Period PROUD (Providing Resources for Our Underserved and Disadvantaged) Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-02-04Topic: health care

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Period PROUD (Providing Resources for Our Underserved and Disadvantaged) Act of 2025 This bill provides additional funding through FY2029 for the Social Services Block Grant to support the provision of menstrual products (e.g., menstrual cups and underwear, sanitary napkins, and tampons) to low-income individuals. (This grant is a flexible funding stream used by states and territories to support a wide range of social services.) The bill also exempts the additional funds from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, across-the-board reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-02-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.	refer
2025-02-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.	refer
2025-02-04		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-02-04		Introduced in House	introduce

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