1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Poverty Research Center Authorization Act”.
National Poverty Research Center Authorization Act
A BILL
To authorize a National Poverty Research Center.
2. National poverty research center
Establishment— The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award, every 5 years, one or more 5-year grants or cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) to operate one or more National Poverty Research Centers.
Research—
In general— National Poverty Research Centers shall perform poverty policy research, poverty policy research training, and poverty policy research dissemination.
Collaboration— National Poverty Research Centers shall coordinate formal networks in order to facilitate a sustainable, nationwide infrastructure of poverty policy researchers and to better inform public policies that seek to reduce poverty and its effects in the United States.