[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 928 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 928

 To require that the 2000 decennial census include either a general or 
 targeted followup mailing of census questionnaires, whichever, in the 
   judgment of the Secretary of Commerce, will be more effective in 
 securing the return of census information from the greatest number of 
                          households possible.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require that the 2000 decennial census include either a general or 
 targeted followup mailing of census questionnaires, whichever, in the 
   judgment of the Secretary of Commerce, will be more effective in 
 securing the return of census information from the greatest number of 
                          households possible.

    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 ``2000 Census Mail Outreach 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. SECOND MAILING REQUIRED.

    (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that, in 
taking the 2000 decennial census, after the original mailing of census 
questionnaires, a replacement questionnaire shall be sent either--
            (1) to all households included in the original mailing, or
            (2) to each household not responding to the original 
        mailing,
whichever, in the judgment of the Secretary, will be more effective in 
securing the return of a completed questionnaire from the greatest 
number of households possible.
    (b) Additional Considerations.--In making a decision under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall also take into 
consideration such factors as the need for timely and accurate 
information, cost, and ease of administration.
    (c) Decennial Census Defined.--For purposes of this Act, the term 
``decennial census'' means a decennial census of population conducted 
under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code.
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