[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4291 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4291

To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that decennial census 
questionnaires be limited to the basic questions needed to allow for an 
 enumeration of the population, as required by the Constitution of the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2000

 Mr. Campbell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that decennial census 
questionnaires be limited to the basic questions needed to allow for an 
 enumeration of the population, as required by the Constitution of the 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 141 of title 13, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(a)(1)'';
            (2) by striking the last sentence; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) In connection with any such census, the Secretary is 
authorized to request no information apart from that needed to allow 
for an enumeration of the population, as required by the Constitution 
of the United States.
    ``(B) For purposes of this subsection, the only questions needed to 
allow for such an enumeration are those asking for an individual's name 
or the number of individuals in the household.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (f) of section 141 of title 
13, United States Code, is repealed.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to decennial censuses taken in 2010 and thereafter.
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