GAO study on ALICE poverty measure

(a) In general Not later than 2 years after the enactment of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives, a report containing the results of a study on— (1) the advantages and disadvantages of the ALICE threshold as a measure of poverty and household material need relative to the current poverty line, including any additional information that the ALICE threshold provides to policymakers that is not available from the current poverty line; (2) any areas in which the ALICE threshold can be improved to better measure household material need or improve upon the current poverty line; (3) how the Government can assist in the development and publication of the ALICE threshold; and (4) how, if at all, the ALICE threshold could be incorporated into the financial eligibility criteria, both that maintained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and that legislated by Congress, for certain Federal programs to better meet the material need of households and improve access to certain Federal programs.