3.0.0 702 2025-05-28T19:05:00Z 2025-05-28T19:05:00Z House H HR 2025-01-23 119 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. SHERRILL:H.R. 702.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution ofthe United States of America[Page H389]</pre> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-23T15:10:10Z hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-23T15:10:05Z 2025-01-23 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2025-01-23 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2025-01-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001207 Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] Mikie Sherrill D NJ 11 N Social Welfare Census and government statistics 2025-03-20T13:47:23Z Economic development 2025-03-20T13:47:40Z Government information and archives 2025-03-20T13:47:16Z Government studies and investigations 2025-03-20T13:47:30Z Inflation and prices 2025-03-20T13:47:09Z Poverty and welfare assistance 2025-03-20T13:47:35Z State and local government operations 2025-03-20T13:47:45Z Social Welfare 2025-03-01T14:00:48Z

00 2025-01-23 Introduced in House 2025-05-28T19:04:31Z <p><strong>Improving Federal Assistance to Families Act</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Bureau of the Census to develop and publish a new regional poverty line index for each state, and requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use the new index to determine eligibility for federal programs in certain circumstances.&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, the bureau must develop and publish a new poverty line index, to be known as the <em>Regionally Adjusted Poverty Line</em>, that is measured separately for each state on an annual basis. The Regionally Adjusted Poverty Line must use new poverty thresholds calculated based on the most recent poverty thresholds and each state’s most recent regional price parity. (Poverty thresholds are specified dollar amounts used by the bureau to determine a household’s poverty status. Regional price parities are measurements of the differences in price levels between states and the national average, and are published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.) &nbsp;</p><p>For each state, HHS must determine annually which poverty line index—the Regionally Adjusted Poverty Line or the current poverty line—results in a greater percentage of households falling below the poverty line. HHS must generally use the identified&nbsp;poverty line index for administrative purposes applicable to each state, including to determine residents’ financial eligibility for certain federal programs.&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;<br/>Finally, the Government Accountability Office must study and report to Congress on the Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed threshold, an alternate poverty measure that includes consideration of regional costs of necessities like housing, child care, taxes, and transportation.&nbsp;</p>

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