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H.R. 5861: Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

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H.R. 5861: Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-17 · Social Welfare · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 587.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 587. 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

Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

Plain summary

Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act This bill extends through FY2023 and revises the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grant program, and the Child Care Entitlement (CCE) grant program. The bill modifies a variety of programmatic requirements as well as funding for the TANF program and related activities. Specifically, the bill: renames the program as the "Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services" program; revises requirements for initial assessments of individuals by state programs; requires state programs to use, and periodically review, individual responsibility plans; revises mandatory work requirements for program recipients; prohibits state programs from using grant funds for direct spending on child care services or child welfare activities; revises state programs' authority to use grant funds for other specified purposes; by FY2023, eliminates the option for state programs to use third-party contributions to satisfy certain maintenance-of-effort requirements; applies to state programs certain provisions of federal law regarding improper payment; limits state programs' option to carry over unobligated grant funds; eliminates the TANF Contingency Fund (which provides additional funds to states in economic distress); increases funding for CCE grants; modifies certain data and reporting requirements; and otherwise revises requirements related to the TANF program and related activities.

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Official text

Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] · 35 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5861 , Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act (2018-06-06)

Cosponsors on this site

Darin LaHood (R-IL), Jason Smith (R-MO), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Mike Johnson (R-LA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), Jim Banks (R-IN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5861 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115