z 2023-01-11T13:37:34Z Senate S 2017-06-26 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-26T20:33:25Z 2017-06-26 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-06-26 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-06-26 True F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2017-07-10 False Social Welfare Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Energy assistance for the poor and aged Executive agency funding and structure Family services Financial literacy Food assistance and relief Housing and community development funding Intergovernmental relations Low- and moderate-income housing Poverty and welfare assistance Rural conditions and development State and local government operations Social Welfare 00 2017-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-19T15:53:30Z Economic Mobility, Prosperity, and Opportunity with Waivers that Enable Reforms for States Act of 2017 or the EMPOWERS Act of 2017

This bill establishes the Interagency Board for Empowering Low-Income Families and allows a governor to apply to the board for a four-year waiver from certain federal assistance program requirements. Specifically, under such a waiver, the governor's state may consolidate, replace, or alter eligibility requirements for two or more specified federal assistance programs related to nutrition, housing, income, foster care and adoption, and other social and community services. The board must evaluate waiver applications on the basis of whether a proposed project promotes employment, family stability, and financial literacy and savings with respect to program participants. Specified provisions are excluded from waiver authority.

The bill specifies waiver application requirements, deadlines and processes for review of applications, and limitations on project funding.

]]> EMPOWERS Act of 2017 Display Title EMPOWERS Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide States with the option of applying for and receiving temporary waivers for the States to experiment with new approaches that integrate Federal programs in order to provide more coordinated and holistic solutions to families in need, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced EMPOWERS Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Economic Mobility, Prosperity, and Opportunity with Waivers that Enable Reforms for States Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1427is/xml/BILLS-115s1427is.xml 2017-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.