kind of benefits or assistance to be provided to any entity 
under, any program or activity funded, in whole or in part, 
with Federal funds. 
‘‘(j) RELEVANT FEDERAL STATISTICAL AGENCY.— 
In this section, the term ‘relevant Federal statistical agen-
cy’ means a Federal agency that— 
‘‘(1) is listed as a major statistical program of 
the United States in the annual report most recently 
made under section 3504(e)(2) of title 44, United 
States Code; or 
‘‘(2) the Bureau of the Census expects to be so 
listed in the next such report. 
‘‘(k) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—To carry out this section, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Bureau of the Census not 
more than $5,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 1150B. STUDY OF DECENT LIVING STANDARD. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of the Census, in 
collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall 
enter into a contract with the National Academy of 
Sciences which obligates the National Academy of 
Sciences to develop and publish a method of calculating 
a decent living standard threshold, including relevant vari-
ations for geography, family size, and other such factors, 
and a method of measuring the extent to which the income 
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of families in the United States is sufficient to meet the 
threshold. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL SUPPORT.—The Bureau of the Cen-
sus, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other relevant 
statistical agencies shall provide necessary technical sup-
port for the efforts to develop the threshold and method 
referred to in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION
OF DECENT LIVING STANDARD 
THRESHOLD.—In subsection (a), the term ‘decent living 
standard threshold’ means the amount of annual income 
that would allow an individual to live beyond deprivation 
at a safe and decent, but modest, standard of living. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—To carry out this section, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Bureau of the Census not 
more than $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 
2010. 
‘‘SEC. 1150C. STUDY OF MEDICAL CARE RISK MEASURE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of the Census, in 
collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall enter 
into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences 
which obligates the National Academy of Sciences to de-
velop and publish a method of measuring the extent of 
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medical care risk in the United States and calculating the 
number and percentage of individuals in the United States 
who, to varying degrees, lack adequate health insurance, 
placing them at risk of being unable to afford needed 
treatment. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL SUPPORT.—The Bureau of the Cen-
sus, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality and the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other relevant statis-
tical agencies shall provide necessary technical support for 
the efforts to develop the method and measure referred 
to in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF MEDICAL CARE RISK.—In sub-
section (a), the term ‘medical care risk’ means the extent 
to which individuals are at risk of being unable to afford 
needed medical treatment, services, goods, and care. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—To carry out this section, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Bureau of the Census, not 
more than $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 
2010.’’. 
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