3.0.0 5891 2023-01-11T13:21:52Z 2023-01-11T13:21:52Z House H HR 2010-07-28 111 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-28T14:00:42Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-28T14:00:41Z 2010-07-28 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2010-07-28 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 2010-07-28 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2010-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000321 Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7] JOHN LINDER R GA 7 N Government Operations and Politics Census and government statistics Poverty and welfare assistance Government Operations and Politics 00 2010-07-28 Introduced in House 2010-11-04T17:55:45Z Poverty Measurement Improvement Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require the Bureau of the Census, annually, to publish statistics on levels of family income in the United States that take into account the full benefits poverty income measure and the partial benefits poverty income measure.

Defines: (1) "partial benefits poverty income measure" to mean money income as defined by the Bureau for purposes of any survey relating to income or poverty in the United States; and (2) "full benefits poverty income measure" to mean the sum of the partial benefits poverty income measure and other non-cash benefits (including supplemental nutrition assistance benefits, housing subsidies, the actuarial value of health insurance coverage, and any other state or federal means-tested benefits) attributable to the members of the household involved, including non-related members, as calculated by the Bureau by applying its current disposable income methodology.

Requires the Bureau to produce corresponding tables and graphs showing for each year the poverty rates (and related data) determined by using each such measure.

]]> Poverty Measurement Improvement Act Display Title 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 Short Titles as Introduced Poverty Measurement Improvement Act Introduced in House 2010-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5891ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5891ih.xml 2010-07-28 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.