Poverty Measurement Improvement Act

Summary

Poverty Measurement Improvement Act - Requires the Bureau of the Census to publish, annually, statistics on levels of family income in the United States in order to more accurately determine the extent of poverty and the antipoverty effectiveness of means-tested benefit and tax programs. Requires such statistics to be based on the following measures of income: (1) full benefits poverty income (equal to the sum of partial benefits poverty income and noncash benefits attributable to the members of a household); and (2) full benefits and taxes poverty income (equal to full benefits poverty income increased by state and federal earned income tax credits, refundable child credits, and any other refundable tax credit and decreased by state and federal income and payroll taxes attributable to the members of a household). Requires the Bureau to use such measures to produce corresponding tables and graphs showing for each year: (1) the partial benefits poverty rate; (2) the full benefits poverty rate; and (3) the full benefits and taxes poverty rate.

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Timeline

1. 31 July 2007

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 31 July 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 31 July 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 1 August 2007

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1675-1676)

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 7 September 2007

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.

   Source: Committee

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• Introduced in House · 31 July 2007 · Official file

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 31 July 2007

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Sponsors

• Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] · R · Sponsor
• · hsgo00 · Standing

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