[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2306 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2306

  To amend the qualification requirements for serving with the Census 
                           Monitoring Board.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 1999

  Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. 
 Jones of Ohio, and Mrs. Clayton) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the qualification requirements for serving with the Census 
                           Monitoring Board.

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

SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the Census Monitoring Board was created to provide 
        bipartisan oversight of the decennial census to be conducted in 
        2000, one of the most critical constitutional functions the 
        Federal Government will perform;
            (2) members of the Board are expected to provide objective, 
        unbiased oversight and to contribute a substantial amount of 
        time toward their duties;
            (3) members of the Board should make every effort to avoid 
        conflicts of interest or even the appearance of a potential 
        conflict of interest; and
            (4) acceptance of a senior-level position in a Presidential 
        or a Vice Presidential campaign creates a significant 
        possibility of a conflict of interest and is incompatible with 
        the objective, unbiased oversight required of members of the 
        Board.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS DISQUALIFIED FROM SERVING.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 210(i) of Public Law 105-
119 (13 U.S.C. 141 note; 111 Stat. 2486) is amended by striking ``or'' 
at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; or'', and by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(C) as the chairman or co-chairman of, or in any other 
        senior-level management position with--
                    ``(i) a political committee for an individual who 
                seeks nomination for election, or election, to the 
                office of President or Vice President, or
                    ``(ii) a national committee of a political party,
        whether on a paid basis or otherwise.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Paragraph (2) of such section 210(i) is further 
amended, in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking ``or who 
has ever served''.
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