[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5257 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5257

To establish a term limit of ten years for the Director of the Census, 
 and to provide that an individual may not serve more than one term as 
                             the Director.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a term limit of ten years for the Director of the Census, 
 and to provide that an individual may not serve more than one term as 
                             the Director.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF 10-YEAR TERM LIMIT FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
              CENSUS; LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT TO ONE TERM.

    (a) Establishment of Term Limits.--Section 21 of title 13, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ``, for a period of ten years. An 
individual may not serve more than one term as Director'' after 
``Senate''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to an appointment of the Director of the Census made 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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