Freedom to Save Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3172
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2007-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: 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

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: 
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)).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: Introduced in House