Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4074
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Cooperative and condominium housing
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and paralysis
Disaster relief and insurance
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Higher education
House of Representatives
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Labor standards
Legislative rules and procedure
Low- and moderate-income housing
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Public housing
Public-private cooperation
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex offenses
State and local finance
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs
Tax treatment of families
Teenage pregnancy
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: 

 Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes and expands various programs related to education, housing, employment, and social welfare.
 
 The Department of Education must award grants to states for the development and implementation of prekindergarten programs.
 
 The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the Department of Justice may award grants to assist communities in addressing juvenile delinquency and gang prevention.
 
The bill expands:
 
 
the Pell Grant program, 
 
the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, and 
 
the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs.

 
With respect to housing, the bill:
 
 
phases out the federal mortgage-interest income-tax deduction, replacing it with a new mortgage-interest income-tax credit; 
 
expands the federal low-income housing income-tax credit; 
 
expands certain affordable-housing programs; and 
 
establishes a federal income-tax credit for low-income renters.

 
With respect to employment, the bill:
 
 
expands unemployment compensation benefits; 
 
establishes several new employment-related programs to be carried out by the Department of Labor; 
 
establishes a tax credit for employers that hire long-term unemployed individuals; 
 
establishes prohibitions on employment discrimination based on an individual's status as unemployed; 
 
increases the federal minimum wage, incrementally over a period of seven years, to $15.00 per hour.

 
In addition, the bill:
 
 
expands the federal earned-income tax credit, 
 
makes refundable a federal income-tax credit for dependent care expenses, 
 
and expands eligibility for certain child-care benefits.

 
The bill also establishes:
 
 
within the Congressional Budget Office, a Poverty Impact Division; and 
 
within the Department of Health and Human Services, a Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2017-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2017-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-16
text: Introduced in House