[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4969 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4969

 To require the annual poverty estimate and the National Assessment of 
 Educational Progress to be subject to certain guidance on the release 
                     of information to the public.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2004

Mrs. Maloney (for herself and Mr. Clay) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the annual poverty estimate and the National Assessment of 
 Educational Progress to be subject to certain guidance on the release 
                     of information to the public.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC RELEASE OF ANNUAL POVERTY 
              ESTIMATE AND NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.

    (a) In General.--The annual poverty estimate and the National 
Assessment of Educational Progress shall be treated as if they were 
principal economic indicators and subject to the provisions of the 
Statistical Policy Directive on Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of 
Principal Federal Economic Indicators of the Office of Management and 
Budget (50 Fed. Reg. 38932; September 25, 1985).
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``annual poverty estimate'' means the Annual 
        Demographic Supplement to the March Current Population Survey, 
        or any successor document that is the basis for the official 
        national estimate of the levels of poverty, of the Bureau of 
        the Census.
            (2) The term ``National Assessment of Educational 
        Progress'' means the National Assessment of Educational 
        Progress established pursuant to section 303 of the National 
        Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (title II 
        of the Act of November 5, 2002; Public Law 107-279).
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