[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 787 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 787

    To require that, in the administration of any benefits program 
  established by or under Federal law which requires the use of data 
obtained in the most recent decennial census, the 1990 adjusted census 
    data be considered the official data for that decennial census.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1993

 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Andrews of Texas, Mr. Bacchus of Florida, 
   Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Browder, Ms. Brown of 
Florida, Mr. Bryant, Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Clement, Mr. Clyburn, 
Mr. Coleman, Mr. Coopersmith, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Darden, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. 
Edwards of Texas, Mr. Fields of Louisiana, Mr. Frost, Mr. de la Garza, 
Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Goss, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hastings, Mr. 
 Hefner, Mr. Hutto, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. E.B. Johnson of Texas, 
   Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. 
 Matsui, Mr. McCurdy, Mrs. Meek, Mr. Mica, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
    Peterson of Florida, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rose, Mr. 
   Rowland, Mr. Sarpalius, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
   Spratt, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Synar, and Mrs. Thurman) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Post Office and 
                             Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require that, in the administration of any benefits program 
  established by or under Federal law which requires the use of data 
obtained in the most recent decennial census, the 1990 adjusted census 
    data be considered the official data for that decennial census.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT THAT ADJUSTED DATA BE USED.

    (a) Definition.--For the purpose of this section, the term ``1990 
adjusted census data'' means data from the 1990 decennial census of 
population, as adjusted by the Bureau of the Census to take into 
account the findings of the Selected Post-Enumeration Survey, dated 
June 13, 1991.
    (b) Requirement.--For the purpose of section 141(e) of title 13, 
United States Code, the 1990 adjusted census data shall be considered 
the most recent data available for the 1990 decennial census of 
population.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect as of the first day of the first fiscal 
year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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