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H.R. 2182: Half in Ten Act of 2013

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H.R. 2182: Half in Ten Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-23 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Half in Ten Act of 2013

Plain summary

Half in Ten Act of 2013 - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty, which shall develop a National Strategy to reduce the number of persons living in poverty in America in half within 10 years after release of the 2012 Census report on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011.

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Official text

Half in Ten Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 65 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and 5 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2182 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113