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Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-643| Senate 
| Updated: 3/9/2021
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (2)
Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Census Bureau to take certain actions with respect to poverty measures and data related to child poverty. It also requires the National Academy of Sciences to report annually on child poverty and study other issues, such as policies to reduce intergenerational poverty. Specifically, HHS must enter into an agreement with the Census Bureau to annually report an anchored supplemental poverty measure for individuals under the age of 18 and must otherwise collaborate with the bureau to, for example, correct income data to account for underreporting. Currently, the Census Bureau uses the official poverty measure (based on cash resources) and the supplemental poverty measure (based on both cash and certain noncash resources, such as nutrition assistance program benefits) to measure poverty. Anchoring the supplemental poverty measure fixes the poverty threshold at a given point in time and then adjusts it for inflation. HHS must publish resources on its website related to child poverty, and the Census Bureau must release certain economic and survey data at the same time it releases a specific report related to income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4115
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020
Mar 3, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1558
Introduced in House
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4115
    Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020


  • March 3, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1558
    Introduced in House


  • March 9, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 9, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Social Welfare

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1558: Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021
American SamoaCaribbean areaCensus and government statisticsChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGuamInflation and pricesNorthern Mariana IslandsPoverty and welfare assistancePuerto RicoRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands

Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-643| Senate 
| Updated: 3/9/2021
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Census Bureau to take certain actions with respect to poverty measures and data related to child poverty. It also requires the National Academy of Sciences to report annually on child poverty and study other issues, such as policies to reduce intergenerational poverty. Specifically, HHS must enter into an agreement with the Census Bureau to annually report an anchored supplemental poverty measure for individuals under the age of 18 and must otherwise collaborate with the bureau to, for example, correct income data to account for underreporting. Currently, the Census Bureau uses the official poverty measure (based on cash resources) and the supplemental poverty measure (based on both cash and certain noncash resources, such as nutrition assistance program benefits) to measure poverty. Anchoring the supplemental poverty measure fixes the poverty threshold at a given point in time and then adjusts it for inflation. HHS must publish resources on its website related to child poverty, and the Census Bureau must release certain economic and survey data at the same time it releases a specific report related to income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4115
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020
Mar 3, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1558
Introduced in House
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4115
    Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020


  • March 3, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1558
    Introduced in House


  • March 9, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 9, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (2)
Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)

Finance Committee

Social Welfare

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1558: Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
American SamoaCaribbean areaCensus and government statisticsChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGuamInflation and pricesNorthern Mariana IslandsPoverty and welfare assistancePuerto RicoRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands