H.R. 702: Improving Federal Assistance to Families Act

H.R. 702 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Currently, the federal government uses a single national poverty line to determine eligibility for many assistance programs. This bill changes that by requiring the Bureau of the Census to create a new "Regionally Adjusted Poverty Line" for each state… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.