3.0.0 2909 2023-01-11T13:18:48Z 2023-01-11T13:18:48Z House H HR 2009-06-17 111 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-17T14:00:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-17T14:00:44Z Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009 111 1625 S 2009-08-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2009-06-17 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2009-06-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-17 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-06-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 N S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2009-06-24 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2009-06-24 False C001061 Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] Emanuel Cleaver D MO 5 2009-06-25 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2009-06-25 False D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2009-06-26 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2009-07-07 False J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2009-07-07 False G000556 Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8] Alan Grayson D FL 8 2009-07-17 False T000465 Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5] Niki Tsongas D MA 5 2009-07-21 False F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2009-07-30 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2009-09-09 False M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2009-09-09 False S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] Albio Sires D NJ 13 2009-09-09 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2009-09-17 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2009-11-06 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2010-02-22 False Social Welfare Census and government statistics Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Poverty and welfare assistance Social Welfare 00 2009-06-17 Introduced in House 2009-09-21T20:40:40Z Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009 - Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau), in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), to calculate modern poverty thresholds and modern poverty rates for each calendar year.

Directs the Census Bureau and the BLS to choose: (1) the most appropriate distribution of consumption expenditures on food, clothing, and shelter, which may, if appropriate, exclude families receiving subsidies for food, clothing, or shelter; and (2) the reference family for the modern poverty measure.

Declares that the modern poverty threshold for a reference family shall be an amount equal to the average of 120% of the 33rd percentile of the distribution chosen, allowing for calculations to rely on a limited band converging on this percentile, during four or more of the most recent years for which data is available from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, a superior federal government source of data, or some combination of such sources. Prescribes requirements for determining modern poverty rates.

Directs the Census Bureau, in collaboration with the BLS, to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to develop and publish methods of: (1) calculating a decent living standard threshold; and (2) measuring the extent to which the income of families in the United States is sufficient to meet it.

Directs the Census Bureau, in collaboration with the BLS, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to contract with NAS to develop and publish a method of: (1) measuring the extent of medical care risk in the United States; and (2) calculating the number and percentage of individuals in the United States who lack adequate health insurance, leaving them at risk of being unable to afford needed treatment.

Directs the Census Bureau to contract with NAS to develop a set of recommendations for methods to implement annual modern poverty measurement at the state and local level and a timeframe for the implementation.

]]> Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009 Display Title Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved method to measure poverty so as to enable a better assessment of the effects of programs under the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2909ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2909ih.xml 2009-06-17 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform 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.