# 119-hr-702: Improving Federal Assistance to Families Act

119-hr-702, Improving Federal Assistance to Families Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-702
- Congress: 119
- Title: Improving Federal Assistance to Families Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Social Welfare
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a new Regionally Adjusted Poverty Line** that adjusts the Census poverty thresholds by each State's price level and would let HHS use whichever measure produces a higher poverty rate in a State to set eligibility for certain federal programs.

## Provisions PRIA read

- State-adjusted poverty lines for benefits: mixed, high. This bill would create a new state-level poverty measure called the Regionally Adjusted Poverty Line (RAPL). The Census would publish RAPL each year by multiplying a State's poverty threshold by that State's Regional Price Parity and dividing by 100. One year after enactment RAPL calculations would…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act
- 119-hr-4895: Afghan Adjustment Act
- 119-hr-3644: Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-702 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/702)

## Related
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
- [119-hr-4895: Afghan Adjustment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4895)
- [119-hr-3644: Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3644)
- [119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2045)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-702 (as of 2025-12-21).