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People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Act or the People CARE Act
This bill establishes the People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission within the legislative branch to review federal means-tested programs for potential reform.
Under the bill, means-tested programs are those designed to provide assistance to low-income individuals, including, for example, Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The commission is generally directed to review all federal means-tested programs with the exception of certain specified programs, including Social Security, Medicare, and certain veterans’ benefits programs.
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The commission is directed to identify and evaluate potential changes to federal means-tested programs, such as consolidation with other programs, delegation of certain functions to states, and the establishment of gradual benefit reductions tied to increases in beneficiaries’ income. The commission is also directed to consider changes that would allow caseworkers to identify all of the appropriate programs for individuals and families. The commission must establish a website through which members of the public may submit suggested reforms for consideration.
The commission is to be comprised of eight members, with an equal number of members appointed by the majority and minority parties.
At the conclusion of its term, the commission must report to Congress with its findings and proposed legislation implementing any recommended changes. Congress must consider the legislation under expedited procedures.
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Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] · R–OH
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-01-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would create a temporary congressional commission to review federal assistance for low-income people, including health care, food, housing, and education programs. It would develop a separate bill proposing changes such as combining programs and easing benefit losses as earnings rise. That later bill would qualify for special congressional procedures that limit debate and prohibit amendments; the proposed program changes would still require enactment.
There is established in the legislative branch a commission to be known as the People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission
means any Federal program that is designed to specifically provide assistance or benefits exclusively to low-income Americans
(2) Medical (A) The Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act.
(3) Food (A) The supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
(4) Housing (A) The rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
(6) Education (A) Federal Pell Grants under subpart 1 of part IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.).
identify changes in law that will result in the consolidation and realignment in programs and outlays that will achieve the purposes set forth in section 2
include in the report submitted under paragraph (3) a bill consisting of proposed legislative language to carry out the changes in law identified under subparagraph (A)
identify and eliminate benefit cliffs by designing on/off ramps such as gradual benefit reductions as individuals’ wages increase, such that the gradual reduction in government benefits does not exceed the increase in wages
except 10 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent; (D) an amendment to the Commission bill shall not be in order
consideration of the Commission bill, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 30 hours
an amendment to, a motion to postpone, or a motion to commit the Commission bill is not in order
The Commission shall terminate on the day after the earlier of— (1) the date on which the Commission bill is enacted into law; or (2) the last day of the Congress during which the Commission bill is introduced in the Senate or the House under section 5(a).
The proposed People CARE Act states goals of coordinating assistance, helping social workers address people's needs together, and supporting employment, families, and education so households can eventually maintain income above poverty without federal benefits. These are stated goals, not demonstrated results.
This Act may be cited as the People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Act or the People CARE Act.
The purpose of this Act is to structure means-tested welfare programs so that— (1) welfare programs work in an integrated manner and provide social workers with the tools to assist people holistically
means-tested welfare programs increase employment, encourage healthy families and further educational attainment so that households maintain an income above the poverty level without services and benefits from the Federal Government.
For this review, the bill generally defines means-tested welfare programs as federal programs exclusively serving low-income Americans. It also includes community and economic development programs aimed at low-income communities or populations.
means any Federal program that is designed to specifically provide assistance or benefits exclusively to low-income Americans
includes community and economic development programs targeted to low-income communities or populations.
The review would cover a broad list of existing programs, including Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, food assistance, rental assistance, home energy aid, Pell Grants, Job Corps, social services grants, Head Start, and community development grants. Listing these programs brings them within the review; it does not itself change their benefits.
the following Federal programs shall be considered means-tested welfare programs: (1) Cash and general assistance (A) The Supplemental Security Income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
(2) Medical (A) The Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act.
(3) Food (A) The supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
(4) Housing (A) The rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
(5) Energy and utilities (A) Low-income home energy assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.).
(6) Education (A) Federal Pell Grants under subpart 1 of part IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.).
(7) Training (A) Job Corps under subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.).
(8) Services (A) The Social Services Block Grant program under title XX of the Social Security Act.
(9) Child care and child development (A) Head Start programs and Early Head Start programs under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).
(10) Community development (A) The Community Development Block Grant Program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).
The definition excludes programs based on earned eligibility, programs that are not need-based, veterans' benefits, and programs with universal or near-universal eligibility for workers and their dependents. Explicit exclusions include Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance; Medicare; unemployment compensation; trade adjustment assistance; and compensation for work-related injuries or illnesses.
does not include such a program if the program— (A) is based on earned eligibility; (B) is not need-based; (C) provides to an individual benefits under title 38, United States Code, or other provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or (D) offers universal or near universal eligibility to the working population and their dependents
the following Federal programs shall not be considered means-tested welfare programs: (1) The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefit program under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). (2) The Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.).
(4) A program that provides for the receipt of regular compensation, extended compensation, or additional compensation (as such terms are defined by section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (26 U.S.C. 3304 note)). (5) The program that provides for trade adjustment assistance under title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.). (6) Programs designed specifically to provide benefits to workers to compensate for job-related injuries or illnesses.
Only the refundable portions of the earned income tax credit, child tax credit, and specified health care subsidies would count. The bill defines this as money paid beyond the recipient's federal income tax owed. For school lunch and breakfast, only free and reduced-price portions would count.
only the refundable portion of the following tax credits shall be considered means-tested welfare programs: (i) The earned income tax credit under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (ii) The child tax credit under section 24(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
only the refundable portion of the premium and out-of-pocket health care subsidies to be paid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act shall be considered a means-tested welfare program.
the term refundable portion means the portion of the credit which is paid to an individual in excess of the amount of Federal income tax owed by the individual.
only the costs of the free and reduced price segments of the school lunch and school breakfast programs shall be considered means-tested welfare programs.
State and local spending from their own revenue sources would be excluded if the money was not received as a federal grant, even when it contributes to a covered federal program.
expenditures by State and local governments of funds that are— (1) obtained by the State and local government from taxes, fees, or other sources of revenue established by the State or local government; and (2) not received as any form of grant from the Federal Government, shall not be considered means-tested welfare programs, without regard to whether the State and local expenditures take the form of contributions to a Federal program described in subsection (a) or listed in subsection (b).
The commission would review all covered federal programs for legal changes and opportunities to combine programs with similar goals. It would also evaluate combining or repurposing programs without proven beneficial outcomes supporting the bill's stated purposes.
shall review all means-tested welfare programs within the Federal Government to— (i) identify changes in law (which may include ways to streamline functions and increase efficiency within agencies or programs) that will achieve the purposes set forth in section 2
evaluate whether each means-tested welfare program could be consolidated with another means-tested welfare program, or a program subject to the availability of discretionary appropriations with similar goals, and make recommendations for consolidating the programs that are identified
evaluate the potential benefits of consolidating or repurposing any means-tested welfare program that does not have proven beneficial outcomes that assist in achieving purposes set forth in section 2
The commission would recommend opportunities to reduce costs or improve efficiency through private contractors or delegation to states. It would also identify programs and entitlement authorities for possible conversion to funding subject to the availability of discretionary appropriations.
identify opportunities and make recommendations regarding ways for the Federal Government to reduce the cost or increase the efficiency of means-tested welfare program by contracting with private entities, or delegating authority to States, to perform activities relating to the program
identify means-tested welfare programs and entitlement authorities that should be modified to be carried out subject to the availability of discretionary appropriations
The commission would identify legal changes and tools to help caseworkers see all programs a person or family could qualify for. It would also design ways to eliminate benefit cliffs—losses of assistance as earnings rise—with gradual benefit reductions no greater than the increase in wages.
identify changes to the law that would allow caseworkers to have a wholistic view of the person and all programs for which the individual or family would be eligible, and identify other tools that caseworkers should have access to
identify and eliminate benefit cliffs by designing on/off ramps such as gradual benefit reductions as individuals’ wages increase, such that the gradual reduction in government benefits does not exceed the increase in wages
The commission would have to establish an evaluation system that includes participants' income and employment outcomes. It could also review federal offsetting receipts and discretionary appropriations, and develop criteria for meeting the bill's goals.
establish a system for evaluating the effectiveness of welfare programs, which includes income and employment outcomes for individuals and families in their respective programs
may review the offsetting receipts and discretionary appropriations of the Federal Government, as determined appropriate by the Commission; and (D) may develop the criteria for achieving the purposes set forth in section 2.
The commission would consult company restructuring, reorganization, and cost-cutting experts. It would establish program working groups as it considers appropriate, staffed by commission employees or contractors with relevant expertise.
the Commission shall— (i) consult with experts in company restructuring, reorganizing, and cost cutting; and (ii) establish working groups for means-tested welfare programs, as determined appropriate by the Commission, to provide recommendations to the Commission.
The individuals serving on a working group established under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be employees or contractors of the Commission with expertise in a program reviewed by the working group.
Within 18 months after all members are appointed, and with approval from a majority of its members, the commission would submit a public report to Congress. It would include findings, conclusions, recommendations, and the assumptions, scenarios, and alternatives considered.
Not later than 18 months after the date on which all members of the Commission are appointed, and upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Commission, the Commission shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report containing— (A) a detailed statement of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Commission; and (B) the assumptions, scenarios, and alternatives considered in reaching such findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
The report would contain a proposed bill to consolidate and reorganize programs and spending. It could create a new program or agency only through consolidation or realignment of existing ones predicted to advance the stated goals. The report would include estimated spending savings developed with the Congressional Budget Office and Office of Management and Budget; the text supplies no savings amount.
identify changes in law that will result in the consolidation and realignment in programs and outlays that will achieve the purposes set forth in section 2
include in the report submitted under paragraph (3) a bill consisting of proposed legislative language to carry out the changes in law identified under subparagraph (A)
the bill may not include provisions creating a new program or agency, unless such program or agency is the result of a consolidation or realignment of existing programs and agencies which will have the predicted outcome of achieving the purposes of section 2
include in such report an estimate of the savings in outlays that will be achieved by the enactment of the Commission bill, as developed in conjunction with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
After submitting its proposed bill, the commission would promptly provide any member of Congress, upon request, information it used to make its recommendations.
After submission of the Commission bill under paragraph (4), the Commission shall promptly provide, upon request, to any Member of Congress information used by the Commission in making its recommendations.
The commission would have eight members: two each appointed by the Senate majority leader, Senate minority leader, House Speaker, and House minority leader. Anyone registered as a lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act during the preceding five years would be ineligible. Members would choose their chair.
The Commission shall be composed of 8 members, appointed as follows: (A) The majority leader of the Senate shall appoint 2 members. (B) The minority leader of the Senate shall appoint 2 members. (C) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 2 members. (D) The minority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint 2 members.
An individual may not be appointed as a member of the Commission if the individual was registered as a lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) at any time during the 5-year period ending on the date of the appointment.
The members of the Commission shall select a Chairperson from among the members of the Commission.
All members would have to be appointed within one month after enactment and would serve for the commission's lifetime. Vacancies would not suspend its powers and would have to be filled within 14 days through the original appointment process.
Not later than 1 month after the date of enactment of this Act, all members of the Commission shall be appointed.
Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled not later than 14 days after the date on which the vacancy occurs in the same manner as the original appointment.
Commission members would receive daily compensation tied to level IV of the federal Executive Schedule pay scale for days performing commission duties, including travel time. They could also receive travel expenses and daily subsistence allowances under the cited federal rules.
Each member of the Commission shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Commission.
Members may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code
The chair could hire staff without following the cited competitive civil-service appointment rules, with salaries capped at Executive Schedule level V. Agencies could temporarily assign employees without reimbursement or loss of civil-service status. Expert, consultant, and temporary services would also be authorized, subject to a level V daily pay cap.
The Chairperson may appoint and fix the compensation of a staff director and such other employees as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, but at rates not to exceed the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for a position at level V of the Executive Schedule
the head of any agency may detail an employee of the agency to the Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege.
authorized to procure the services of experts and consultants and temporary and intermittent services in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate paid a person occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule
The commission could hold hearings, take testimony under oath, and issue subpoenas requiring testimony or records, including information from federal agencies. Subpoenas would require the chair's signature. A federal district court could order compliance, and disobeying that court order could be punished as contempt.
hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the Commission considers advisable
require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, documents, tapes, and materials
The Commission may request directly, or require, by subpoena or otherwise, from any Federal agency such information as the Commission considers necessary to carry out its duties.
Subpoenas issued under paragraph (1) or (2) shall bear the signature of the Chairperson of the Commission
the United States district court for the judicial district in which the subpoenaed person resides, is served, or may be found may issue an order requiring such person to appear at any designated place to testify or to produce documentary or other evidence. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of that court.
Federal agencies and the two federal budget offices would have to provide requested information under the specified chair-request procedures. The Library of Congress would provide requested administrative and research support with reimbursement. Witness daily and mileage allowances would come from funds available for commission expenses.
Upon a request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of a Federal agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.
Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office or Office of Management and Budget shall furnish such information, including estimates and analysis, to the Commission.
Upon the request of the Commission, the Librarian of Congress shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, administrative support services, research services, and research staff necessary
The per diem and mileage allowances for witnesses shall be paid from funds available to pay the expenses of the Commission.
The commission would establish a public website for suggestions and would have to consider every suggestion submitted through it.
establish a website for the purpose of allowing any member of the public to submit suggestions to the Commission for its consideration; and (2) consider each such suggestion submitted through the website.
The bill would exempt the CARE Commission from chapter 10 of title 5, identified in the text as the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This exception governs the new commission. The supplied text does not reproduce that chapter's requirements, so the exemption's detailed practical effects cannot be established from the supplied sources.
(h) Federal Advisory Committee Act Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the Commission.
The commission would end the day after the earlier of two events: enactment of its proposed bill, or the end of the Congress in which that bill is introduced under section 5(a). Neither trigger supplies a separate fixed termination date if the commission bill is never introduced.
The Commission shall terminate on the day after the earlier of— (1) the date on which the Commission bill is enacted into law; or (2) the last day of the Congress during which the Commission bill is introduced in the Senate or the House under section 5(a).
The Senate majority leader and House Speaker, or members they designate, would have to introduce the commission's bill by request within five legislative days after submission to Congress. Technical changes needed to carry out its intent would be allowed.
shall be introduced in the Senate (by request), with any technical changes necessary to carry out the intent of the bill, by the majority leader of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by the majority leader of the Senate not later than 5 legislative days after the date on which the bill is submitted to Congress under section 4(b)(4)
shall be introduced in the House of Representatives (by request), with any technical changes necessary to carry out the intent of the bill, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or by a Member of the House of Representatives designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives not later than 5 legislative days after the date on which the bill is submitted to Congress under section 4(b)(4).
In the House, the commission's bill would immediately go on the appropriate legislative calendar. A motion to begin consideration would be permitted within 90 legislative days after introduction, without debate and with all points of order against the motion waived. Once the House disposed of that motion, another such motion would not be allowed.
Upon introduction in the House of Representatives, the Commission bill shall be placed immediately on the appropriate calendar.
It shall be in order, not later than 90 legislative days after the date the Commission bill is introduced in the House of Representatives, to move to proceed to consider the Commission bill
all points of order against the motion are waived; (ii) such a motion shall not be in order after the House of Representatives has disposed of a motion to proceed on the Commission bill
the motion shall not be debatable
If the House took up the commission's bill, it would provide 10 hours of debate, split equally between a supporter and an opponent. All points of order against the bill and its consideration would be waived, amendments and reconsideration of the passage vote would be barred, and passage would require a majority of members present and voting with a quorum present.
all points of order against the Commission bill and against its consideration are waived
except 10 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent; (D) an amendment to the Commission bill shall not be in order; and (E) a motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the Commission bill shall not be in order.
In the House of Representatives, the Commission bill shall be agreed to upon a vote of a majority of the Members present and voting, a quorum being present.
In the Senate, the commission's bill would immediately go on the calendar. A motion to begin consideration would be permitted within 90 legislative days, even after an earlier failed attempt. The motion would not be debatable, postponable, or subject to reconsideration, and all points of order against it would be waived. If adopted, the bill would remain pending until disposed of.
Upon introduction in the Senate, the Commission bill shall be placed immediately on the calendar.
it is in order, not later than 90 legislative days after the date the Commission bill is introduced in the Senate (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed
all points of order against the motion are waived; (ii) the motion is not debatable; (iii) the motion is not subject to a motion to postpone; (iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order; and (v) if the motion is agreed to, the Commission bill shall remain the unfinished business until disposed of.
Senate consideration would be limited to 30 hours, divided equally between majority and minority leaders or their designees. All points of order against the bill and its consideration would be waived. Amendments, postponement, sending the bill to committee, and moving to other business would be barred. A motion to further limit debate would be permitted without debate, and appeals of procedural rulings would be decided without debate. A passage vote would follow consideration, with one quorum call if requested; passage would require a majority present and voting with a quorum.
consideration of the Commission bill, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 30 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority leaders or their designees
all points of order against the Commission bill (and against consideration of the Commission bill) are waived
an amendment to, a motion to postpone, or a motion to commit the Commission bill is not in order; and (v) a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business is not in order.
a motion further to limit debate is in order and not debatable
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of this subsection or the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to the Commission bill shall be decided without debate.
the vote on passage shall occur immediately following the conclusion of the consideration of the Commission bill, and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate
the Commission bill shall be agreed to upon a vote of a majority of the Members present and voting, a quorum being present.
If one chamber received the other's commission bill before passing its own, it would use the same procedures but vote on the received bill without sending it to committee. One chamber's failure to introduce or consider a bill would not remove the other's bill from the expedited process. A House companion measure received after Senate passage would not be debatable in the Senate.
If, before the passage by one House of the Commission bill of that House, that House receives from the other House the Commission bill— (A) the Commission bill of the other House shall not be referred to a committee
the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no Commission bill had been received from the other House; and (ii) the vote on passage shall be on the Commission bill of the other House.
If one House fails to introduce or consider the Commission bill under this section, the Commission bill of the other House shall be entitled to expedited floor procedures under this section.
If, following passage of the Commission bill in the Senate, the Senate receives the companion measure from the House of Representatives, the companion measure shall not be debatable.
If the President vetoed the commission's bill, Senate consideration of the veto message would be limited to 10 hours, equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. The expedited procedures would operate as chamber rules, and either chamber would retain its right to change its own rules.
If the President vetoes the Commission bill, consideration of a veto message in the Senate under this section shall be not more than 10 hours equally divided between the majority and minority leaders or their designees.
as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House
with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 26, 2025, records House introduction on January 3, 2025, referrals that day to Ways and Means and eight additional committees, and subsequent subcommittee referrals on January 4 and February 7. This describes the supplied dated record, not the bill's status after that snapshot.
Source snapshot updated 2025-09-26T16:27:12Z.
2025-01-03: Introduced in House
2025-01-03: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-04: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2025-02-07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-01-03. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy rider attached to appropriations was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials. Amendment attachment history is not established by the supplied sources.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for a particular recipient or place was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; it does not establish formal earmark status or absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
Findings to examine
The complete supplied introduced text contains a narrow statutory exemption warranting a finding. This classification is limited to the textual exception and does not establish its practical effects or merits.
The CARE Commission is the beneficiary of an express exemption from chapter 10 of title 5, identified in the bill as the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The exception governs the new commission created to review means-tested welfare programs and is directly related to the bill's main policy. Because the referenced chapter is not supplied, the specific requirements displaced and the exemption's practical effects cannot be established.
There is established in the legislative branch a commission to be known as the People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission or the CARE Commission (in this Act referred to as the Commission).
shall review all means-tested welfare programs within the Federal Government
(h) Federal Advisory Committee Act Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the Commission.
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