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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Poverty Measurement Improvement
Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal means-tested benefit.--The term ''Federal
means-tested benefit'' means a benefit, refundable tax credit,
or other form of assistance provided under any of the following
programs:
(A) Cash and general programs.--
(i) Supplemental Security Income.
(ii) Earned Income Tax Credit (refundable
portion).
(iii) Additional Child Tax Credit.
(iv) Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families.
(v) Title IV-E Foster Care.
(vi) Title IV-E Adoption Assistance.
(vii) Social Security Disability Insurance.
(B) Medical.--
(i) Medicaid.
(ii) State Children's Health Insurance
Program.
(iii) Refundable Premiums and Out of Pocket
Subsidies under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA).
(C) Food.--
(i) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Food
Program (Agriculture).
(ii) Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Food
Program (Agriculture).
(iii) School Breakfast (Agriculture).
(D) Housing.--
(i) Section 8 Housing (HUD).
(ii) Public Housing (HUD).
(iii) Home Investment Partnership Program
(HUD).
(iv) Rural Housing Insurance Fund
(Agriculture).
(v) Rural Housing Service (Agriculture).
(2) Household.--The term ''household'' means a householder
and one or more people related to the householder by birth,
marriage, or adoption.
(3) Total family income.--The term ''total family income''
means, with respect to a household, an amount equal to--
(A) the sum of--
(i) all money income (as defined by the
Bureau of the Census) earned by the members of
the household; and
(ii) the amount, or cash equivalent, of all
Federal means-tested benefits received by the
members of the household; minus
(B) State and Federal income and payroll taxes
attributable to the members of the household.
(4) Income tax data.--The term ''income tax data'' means
return information disclosed to the Bureau of the Census under
section 6103(j)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(5) Administering agency.--The term ''administering
agency'' means a State or Federal agency responsible for
administering a Federal means-tested benefit, and includes the
following agencies:
(A) The Social Security Administration.
(B) The Department of the Treasury.
(C) The Department of Health and Human Services.
(D) The Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
(E) The Department of Agriculture.
(6) Personally identifiable information.--The term
''personally identifiable information'' means any information
that identifies an individual or could reasonably be used to
identify an individual that is--
(A) collected pursuant to a survey conducted by the
Bureau of the Census; or
(B) disclosed to the Bureau of the Census by an
administering agency for the purpose of carrying out
subsection (b).
(7) Director.--The term ''Director'' means the Director of
the Bureau of the Census.
(b) New Poverty Measurement Linking Survey, Administrative, and
Income Data.--
(1) In general.--Each fiscal year during the period that
begins with fiscal year 2017 and ends with fiscal year 2027, in
order to more accurately determine the extent of poverty in the
United States and the anti-poverty effectiveness of means-
tested benefit and tax programs, the Director shall conduct a
new survey of income and poverty in the United States, and
shall supplement and verify the information obtained pursuant
to such survey using the following:
(A) Data from the most recent available Current
Population Survey.
(B) Data furnished by administering agencies.
(C) Income tax data.
(2) Administering agency data.--
(A) In general.--The head of each administering
agency shall make available to the Director such data
(including income tax data) as the Director shall
require for the purpose of carrying out this
subsection.
(B) Payment of expenses.--The Director shall pay
for the data described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of
paragraph (1) in such amount, if any (not exceeding the
cost of furnishing the data), as may be determined by
the head of the applicable agency that furnishes the
data.
(3) Publication of survey data.--
(A) Survey methods and responses.--The Director of
the Bureau of the Census shall publish the methods used
to carry out the survey required under paragraph (1),
the number of households surveyed, the rate of
responses, and the extent of survey completion.
(B) Rates and other data.--
(i) In general.--The Director of the Bureau
of the Census shall produce tables and graphs
showing for each year the poverty rates and
related data calculated using the survey
responses and other data collected under
paragraph (1), including--
(I) the total family income for
survey respondents;
(II) a breakdown of the amount of
income taxes and payroll taxes paid by
survey respondents; and
(III) for 2018 and subsequent
years, poverty rates calculated using
updated poverty thresholds as described
in clause (ii).
(ii) Updated poverty thresholds.--For 2018
and subsequent years, the Director shall adjust
the poverty thresholds used for determining
poverty rates by using the personal consumer
expenditure price index (as published by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis).
(C) Creation of a public database.--The Director
shall create a database, available at the Director's
discretion to researchers who meet the security
requirements described in subsection (c)(4), that
contains--
(i) data from the survey required under
paragraph (1); and
(ii) data described in subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph (1).
(D) No publication of personally identifiable
information.--The Director shall ensure that no
personally identifiable information is included in any
publication of survey information or other data
collected under this section, including the database
created pursuant to subparagraph (C).
(c) Protection and Disclosure of Personally Identifiable
Information.--
(1) In general.--The security, disclosure, and
confidentiality provisions set forth in this Act and sections 9
and 23 of title 13, United States Code, shall apply to
personally identifiable information obtained by the Bureau of
the Census pursuant to this Act.
(2) Assignment of record identification keys.--All
personally identifiable information shall be removed from
individual records, which shall be given record identification
keys for purposes of identification.
(3) Staff access to personally identifiable information.--
An officer or employee of the Bureau of the Census or a
representative from an administering agency may access
personally identifiable information if such officer, employee,
or representative has the special sworn status requirements
implemented by the Bureau of the Census under section 9 and
section 23 of title 13, United States Code.
(4) Public access to personally identifiable information.--
The Director may disclose personally identifiable information
to an individual who has special sworn status as implemented by
the Bureau of the Census under section 9 and section 23 of
title 12, United States Code.
(5) Penalties.--Any individual who knowingly accesses or
discloses personally identifiable information in violation of
this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in an amount of not more than $300,000
under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more
than five years, or both.
(6) Inadmissibility of survey data.--Data contained in a
response to a survey conducted pursuant to subsection (b)(1)
shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any
court, agency, board, or other entity.
(d) State Reporting of Federal Means-Tested Data.--Beginning with
the first full calendar year that begins after the date of enactment of
this Act, with respect to any Federal means-tested benefit that is
administered at the State level by a State administering agency, such
State administering agency shall submit each year to the Federal
administering agency responsible for administering the benefit at the
Federal level a report that identifies each household that received
such benefits during such year by the social security number of the
head of the household and the amount, or cash equivalent, of such
benefit received by such household.
(e) Comparison of Individual Survey Data to Consumer Expenditure
Survey.--Beginning with the first full calendar year that begins after
the date of enactment of this Act and each year thereafter, the Bureau
of the Census shall, in coordination with the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, provide summary statistics comparing the income levels
(constructed using all available administrative, income, and Current
Population Survey data) of respondents to the Consumer Expenditure
Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to the consumption
habits of such respondents.
(f) GAO Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit a report to Congress comparing the income measure created
in section 3 to the income measure used by the Bureau of the Census for
purposes of calculating the supplemental poverty measure.
A:
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 Population Survey (CPS), data furnished by state and federal agencies that administer such benefits, and income tax data. The Bureau shall produce tables and graphs showing for each year the poverty rates and related data calculated using the survey responses and other data collected, including: the total family income for survey respondents (the sum of all money income and federal means-tested benefits minus state and federal income and payroll taxes of household members); a breakdown of the amount of income taxes and payroll taxes paid by survey respondents; and for 2018 and subsequent years, poverty rates calculated using updated poverty thresholds. For 2018 and subsequent years, the Bureau shall adjust the poverty thresholds for determining poverty rates by using the personal consumer expenditure price index. The Bureau shall create a database that contains data from the survey, data from the most recent available CPS, and data furnished by administering agencies. The bill applies specified security, disclosure, and confidentiality restrictions to personally identifiable information obtained under this bill and makes data contained in a response to a survey conducted pursuant to this bill inadmissible as evidence in any court or agency proceeding. The bill requires: (1) state administering agencies to report to federal administering agencies on federal means-tested benefits received by each household, (2) the Bureau to provide summary statistics comparing income levels to consumption habits of respondents to the Consumer Expenditure Survey, and (3) the Government Accountability Office to submit a report comparing the income measure created under this bill to the income measure used by the Bureau for calculating the supplemental poverty measure.