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HR 702 · in committee · significant

Improving Federal Assistance to Families Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Census Bureau to create state-by-state poverty line indexes adjusted for regional cost differences.
  • Federal agencies will use whichever poverty measure results in the highest poverty rate to determine eligibility for federal assistance programs.
  • HHS must update the regional poverty lines annually and report on alternative poverty measures within a set timeframe.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How might using the highest poverty rate across multiple measures change the number of people eligible for federal assistance programs in your state?

  2. 02

    What are the trade-offs between adjusting poverty lines for regional cost differences and maintaining consistent eligibility standards across states?

  3. 03

    What evidence exists that current federal poverty measures fail to account for geographic variations in housing, healthcare, and living expenses?

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Sponsor · D-NJ-11

Mikie Sherrill

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Introduced 2025-01-23

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-23 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  2. 2025-01-23 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  3. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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