[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4458 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4458

 To amend title 13, United States Code, to limit the information that 
          may be requested on decennial census questionnaires.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2000

Mr. Terry (for himself and Mr. Manzullo) 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 limit the information that 
          may be requested on decennial census questionnaires.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REQUESTED ON CENSUS 
              QUESTIONNAIRES.

    (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) In connection with any such census--
            ``(A) the Secretary is authorized to request no information 
        apart from what was asked on the short form used in the 2000 
        decennial census of population; and
            ``(B) the question on ethnicity shall be included as part 
        of the question on race in the form of a single option 
        designated as `Spanish/Hispanic/Latino'.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 141(f) of title 13, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the matter following ``census--'' 
and inserting the following:
            ``(1) not later than 2 years before the appropriate census 
        date, a report containing the Secretary's determination of the 
        questions proposed to be included in such census; and
            ``(2) after submission of a report under paragraph (1) and 
        before the appropriate census date, if the Secretary finds new 
        circumstances exist which necessitate that the questions 
        contained in a report so submitted be modified, a report 
        containing the Secretary's determination of the questions as 
        proposed to be modified.''.
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