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S.3472: Poverty Measurement Improvement Act
About This Bill
- Introduced Nov. 17, 2016
- Latest Major Action Nov. 17, 2016
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Poverty Measurement Improvement Act This bill requires the Bureau of the Census, for each of FY2017-FY2027, in order to more accurately determine the extent of poverty in the United States and the anti-poverty effectiveness of federal means-tested benefit and tax programs, to conduct a new survey of income and poverty in the United States and supplement and verify the information obtained using data from the most recent available Current...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Nov. 17, 2016 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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| Nov. 17, 2016 |
Introduced in the Senate by Mike Lee (R-Utah) |