{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5129","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5129","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and modernize the Act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and modernize the Act."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Community Services Block Grant Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill","title":"Community Services Block Grant Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House for portions of this bill","title":"Community Services Block Grant Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House for portions of this bill","title":"Community Services Block Grant Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-08-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-05-13","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h182","question":"On Passage","title":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022","result":"Passed","yea":246,"nay":169,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll182.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2022-05-16"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 202","sponsor":"Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]","purpose":"Amendments en bloc No. 1 comprised of amendments numbered 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, printed in Part F of House Report 117-320.","result":"Agreed to","date":"2022-05-13","yea":219,"nay":201,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll178.xml"},{"number":"H.Amdt. 203","sponsor":"Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]","purpose":"Amendments en bloc No. 2 comprised amendments numbered 3, 5, and 10, printed in Part F of House Report 117-320.","result":"Failed","date":"2022-05-13","yea":198,"nay":219,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll179.xml"},{"number":"H.Amdt. 204","sponsor":"Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]","purpose":"Amendment adds support for veterans, particularly homeless veterans, to the list of permissible purposes for which States may use remaining Community Services Block Grant Program funds.","result":"Agreed to","date":"2022-05-13","yea":418,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll180.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-13","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Agreed to","yea":219,"nay":201,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll178.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-13","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Failed","yea":198,"nay":219,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll179.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-13","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Agreed to","yea":418,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll180.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-13","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022","result":"Failed","yea":201,"nay":216,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll181.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-05-13","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill reauthorizes the Community Services Block Grant program through FY2032 and otherwise modifies the program. The program supports various antipoverty activities, primarily through formula-based allotments to states, Indian tribes, and territories."},{"k":"p","t":"In particular, the bill makes changes to the program's administration and leadership; performance measurement; and allotments to states and territories."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also expands eligibility for services and activities funded by the program to 200% of the federal poverty line (FPL). Under current law, eligibility is generally set at the FPL."}],"words":91},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Rewrites the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize the program that provides grants to States, territories and Indian Tribes for local programs, projects and services that reduce poverty.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh#H03BC7DEF082846A89A82394B8C582BD3"}]},"core_areas":["Community Services Block Grant authorization and funding levels","Allotments to States, territories and Indian Tribes","Eligibility for services set at 200 percent of the poverty line","Eligible entities and tripartite boards","State monitoring, Secretary assessments, corrective action and audits","Performance measurement and reporting","Discretionary community programs, including broadband navigator projects"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2028 through 2032 for the block grant program, excluding section 690.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh#H03BC7DEF082846A89A82394B8C582BD3"}},{"text":"Requires a State to use not less than 90 percent of its grant for subgrants to eligible entities and limits State administrative expenses to 5 percent of its grant.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh#H03BC7DEF082846A89A82394B8C582BD3"}},{"text":"Sets 200 percent of the poverty line as the eligibility criterion for services provided directly to individuals or families, and lets a State or Tribal grantee keep participants eligible while they progress toward program goals.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh#H03BC7DEF082846A89A82394B8C582BD3"}},{"text":"Requires each eligible entity to be governed by a tripartite board, with not fewer than one-third of members chosen by democratic selection procedures to represent low-income individuals and families in the service area.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh#H03BC7DEF082846A89A82394B8C582BD3"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assess State compliance in not fewer than one-fifth of the States each fiscal year, and allows corrective action plans and reductions in State funding after notice and a hearing.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh#H03BC7DEF082846A89A82394B8C582BD3"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to announce a transition period, including Federal training, for implementing changes to regulations, procedures, guidance and reporting requirements.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh#HE3E3223F160242D480A567BF2A181430"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh#H03BC7DEF082846A89A82394B8C582BD3"},"heading":"Reauthorization","effect":"Reserves ½ of 1 percent of each year's appropriation for grants to territories, which are apportioned among Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a separate set-aside from the State allotments.","amount":null,"quote":"½ of 1 percent for carrying out section 675 (relating to grants to territories);"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-05-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5129/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5129.png","v":"911dedf3774b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5129, 117th Congress: Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022. House: 246 Yea, 169 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 13 May 2022."}}