H.R. 2408: Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-19 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015

Plain summary

Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015 This bill establishes in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The Working Group as its primary goal shall develop a national plan to reduce: within 10 years the number of children living in poverty in the United States to half the number cited in the report of the U.S. Census Bureau on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013; within the same 10 years the number of children living in extreme poverty in the United States to zero; and within 20 years the number of children living in poverty, extreme or otherwise, in the United States to zero. HHS shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for two public workshops to provide the Working Group with information to assist in the development of the plan.

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Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] · 12 cosponsors

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Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] reported raising $100,598 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2408.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2408 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114