IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 401 
Expressing support for designation of the month of May 2021 as ‘‘National 
Child Poverty Prevention Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2021 
Mr. RUSH (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HIG-
GINS of New York, Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
TORRES of New York, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of the month of May 
2021 as ‘‘National Child Poverty Prevention Month’’. 
Whereas child poverty refers to the share of children under 
age 18 who live in families with incomes below the Fed-
eral poverty level; 
Whereas approximately 1 in 6 children under the age of 18 
lives below the Federal poverty level, totaling 11,900,000 
children; 
Whereas 15.5 percent of children under the age of 5 were liv-
ing in poverty in 2019, the latest year with publicly avail-
able data; 
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Whereas children who live in poverty are often subject to 
other adverse circumstances including homelessness, in-
cluding 1,500,000 children in the 2017–2018 academic 
school year; 
Whereas children who live in poverty are often subject to 
other adverse circumstances including abuse; 
Whereas children who live in poverty can face long-term neg-
ative outcomes, including poverty as an adult and lifelong 
health consequences; 
Whereas lost productivity, worsened health, and increased 
crime stemming from child poverty cost the Nation about 
$700,000,000,000 dollars a year, or about 3.5 percent of 
GDP; 
Whereas the COVID–19 public health emergency has in-
creased the likelihood of child poverty; 
Whereas, since May 2020, the share of children with at least 
1 unemployed parent has consistently remained above 
rates reported during the peak of the Great Recession, 
with more than 4 in 10 children living in a household 
struggling to meet basic expenses; and 
Whereas recent studies suggest that food insecurity has in-
creased among families with children by 280 percent: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of National Child 
Poverty Prevention Month; 
(2) recognizes the national impact of the preva-
lence of poverty among America’s children; 
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(3) supports intervention and prevention efforts 
to reduce the number of children in the United 
States suffering from poverty; and 
(4) calls on the people of the United States to 
observe National Child Poverty Prevention Month 
with appropriate programs and actives that promote 
awareness and prevention of child poverty in com-
munities across the country. 
Æ 
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