To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that the Secretary of Commerce produce and publish, at least every 2 years, current data relating to the incidence of poverty in the United States.
Poverty Data Improvement Act of 1993 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, to the extent feasible, to biennially produce and publish data relating to the incidence of poverty for each State, county, and local government (compiled from the most recent decennial census) and for each school district. Authorizes such data to be produced by means of sampling, estimation, or any other method that the Secretary determines will produce current, comprehensive, and reliable data.
Authorizes the Secretary to aggregate school districts if reliable data could not otherwise be produced for each school district, but only to the extent necessary to achieve reliability. Requires such data to be appropriately identified and accompanied by a detailed explanation as to how and why aggregation was used (including the measures taken to minimize any such aggregation).
Requires the Secretary, if unable to produce and publish such data for any area, to report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on each government or school district excluded and the reasons therefor.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E960-961)
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H. Rept. 103-401.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H. Rept. 103-401.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 225.
Mr. Sawyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10576-10578)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
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