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Perhaps you missed this portion of the actual BILL (maybe you should read it?):

“`SEC. 303. MONTHLY POVERTY LEVEL.

`(a) In General- The monthly poverty level for any particular month shall be one-twelfth of the `annual poverty level.’ For purposes of this section the `annual poverty level’ shall be the sum of—

`(1) the annual level determined by the Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines required by sections 652 and 673(2) of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 for a particular family size, and

`(2) in case of families that include a married couple, the `annual marriage penalty elimination amount’.

`(b) Annual Marriage Penalty Elimination Amount- The annual marriage penalty elimination amount shall be the amount that is—

`(1) the amount that is two times the annual level determined by the Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines required by sections 652 and 673(2) of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 for a family of one, less

`(2) the annual level determined by the Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines required by sections 652 and 673(2) of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 for a family of two.”