Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act
Latest action. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 587.
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.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House with amendment(s)" stage on June 13, 2018. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on June 13, 2018: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 587.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 115th Congress (2017-18), 442 of the 11,421 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Adrian Smith (R-NE) introduced it on May 17, 2018, and 35 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 35 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 17, 2018, 3038 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 3011 days ago, on June 13, 2018.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 115th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2019 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers