[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2067 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2067

To require that, for purposes of the 2000 census, members of the armed 
    forces on active duty be allocated to their home of record, and 
 overseas military dependents be allocated to their last United States 
  residence or, alternatively, to the same place as the member of the 
                             armed forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1999

Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that, for purposes of the 2000 census, members of the armed 
    forces on active duty be allocated to their home of record, and 
 overseas military dependents be allocated to their last United States 
  residence or, alternatively, to the same place as the member of the 
                             armed forces.

    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 ``Military Personnel Home of Record 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. ALLOCATION OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR OVERSEAS 
              DEPENDENTS.

    The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that, for purposes of the 
2000 census--
            (1) a member of the armed forces on active duty shall be 
        allocated to such member's home of record, legal residence, or 
        last permanent duty station in the United States, in that order 
        of priority; and
            (2) any dependents of a member of the armed forces on 
        active duty assigned to a permanent duty station outside of the 
        United States who are residing with such member shall be 
        allocated to their last State or United States territory of 
        residence, except that, if such dependent never resided in the 
        United States (or a territory thereof) and is a citizen of the 
        United States, such dependent shall be allocated in the same 
        manner as applies under paragraph (1) with respect to such 
        member.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Census.--The term ``census'' means a decennial census 
        of population, housing, and matters relating to population and 
        housing, taken under section 141(a) of title 13, United States 
        Code.
            (2) Armed forces.--The term ``armed forces'' has the 
        meaning given to such term by section 101(a) of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (3) Active duty.--The term ``active duty'' has the meaning 
        given to such term by section 101(d) of title 10, United States 
        Code.
            (4) Home of record, legal residence, permanent duty 
        station.--The terms ``home of record'', ``legal residence'', 
        and ``permanent duty station'' have the same meanings as are 
        generally given to them by the Secretary of Defense for 
        administrative purposes.
            (5) United States.--The term ``United States'' includes the 
        District of Columbia and all territories of the United States.
            (6) Allocation.--The term ``allocation'' means allocation 
        to the aggregate census counts of each State or territory of 
        the United States.
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