To carry out the activities specified in paragraph (1), the Bureau of the Census, the Secretary, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall consider ways to improve the surveys and data derived from the surveys to—
(A)#
address under reporting of the receipt of means-tested benefits and tax benefits for low-income individuals and families;
(B)#
increase understanding of poverty spells and long-term poverty, including by facilitating the matching of information to better understand intergenerational poverty;
(C)#
generate a better geographical understanding of poverty such as through State-based estimates and measures of neighborhood poverty;
(D)#
increase understanding of the effects of means-tested benefits and tax benefits on the earnings and incomes of low-income families; and
(E)#
improve how poverty and economic well-being are measured, including through the use of consumption measures, material deprivation measures, social exclusion measures, and economic and social mobility measures.