[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 306 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 306

To provide interim current census data on below poverty, urban, rural, 
                         and farm populations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 3 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

   Mr. Mack introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide interim current census data on below poverty, urban, rural, 
                         and farm populations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Census Data Fair Share Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. INTERIM CURRENT DATA, POPULATION.

    Section 181 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by 
redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and inserting after 
subsection (a) the following new subsection:
    ``(b) During the intervals between each census of population 
required under section 141 of this title, the Secretary, to the extent 
feasible, shall annually produce and publish for each State, urban 
area, and rural area, current data or estimates on below poverty, 
urban, rural, and farm populations. Such data or estimates shall be 
produced and published for each State, urban area, and rural area for 
which data is compiled in the most recent census of population taken 
under section 141 of this title. Such data or estimates may be produced 
by means of sampling or other methods, which the Secretary determines 
will produce current, comprehensive, and reliable data or estimates.''.

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