H.R. 2055: An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-03 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need

Plain summary

An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need This bill targets funding for designated development programs to counties and census tracts with persistently high poverty rates. Specifically, agencies that administer these programs must direct at least 10% of funding to counties with poverty rates that have equaled or exceeded 20% for at least 30 years. In addition, agencies must allocate, based on a formula, a certain level of funding to census tracts that have sustained poverty rates of 20% or higher for the past five years. This funding model, known as the 10-20-30 proposal, has been applied through appropriations measures to, among other programs, rural development programs administered by the Department of Agriculture.

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Official text

An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] · 53 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John B. Larson (D-CT), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr2055.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2055 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116