{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-6531","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 6531","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To provide an increased allocation of funding under certain programs for assistance in areas of persistent poverty, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide an increased allocation of funding under certain programs for assistance in areas of persistent poverty, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-02-01","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-05-18","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h211","question":"On Passage","title":"Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act","result":"Passed","yea":258,"nay":165,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll211.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.","date":"2022-05-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-11","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act","result":"Failed","yea":262,"nay":156,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"kind":"final_candidate","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll163.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-18","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act","result":"Failed","yea":198,"nay":219,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll210.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-05-18","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill addresses funding for areas of persistent poverty."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill requires"},{"k":"li","t":"the Bureau of the Census to publish a list of all areas of persistent poverty and annually update the list;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to implement guidance to increase the share of federal investments targeted to areas of persistent poverty and other areas with high and persistent poverty, and to report annually to Congress; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the Government Accountability Office to report on the measures implemented by the OMB under this bill, including an assessment regarding the impact of the measures on increasing federal investments spent in the affected areas.","d":1}],"words":114},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue and implement guidance to increase the share of Federal investments targeted to areas of persistent poverty and other high-poverty areas, with a Census Bureau list of those areas and reports to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/text/eh#H7092584BD7E54116843E3524C227F7E2"}]},"core_areas":["Targeting of Federal investments to areas of persistent poverty","Census Bureau list of areas of persistent poverty","Reports to Congress by the Office of Management and Budget and the Comptroller General"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to Federal agencies within 120 days and to implement guidance within 1 year to increase the share of Federal investments targeted to areas of persistent poverty and other areas of high and persistent poverty.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/text/eh#H7092584BD7E54116843E3524C227F7E2"}},{"text":"Requires the guidance to include a minimum goal that targeted Federal investments be greater than the amount proportional to the population of those areas relative to the population of the United States as a whole.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/text/eh#H7092584BD7E54116843E3524C227F7E2"}},{"text":"Requires the Director to report to the appropriate committees of Congress each fiscal year, listing programs by agency that increased targeted funds, the amounts targeted, and the percent change from the prior year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/text/eh#H7092584BD7E54116843E3524C227F7E2"}},{"text":"Requires the Bureau of the Census to publish a list of all areas of persistent poverty within 60 days of enactment and to update the list annually.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/text/eh#H7092584BD7E54116843E3524C227F7E2"}},{"text":"Requires the Comptroller General to report to the appropriate committees of Congress within two years on the effectiveness of the measures, and to provide at least two subsequent reports within 10 years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/text/eh#H7092584BD7E54116843E3524C227F7E2"}},{"text":"Authorizes $5,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 for salaries and expenses, including contracts with non-Federal persons, to carry out the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/text/eh#H7092584BD7E54116843E3524C227F7E2"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-05-18","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/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/6531","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6531/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-6531.png","v":"a642439fd0b9","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6531, 117th Congress: Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022. House: 258 Yea, 165 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 18 May 2022."}}