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EMPOWERS Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2416| Senate 
| Updated: 8/1/2019
Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

Republican Senator

Iowa

Cosponsors (4)
Mike Braun (Republican)David Perdue (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Economic Mobility, Prosperity, and Opportunity with Waivers that Enable Reforms for States Act of 2019 or the EMPOWERS Act of 2019 This bill establishes the Interagency Board for Empowering Low-Income Families and allows a governor to apply to the board for a four-year waiver from certain federal assistance program requirements. Specifically, under such a waiver, the governor's state may consolidate, replace, or alter eligibility requirements for two or more specified federal assistance programs related to nutrition, housing, income, foster care and adoption, and other social and community services. The board must evaluate waiver applications on the basis of whether a proposed project promotes employment, family stability, and financial literacy and savings with respect to program participants. Additionally, the bill excludes specified provisions from waiver authority and sets certain limits with respect to project funding.
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Timeline
Aug 1, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Aug 1, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 17, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-5594
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
  • August 1, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 1, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • January 17, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-5594
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Social Welfare

Adoption and foster careChild safety and welfareEnergy assistance for the poor and agedExecutive agency funding and structureFamily servicesFinancial literacyFood assistance and reliefHousing and community development fundingIntergovernmental relationsLow- and moderate-income housingPoverty and welfare assistanceRural conditions and developmentState and local government operations

EMPOWERS Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2416| Senate 
| Updated: 8/1/2019
Economic Mobility, Prosperity, and Opportunity with Waivers that Enable Reforms for States Act of 2019 or the EMPOWERS Act of 2019 This bill establishes the Interagency Board for Empowering Low-Income Families and allows a governor to apply to the board for a four-year waiver from certain federal assistance program requirements. Specifically, under such a waiver, the governor's state may consolidate, replace, or alter eligibility requirements for two or more specified federal assistance programs related to nutrition, housing, income, foster care and adoption, and other social and community services. The board must evaluate waiver applications on the basis of whether a proposed project promotes employment, family stability, and financial literacy and savings with respect to program participants. Additionally, the bill excludes specified provisions from waiver authority and sets certain limits with respect to project funding.
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Timeline
Aug 1, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Aug 1, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 17, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-5594
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
  • August 1, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 1, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • January 17, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-5594
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

Republican Senator

Iowa

Cosponsors (4)
Mike Braun (Republican)David Perdue (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Social Welfare

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Adoption and foster careChild safety and welfareEnergy assistance for the poor and agedExecutive agency funding and structureFamily servicesFinancial literacyFood assistance and reliefHousing and community development fundingIntergovernmental relationsLow- and moderate-income housingPoverty and welfare assistanceRural conditions and developmentState and local government operations