,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bj1 #bjai
 ,mr4 ,pocan 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 and ,ms4 ,jayapal7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize a ,national  
,poverty ,research ,center4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,national ,poverty ,research ,center    
,authorization ,act4  #b4 ,national     
,poverty ,research ,center  7a7         
,establishment ,the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services shall      
award1 every #e years1 one or more      
#e-year grants or cooperative agreements
 with institutions of higher education  
7as defined in section #aja7;a7 of the  
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7;a777 to operate one or 
more ,national ,poverty ,research       
,centers4  7b7 ,research  7#a7 ,in      
general ,national ,poverty ,research    
,centers shall perform poverty policy   

research1 poverty policy research       
training1 and poverty policy research   
dissemination4  7#b7 ,collaboration     
,national ,poverty ,research ,centers   
shall coordinate formal networks in     
order to facilitate a sustainable1      
nationwide infrastructure of poverty    
policy researchers and to better inform 
public policies that seek to reduce     
poverty and its effects in the ,united  
,states4