[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 752 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 752

 To facilitate the recruitment of temporary employees to assist in the 
   conduct of the 2000 decennial census of population, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 1999

 Mr. Moynihan (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To facilitate the recruitment of temporary employees to assist in the 
   conduct of the 2000 decennial census of population, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Decennial Census Improvement Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Constitution of the United States requires that the 
        number of persons in the United States be enumerated every 10 
        years in order to permit the apportionment of representatives 
        among the several States;
            (2) information collected through a decennial census of the 
        population conducted under section 141 of title 13, United 
        States Code, is also used to determine--
                    (A) the boundaries of--
                            (i) congressional districts within States;
                            (ii)(I) the districts for the legislature 
                        of each State; and
                            (II) other political subdivisions within 
                        the States; and
                    (B) the allocation of billions of dollars of 
                Federal and State funds;
            (3) the Constitution of the United States requires that the 
        enumerations referred to in paragraph (2) be made in such 
        manner as the Congress ``shall by law direct'';
            (4) in the 1990 decennial census, the Bureau of the Census 
        used a combination of mail questionnaires and personal 
        interviews, involving more than 350,000 enumerators, to collect 
        the census data; and
            (5) in 1993, the Bureau of the Census concluded that 
        legislation ensuring that pay for temporary census enumerators 
        in the 2000 decennial census would not be used to reduce 
        benefits under Federal assistance programs would make it easier 
        for the Bureau to hire individuals in low-income neighborhoods 
        as temporary census enumerators in those neighborhoods.

SEC. 3. MEASURES TO FACILITATE THE RECRUITMENT OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Purposes for Which Compensation Shall Not Be Taken Into 
Account.--
            (1) In general.--Section 23 of title 13, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) As used in this subsection, the term `temporary census 
position' means a temporary position within the Bureau of the Census 
established for purposes relating to the 2000 decennial census of 
population conducted under section 141 (as determined under regulations 
that the Secretary shall prescribe).
    ``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, compensation for 
service performed by an individual in a temporary census position shall 
not cause--
            ``(A) that individual or any other individual to become 
        ineligible for any benefits described in paragraph (3)(A); or
            ``(B) a reduction in the amount of any benefits described 
        in paragraph (3)(A) for which that individual or any other 
        individual would otherwise be eligible.
    ``(3) This subsection shall--
            ``(A) apply with respect to benefits provided under any 
        Federal program or any State or local program financed in whole 
        or in part with Federal funds (including the Social Security 
        program under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) 
        and the Medicare program under title XVIII of that Act);
            ``(B) apply only with respect to compensation for service 
        performed during calendar year 2000; and
            ``(C) not apply if the individual performing the service 
        involved is appointed (or first appointed to any other 
        temporary census position) before January 1, 2000.''.
    (2) Rule of Construction.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
shall not affect the application of Public Law 101-86 (13 U.S.C. 23 
note), as amended by subsection (b).
    (b) Exemption From Provisions Relating to Reemployed Annuitants and 
Former Members of the Uniformed Services.--Public Law 101-86 (13 U.S.C. 
23 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking the title and inserting the following: ``An 
        Act to provide that a Federal annuitant or former member of a 
        uniformed service who returns to Government service, under a 
        temporary appointment, to assist in carrying out the 2000 
        decennial census of population shall be exempt from certain 
        provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to offsets 
        from pay and other benefits.'';
            (2) in section 1(b), by striking ``the 1990 decennial 
        census'' and inserting ``the 2000 decennial census''; and
            (3) in section 4, by striking ``December 31, 1990.'' and 
        inserting ``December 31, 2000.''.
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