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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3300 

To establish the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty 

which will create and carry out a national plan to cut poverty in America 

in half in ten years. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2011 

Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. STARK, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 

BACA, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. BROWN of Florida, and Mr. KUCINICH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To establish the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty which will create and carry out a national 

plan to cut poverty in America in half in ten years. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Half in Ten Act of 

5 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

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1 (1) Poverty can be seen as a deep, structural 

2 problem that implicates our value system and our 

3 educational and economic institutions. 

4 (2) Poverty may be defined as the lack of basic 

5 necessities of life such as food, shelter, clothing, 

6 health care, education, economic security, and eco7 nomic opportunity. 

8 (3) Policy initiatives and many safety net pro9 grams addressing poverty have not kept pace with 

10 the needs of millions of Americans. 

11 (4) The lack of an equitable distribution of 

12 housing choices across the country leads to isolation 

13 and concentrated poverty. 

14 (5) The number of Americans living in poverty 

15 rose by over 2.6 million from 2009 to 2010 (U.S. 

16 Census Bureau, September 2011). 

17 (6) There were 46.2 million Americans living in 

18 poverty in 2010, consisting of 15.1 percent of the 

19 American people (U.S. Census Bureau, September 

20 2011). 

21 (7) Poverty has a disproportionate impact on 

22 minority communities in America with 27.4 percent 

23 of African-Americans, 26.6 percent of Hispanics, 

24 12.1 percent of Asian Americans, and 9.9 percent of 

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1 Whites living in poverty in the United States in 

2 2010 (U.S. Census Bureau, September 2011). 

3 (8) In 2010 a family of 4 was considered poor 

4 under the U.S. Census Bureau’s official measure if 

5 the family’s income was below $22,314. 

6 (9) The economic consequences of poverty in 

7 the United States are estimated to be at least $500 

8 billion per year (Center for American Progress, 

9 2007). 

10 (10) Children who grow up in poverty experi11 ence higher crime rates, decreased productivity, and 

12 higher health costs over their lives (Center for Amer13 ican Progress, 2007). 

14 (11) 3,500,000 seniors lived in poverty in 2010 

15 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). 

16 (12) Young Americans, ages 18–24, experience 

17 a higher poverty rate than the national average 

18 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). 

19 (13) 16,400,000 children lived in poverty in 

20 2010—more than one in every five American chil21 dren (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). 

22 (14) Almost 35 percent of African-American 

23 children and over 30 percent of Hispanic children 

24 lived in poverty in 2009 (U.S. Census Bureau, 

25 2011). 

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1 (15) The 46,180,000 of Americans in poverty 

2 in 2010 was the largest number yet recorded in the 

3 52 years for which poverty estimates are available 

4 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). 

5 (16) Children who live in families who fall into 

6 poverty for even short periods of time are at greater 

7 risk of a lifetime of lower earnings, lower edu8 cational attainment, and increased reliance on public 

9 services and increased rates of incarceration (First 

10 Focus, 2008). 

11 (17) It is estimated that the additional 3 mil12 lion children who were forced into poverty due to the 

13 recession of 2008, resulted in $35 billion in eco14 nomic losses annually, and will cause at least $1.7 

15 trillion in economic losses to the United States dur16 ing their lifetimes (First Focus, 2008). 

17 (18) Reducing poverty, especially child poverty, 

18 not only reduces costs for Federal, State, and local 

19 social services and benefits programs, but also in20 creases tax revenue at all levels of government (Chil21 dren’s Defense Fund, 2009). 

22 (19) The House of Representatives, on January 

23 22, 2008, has resolved that it is the sense of Con24 gress that the United States should set a national 

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1 goal of cutting poverty in half over the next 10 

2 years. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

6 agency’’ means any executive department, Govern7 ment corporation, Government-controlled corpora8 tion, or other establishment in the executive branch 

9 of the Government (including the Executive Office of 

10 the President), or any independent regulatory agen11 cy. 

12 (2) POVERTY.—The term ‘‘poverty’’ means an 

13 income level and living standard associated with and 

14 based on the official poverty measure as established 

15 and updated by the U.S. Census Bureau which es16 tablishes a threshold of minimum income necessary 

17 to achieve a standard of living free from deprivation 

18 of basic needs. 

19 (3) EXTREME POVERTY.—The term ‘‘extreme 

20 poverty’’ means having an income level or living 

21 standard at a level of extreme deprivation based on 

22 living with income below 50 percent of the Federal 

23 poverty line as established by the U.S. Census. 

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1 (4) NEAR POVERTY.—The term ‘‘near poverty’’ 

2 means having a level of household income below 200 

3 percent of the Federal poverty line. 

4 (5) CHILD POVERTY.—The term ‘‘child pov5 erty’’ means poverty which impacts those persons 

6 under 18 years of age. 

7 (6) DEPRIVATION.—The term ‘‘deprivation’’ 

8 means lacking some or all basic human needs. 

9 (7) DECENT LIVING STANDARD.—The term 

10 ‘‘decent living standard’’ means the amount of an11 nual income that would allow an individual to live 

12 beyond deprivation at a safe and decent, but modest, 

13 standard of living. 

14 (8) ALTERNATIVE POVERTY MEASURES.—The 

15 term ‘‘alternative poverty measures’’ means meas16 ures and indicators, other than the traditional in17 come based measure of poverty, which can provide a 

18 more detailed picture of the low-income and poverty 

19 stricken populations, such as the number of people 

20 who were kept above poverty by Government sup21 ports, the number of people who are poor due to 

22 medical expenses, child care, and work expenses, the 

23 rates of food insecurity, the number of people who 

24 are asset poor (with less than three months of in25 come saved), the number of disconnected youth, teen 

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1 birth rates, participation rates in Federal anti-pov2 erty programs for all eligible populations, and the 

3 number of people who are unbanked. 

4 (9) REGIONAL COSTS OF LIVING.—The term 

5 ‘‘regional costs of living’’ means a measure of the 

6 differing costs of maintaining a given living standard 

7 in varying regional, geographic, urban or rural re8 gions. 

9 (10) ECONOMIC INSECURITY.—The term ‘‘eco10 nomic insecurity’’ means the inability of individuals 

11 and households to cope with routine adverse or cost12 ly life events and the lack of means to maintain a 

13 decent standard of living and to recover from the 

14 costly consequences of those events. 

15 (11) ECONOMIC STABILITY.—The term ‘‘eco16 nomic stability’’ means individuals and households 

17 have access to the means and support systems nec18 essary to effectively cope with adverse or costly life 

19 events and have the ability to effectively recover 

20 from the consequences of those events while main21 taining their standard of living or maintaining a de22 cent standard of living. 

23 (12) DIGITAL DIVIDE.—The term ‘‘digital di24 vide’’ means the gap between individuals, house25 holds, businesses and geographic areas at different 

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1 socio-economic levels with regard to both their access 

2 information and communications technologies and 

3 including the imbalance both in physical access to 

4 technology and the resources, education and skills 

5 needed to effectively use computer technology and 

6 the Internet for a wide variety of activities. 

7 (13) OUTCOMES.—The term ‘‘outcomes’’ means 

8 change in the economic status, economic instability 

9 or economic security of an individual, household or 

10 other population which is attributable to a planned 

11 intervention, benefit, or service or series of interven12 tions, benefits, and services, regardless of whether 

13 such an intervention was intended to change such 

14 economic status. 

15 (14) DISPARATE IMPACT.—The term ‘‘disparate 

16 impact’’ refers to the historic and ongoing impacts 

17 of the pattern and practice of discrimination in em18 ployment, education, housing, banking and nearly 

19 every other aspect of American life in the economy, 

20 society or culture that have an adverse impact on 

21 minorities, women, or other protected groups, re22 gardless of whether such practices were motivated by 

23 discriminatory intent. 

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1 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL INTERAGENCY 

2 WORKING GROUP ON REDUCING POVERTY. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL INTERAGENCY

4 WORKING GROUP ON REDUCING POVERTY.—There is es5 tablished within the Department of Health and Human 

6 Services, a Federal Interagency Working Group on Reduc7 ing Poverty, which shall be chaired by the Secretary of 

8 Health and Human Services, and whose members shall be 

9 selected by their respective agency heads from the senior 

10 ranks of their agencies, which shall— 

11 (1) develop, within 180 days of enactment, a 

12 National Plan or Strategy to reduce the number of 

13 persons living in poverty in America in half within 

14 10 years of the release of the 2011 Census report 

15 on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage 

16 in the United States: 2010, that includes goals and 

17 objectives relating to— 

18 (A) reducing in half the number of Ameri19 cans living in poverty as reported by the 2011 

20 Census report on Income, Poverty and Health 

21 Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010; 

22 (B) eliminating child poverty in America; 

23 (C) eliminating extreme poverty in Amer24 ica; 

25 (D) improving the effectiveness and out26 comes of poverty related programs by improving 

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1 our understanding of the root causes of poverty, 

2 the social, economic, and the cultural contribu3 tors to persistent intergenerational poverty; 

4 (E) improving the measure of poverty to 

5 include more indicators and measures that can 

6 meaningfully account for other aspects relating 

7 to the measure of poverty, such as regional dif8 ferences in costs of living, the impact of rising 

9 income inequality, the impact of the persistent 

10 ‘‘digital divide’’, expanding the understanding 

11 of poverty by distinguishing a standard that 

12 measures a level of freedom from deprivation 

13 versus a standard that measures a standard of 

14 economic adequacy provided by a living wage 

15 and access to a decent living standard, and the 

16 impact of poverty on other measures of eco17 nomic stability and economic outcomes, such as 

18 educational attainment, rates of incarceration, 

19 lifetime earnings, access to healthcare, 

20 healthcare outcomes, access to housing, and in21 cluding other measures as necessary to improve 

22 our understanding of why poverty persists in 

23 America; 

24 (F) eliminating the disparate rates of pov25 erty based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, or 

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1 sexual orientation and identity, especially 

2 among children in those households so im3 pacted; 

4 (G) measuring effectiveness of poverty re5 lated programs on the basis of long term out6 comes, including the long term savings and 

7 value of preventive practice and policy, and em8 ploying fact based measures of programs to 

9 make improvements; 

10 (H) improving the accessibility of benefit 

11 and social services programs, reducing the com12 plexity and difficulty of enrollment, and improv13 ing the rates of enrollment in need based pro14 grams for all eligible recipients to maximize the 

15 impact of benefits and social services programs 

16 on reducing the impacts of poverty and improv17 ing economic outcomes; 

18 (I) expanding eligibility to improve the co19 ordination of service delivery, reduce gaps in 

20 eligibility, and improve outcomes of programs 

21 addressing poverty in the Federal Government; 

22 (J) reducing the negative impact of asset 

23 limits on eligibility for Federal programs on the 

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1 efit delivery, and in access which prevents needy 

2 beneficiaries from improving long term out3 comes and achieving long term economic inde4 pendence from need based programs; 

5 (K) improving the access of poor, low-in6 come, and the unemployed to good jobs with 

7 adequate wages and benefits; 

8 (L) expanding and stabilizing poor and low 

9 income persons connection to work; 

10 (M) developing a comprehensive strategy to 

11 connect low-income young people and to re-con12 nect currently disconnected youth to education, 

13 work, and their community; and 

14 (N) shifting the focus of poverty and 

15 human needs programs across the Federal Gov16 ernment beyond the relief of deprivation to in17 stead setting goals, measures, and outcomes re18 lated to helping individuals and families rise up 

19 and out of poverty and achieving long term eco20 nomic stability which will reduce long term 

21 costs in domestic social needs programs, reduce 

22 long term healthcare costs due to the improved 

23 health of formerly poverty stricken households, 

24 increase the number of tax paying individuals 

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1 rollment and costs in need based benefits and 

2 services programs, thus improving the economy 

3 and reducing long term deficits for Federal, 

4 State, and local governments; 

5 (2) oversee, coordinate, and integrate all poli6 cies and activities of the Federal Government, in co7 ordination and consultation with the Domestic Pol8 icy Council and the National Economic Council, 

9 across all agencies relating to reducing the number 

10 of individuals, families, and children living below the 

11 Federal poverty line, in extreme poverty or near pov12 erty and increasing the number of households able 

13 to achieve long-term economic stability with assets 

14 sufficient to maintain a decent living standard with15 out relying on public supports— 

16 (A) economic, commercial, and pro17 grammatic policies that can effect or relieve the 

18 effects of poverty through job creation, and eco19 nomic development targeted to low income, mi20 nority, rural, urban and other populations who 

21 suffer disparate rates of poverty, among Fed22 eral agencies; and 

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1 essary to ensure that the Federal Government 

2 is able to mount effective responses to economic 

3 downturns and increases in the rates of poverty; 

4 (3) ensure that all relevant Federal agencies 

5 and congressional committees comply with appro6 priate guidelines, policies, and directives from the 

7 Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing 

8 Poverty and the Department of Health and Human 

9 Services and other Federal agencies with responsibil10 ities relating to poverty reduction or improving eco11 nomic stability and independence; 

12 (4) ensure that Federal agencies have access to, 

13 receive, and appropriately disseminate best practices 

14 in the administration of programs, have adequate re15 sources to maximize the public awareness of pro16 grams, increase the reach of those programs, espe17 cially into historically disenfranchised communities, 

18 maximize enrollment for all eligible Americans, share 

19 relevant data, and issue relevant guidance in con20 sultation with non-government organizations and 

21 policy experts in the field and State and local gov22 ernment officials who administer or direct policy for 

23 anti-poverty programs in increasing and maximizing 

24 the enrollment into and administration of programs 

25 and services designed to alleviate poverty; and 

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1 (5) enact best practices for improved data col2 lection, relevant to— 

3 (A) reducing poverty; 

4 (B) reducing the racial, ethnic, age, gen5 der, and sexual orientation or sexual identity 

6 based disparities in the rates of poverty; 

7 (C) the effectiveness and efficiency of pro8 grams; 

9 (D) streamlining enrollment and eligibility 

10 for programs; 

11 (E) improving long term outcomes for pro12 grams; 

13 (F) reducing reliance on public programs; 

14 (G) improving connections to work; 

15 (H) improving economic stability; 

16 (I) improving savings and investment, ac17 cess to capital, increasing rates of entrepreneur18 ship; 

19 (J) improving access to living wage em20 ployment; and 

21 (K) improving access to employment based 

22 benefits. 

23 (b) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL POVERTY POLICY.— 

24 There shall be a Staff Director of National Poverty Policy, 

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1 who shall be the head of the Federal Interagency Working 

2 Group on Reducing Poverty. 

3 SEC. 5. APPOINTMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DI4 RECTOR. 

5 (a) APPOINTMENT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Staff Director shall be 

7 appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human 

8 Services. 

9 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall ap10 point the Staff Director from among individuals who 

11 have demonstrated ability and knowledge in social 

12 policy, improving outcome based management, issues 

13 of equity and equal opportunity and access to serv14 ices and economic opportunity. 

15 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Staff Director shall— 

16 (1) advise the Secretary and all relevant cabinet 

17 secretaries, and agency officials regarding the estab18 lishment of policies, goals, objectives, and priorities 

19 for reducing poverty in America in half in ten years, 

20 ending child poverty, ending extreme poverty and 

21 eliminating racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual iden22 tity and orientation based disparities in the rates of 

23 poverty; 

24 (2) advise the Secretary, relevant cabinet secre25 taries, heads of independent Federal agencies and 

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1 other entities within the Executive Office of the 

2 President regarding mechanisms to improve the ef3 fectiveness, coordination, impact, and outcomes of 

4 social services, benefits, and other poverty reduction 

5 and economic opportunity programs, in collaboration 

6 with experts in the field, non-governmental organiza7 tions, and other governments; 

8 (3) work with Federal agencies to oversee, co9 ordinate, and integrate the implementation of the 

10 National Plan or Strategy, including consultation 

11 with independent non-governmental policy experts 

12 and service provider groups engaged in serving low13 income persons, children and households, State and 

14 local government officials who administer or direct 

15 policy for anti-poverty programs, and with as many 

16 groups that directly represent low-income people, 

17 such as public housing tenants’ associations, or 

18 other similar groups; and 

19 (4) resolve any disputes that arise between Fed20 eral agencies relating to the National Plan to reduce 

21 poverty in half in ten years or other matters within 

22 the responsibility of the Office. 

23 SEC. 6. CONSULTATION. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director may consult and ob25 tain recommendations from, as needed, such Presidential 

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1 and other advisory entities such as consultation with inde2 pendent non-governmental policy experts and service pro3 vider groups engaged in serving low-income persons, chil4 dren, and households; State and local government officials 

5 who administer or direct policy for anti-poverty programs, 

6 and groups made up of low-income people, such as public 

7 housing tenants’ associations, or other similar groups as 

8 the Director determines will assist in carrying out the mis9 sion of the Office, including— 

10 (1) the Administration for Children and Fami11 lies (ACF); 

12 (2) the Administration on Aging (AoA); 

13 (3) the Department of Agriculture (USDA); 

14 (4) the Bankruptcy Courts; 

15 (5) the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec16 tion; 

17 (6) the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); 

18 (7) the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); 

19 (8) the Bureau of the Census; 

20 (9) the Center for Nutrition Policy and Pro21 motion; 

22 (10) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv23 ices (formerly the Health Care Financing Adminis24 tration); 

25 (11) the Commission on Civil Rights; 

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1 (12) the Office of Community Planning and 

2 Development; 

3 (13) the Consumer Financial Protection Bu4 reau; 

5 (14) the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Jus6 tice and Delinquency Prevention; 

7 (15) the Corporation for National and Commu8 nity Service; 

9 (16) the Council of Economic Advisers; 

10 (17) the Department of Agriculture (USDA); 

11 (18) the Department of Commerce (DOC); 

12 (19) the Department of Defense (DOD); 

13 (20) the Department of Education (ED); 

14 (21) the Department of Health and Human 

15 Services (HHS); 

16 (22) the Department of Housing and Urban 

17 Development (HUD); 

18 (23) the Department of Justice (DOJ); 

19 (24) the Department of Labor (DOL); 

20 (25) the Department of the Treasury; 

21 (26) the Department of Transportation (DOT); 

22 (27) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); 

23 (28) the Disability Employment Policy Office; 

24 (29) the Domestic Policy Council; 

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1 (30) the Drug Enforcement Administration 

2 (DEA); 

3 (31) the Economic Development Administra4 tion; 

5 (32) the Economic Research Service; 

6 (33) the English Language Acquisition Office; 

7 (34) the Equal Employment Opportunity Com8 mission (EEOC); 

9 (35) the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; 

10 (36) the Federal Bureau of Prisons; 

11 (37) the Federal Housing Finance Board; 

12 (38) the Federal Labor Relations Authority; 

13 (39) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); 

14 (40) the Food and Nutrition Service; 

15 (41) the Indian Health Service; 

16 (42) the Interagency Council on Homelessness; 

17 (43) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); 

18 (44) the Legal Services Corporation; 

19 (45) the National AIDS Policy Office; 

20 (46) the National Credit Union Administration; 

21 (47) the National Economic Council; 

22 (48) the National Institutes of Health (NIH); 

23 (49) the National Labor Relations Board; 

24 (50) the Occupational Safety & Health Admin25 istration (OSHA); 

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1 (51) the Office of Management and Budget 

2 (OMB); 

3 (52) the Office of Refugee Resettlement; 

4 (53) the Office of Policy Development and Re5 search (Housing and Urban Development Depart6 ment); 

7 (54) the Small Business Administration (SBA); 

8 (55) the Social Security Administration (SSA); 

9 (56) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

10 Services Administration; 

11 (57) the Veterans’ Employment and Training 

12 Service; and 

13 (58) the Women’s Bureau (Labor Department). 

14 (b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—In developing and updat15 ing the National Strategy the Executive Director shall 

16 consult with the Domestic Policy Council, the National 

17 Economic Council, and, as appropriate, hold regional pub18 lic hearings around the country to collect information and 

19 feedback from the public on their efforts and experience 

20 for the development and updating of the National Strategy 

21 and make this information available to the public. 

22 SEC. 7. REPORTS TO CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chair of the Federal Inter24 agency Working Group on Reducing Poverty shall submit 

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1 tees describing the activities, ongoing projects, and plans 

2 of the Federal Government designed to meet the goals and 

3 objectives of the National Strategy on Poverty. The report 

4 shall include an accounting of the savings to the Govern5 ment from any increased efficiencies in the delivery of 

6 services, any savings from reducing the numbers of Ameri7 cans living in poverty and reductions in the demand for 

8 need based services and benefits for which persons living 

9 in and near poverty are eligible, as well as an accounting 

10 of any increase in revenue collections due to the numbers 

11 of persons who become gainfully employed and pay taxes 

12 into the Treasury instead of drawing benefits and services 

13 from it. 

14 (b) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WORK15 SHOP.—Within 90 days after funds are made available to 

16 carry out this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

17 Services shall contract with the National Academy of 

18 Sciences (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 

19 ‘‘NAS’’) to initiate a workshop series to provide necessary 

20 background information to enable the Working Group on 

21 Reducing Poverty to develop and finalize its plan. 

22 (1) The NAS shall convene a steering com23 mittee to organize, plan, and conduct a public work24 shop on what is known about the economic and somstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 cial costs of poverty, including, but not limited to 

2 the following: 

3 (A) Macroeconomic costs (effects on pro4 ductivity and economic output). 

5 (B) Health costs (effects on health expend6 itures and health status). 

7 (C) Crime and other social costs. 

8 (D) Direct federal budget effects (e.g., out9 lays for income support and other poverty re10 duction programs). 

11 (E) The workshop shall also consider pov12 erty metrics (e.g., income poverty, food insecu13 rity, and other measures of deprivation), and 

14 their role in assessing the effects of poverty and 

15 the performance of anti-poverty programs. 

16 The NAS shall commission experts to prepare pa17 pers that summarize and critique the relevant lit18 erature estimating monetary and non-monetary eco19 nomic and social impacts of poverty. A workshop 

20 summary shall be produced that, along with the pa21 pers, shall be available electronically on the NAS 

22 website. This workshop shall be convened within 6 

23 months of receipt of a contract, the papers posted 

24 immediately, and the summary released by the end 

25 of month. 

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1 (2) The NAS steering committee shall organize, 

2 plan, and conduct a second public workshop on what 

3 is known about the economic and social costs and 

4 benefits of a variety of programs and strategies to 

5 reduce and prevent poverty. It shall take account of 

6 such issues as the following: 

7 (A) Short-term versus long-term effects, 

8 including budget implications. 

9 (B) Effects for different population 

10 groups, such as children, the elderly, immi11 grants, long-term single-parent families, dis12 placed older workers, young people with large 

13 loans, people in areas of concentrated poverty 

14 and other social ills (e.g., Indian reservations, 

15 some inner city areas, some rural areas). 

16 (C) Effects by depth of poverty and near17 poverty (e.g., income to poverty ratios of less 

18 than 50 percent, less than 100 percent, less 

19 than 200 percent). 

20 This second workshop shall be convened within 9 

21 months of receipt of a contract, the papers posted 

22 immediately, and a summary released by the end of 

23 month 12. 

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1 (c) REPORT.—The relevant sections of the report 

2 shall be posted on each agency’s website on the plans and 

3 impacts specific to their agency. 

4 (d) PUBLIC REPORT.—A version of each report sub5 mitted under this section shall be made available to the 

6 public. 

7 (e) LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—The Working Group 

8 on Reducing Poverty shall submit, as necessary, legislative 

9 language, including specific legislative recommendations to 

10 the Congress of the United States towards achieving the 

11 national goals. 

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