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H.R. 3854: Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014

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H.R. 3854: Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-01-13 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-01-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014

Plain summary

Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014 - Revises the Community Services Block Grant Act, reauthorizing and extending the Act and its community services block grant program at specified levels for FY2014-2018, and at unspecified levels for FY2019-2023. Prescribes requirements for a Community Action Innovations Program. Eliminates requirements for: (1) community food and nutrition programs, (2) national or regional programs designed to provide instructional activities for low-income youth, and (3) demonstration partnership agreements addressing the needs of the poor.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · 41 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Peter Welch (D-VT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3854 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113