Bill117th CongressFiled Jun 17, 2021Economics and Public Finance
S. 2133
Focus on Children Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 17, 2021)
Focus on Children Act
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to produce studies and reports regarding federal spending on children.
The CBO must provide
- studies of legislation containing changes in spending on children, upon the request of a congressional committee;
- an annual report regarding spending on children; and
- an annual report on the President's budget request for spending on children.
The CBO must also develop and maintain a public website that includes
- the reports and studies required by this bill,
- a dashboard containing key indicators and visualization tools to assist the public in understanding trends in spending on children, and
- an open data portal that contains quantitative data on federal spending on children.
What just happenedJun 17, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD](D-MD)Sponsor
2 cosponsors2 D
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- Introduced in SenateJun 17, 2021
- Jun 17, 2021IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Budget Committee - Jun 17, 2021IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate