3.0.0 181 2022-11-01T13:49:29Z 2022-11-01T13:49:29Z House HR 2019-01-03 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HUNTER:H.R. 181.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section II, Clause III[Page H216]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-01-03T16:07:20Z 2019-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2019-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001048 Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] Duncan Hunter R CA D. 50 N Government Operations and Politics Census and government statistics Citizenship and naturalization Civil actions and liability Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-01-03 Introduced in House 2019-06-21T18:32:18Z Authorizing Moderated Enumeration Responses Including Citizenship Acquisition Act or the AMERICA Act

This bill restricts application of the penalty on individuals who refuse or neglect to answer a decennial census question. The penalty shall apply only to individuals who do not answer a question included on the short form regarding household size or citizenship status.

]]> AMERICA Act Display Title AMERICA Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that the penalty for refusing or neglecting to answer a decennial census question shall apply only to the extent necessary to allow the Government to obtain the information needed for its enumeration of the population, as required by the Constitution of the United States, as well as the enumeration of its citizen and noncitizen populations, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced AMERICA Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Authorizing Moderated Enumeration Responses Including Citizenship Acquisition Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr181ih/xml/BILLS-116hr181ih.xml 2019-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.