# 116-hr-8204: CSA OPPORTUNITY Act

116-hr-8204, CSA OPPORTUNITY Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8204
- Congress: 116
- Title: CSA OPPORTUNITY Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
- Introduced: 2020-09-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Social Welfare
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Children's Savings Accounts Offer Parents Plenty Of Reasons To Understand and Invest in Tuition Yearly Act or the CSA OPPORTUNITY Act This bill excludes the value of certain children's savings accounts, provided they meet specified requirements, when determining eligibility for particular means-tested federal programs. To be excluded, the savings account must be created as part of a program organized by a government, nonprofit, school district, or college or university and meet other administrative criteria. Furthermore, proceeds of the account may only be used for postsecondary educational expenses, the purchase of a first home, or costs associated with starting a business once the individual receives a secondary school diploma or equivalent.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2020-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8820: PASS Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7806: SOS Act
- 116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8204 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8204)

## Related
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- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7816)
- [116-hr-7806: SOS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7806)
- [116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7517)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8204 (as of 2025-11-18).