[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4436 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4436

            To authorize a National Poverty Research Center.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2019

  Mr. Pocan (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
            To authorize a National Poverty Research Center.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Poverty Research Center 
Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL POVERTY RESEARCH CENTER.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall award, every 5 years, one or more 5-year grants or cooperative 
agreements with institutions of higher education (as defined in section 
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) to 
operate one or more National Poverty Research Centers.
    (b) Research.--
            (1) In general.--National Poverty Research Centers shall 
        perform poverty policy research, poverty policy research 
        training, and poverty policy research dissemination.
            (2) Collaboration.--National Poverty Research Centers shall 
        coordinate formal networks in order to facilitate a 
        sustainable, nationwide infrastructure of poverty policy 
        researchers and to better inform public policies that seek to 
        reduce poverty and its effects in the United States.
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