[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1206 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1206

To provide for an enumeration of family caregivers as part of the 2000 
                    decennial census of population.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 1997

  Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
Harkin, and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read 
      twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for an enumeration of family caregivers as part of the 2000 
                    decennial census of population.

    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 ``Family Caregiver Enumeration Act''.

SEC. 2. ENUMERATION OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall take appropriate 
measures to ensure that an enumeration of family caregivers is taken as 
part of the 2000 decennial census of population.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Activity of daily living.--The term ``activity of daily 
        living'' includes breathing, bathing, dressing, eating, 
        transferring, and toileting.
            (2) Care recipient.--The term ``care recipient'' means an 
        individual (of any age) who requires substantial assistance 
        from another individual in carrying out 1 or more activities of 
        daily living or instrumental activities of daily living due 
        to--
                    (A) a physical or mental condition or impairment 
                that has lasted, or is expected to last, for a period 
                longer than 3 months; or
                    (B) a terminal condition.
            (3) Caregiver.--The term ``caregiver'' means an individual 
        who, without financial compensation, regularly assists a care 
        recipient in carrying out 1 or more activities of daily living 
        or instrumental activities of daily living.
            (4) Census of population.--The term ``census of 
        population'' has the meaning given that term in section 141(g) 
        of title 13, United States Code.
            (5) Family caregiver.--The term ``family caregiver'' means 
        a caregiver who is the spouse of a care recipient or whose 
        relationship to a care recipient is described in any of 
        paragraphs (1) through (9) of section 152(a) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 (applied, for purposes of this paragraph, 
        by substituting ``care recipient'' for ``taxpayer'' each place 
        it appears).
            (6) Instrumental activity of daily living.--The term 
        ``instrumental activity of daily living'' means shopping for 
        personal items, obtaining and taking medication, managing 
        money, preparing meals, using the telephone, performing 
        housework, and any other measure of living independently or 
        functioning at a level commensurate with an individual's age.
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