3.0.0 3243 2023-01-11T20:47:33Z 2023-01-11T20:47:33Z House H HR 2007-07-31 110 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo23 Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee Referred to 2007-09-07T17:02:30Z Referred to 2007-07-31T13:07:00Z 2007-09-07 hsgo23 Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. Committee 2007-08-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1675-1676) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2007-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000273 Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] GERALD WELLER R IL C. 11 N C000071 Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] DAVE CAMP R MI 4 2007-07-31 True Social Welfare Earned income tax credit Families Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Government statistics Income statistics Income tax Poverty Tax credits Tax refunds Taxation Social Welfare 00 2007-07-31 Introduced in House 2007-10-19T19:13:27Z Poverty Measurement Improvement Act - Requires the Bureau of the Census to publish, annually, statistics on levels of family income in the United States in order to more accurately determine the extent of poverty and the antipoverty effectiveness of means-tested benefit and tax programs.

Requires such statistics to be based on the following measures of income: (1) full benefits poverty income (equal to the sum of partial benefits poverty income and noncash benefits attributable to the members of a household); and (2) full benefits and taxes poverty income (equal to full benefits poverty income increased by state and federal earned income tax credits, refundable child credits, and any other refundable tax credit and decreased by state and federal income and payroll taxes attributable to the members of a household).

Requires the Bureau to use such measures to produce corresponding tables and graphs showing for each year: (1) the partial benefits poverty rate; (2) the full benefits poverty rate; and (3) the full benefits and taxes poverty rate.

]]> Poverty Measurement Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Bureau of the Census to publish improved annual measures of family income for use in more accurately determining the extent of poverty in the United States and the anti-poverty effectiveness of means-tested benefit and tax programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Poverty Measurement Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced Poverty Measurement Improvement Act Introduced in House 2007-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3243ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3243ih.xml 2007-09-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.