[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 293 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 293

Encouraging all residents of the United States to complete their census 
    forms to ensure the most accurate enumeration of the population 
                               possible.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 13, 2000

 Mr. Daschle (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Bryan, Mr. 
  Torricelli, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
 Graham, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Reid, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Schumer, 
Mr. Akaka, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kohl, 
Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Robb, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
Johnson, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Boxer) submitted the following resolution; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Govermental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Encouraging all residents of the United States to complete their census 
    forms to ensure the most accurate enumeration of the population 
                               possible.

Whereas the Constitution requires an actual enumeration of the population every 
        10 years;
Whereas Federal, State, and local governments, as well as charities and other 
        groups serving Americans, use information gathered by the census to 
        distribute hundreds of billions of dollars for programs from education 
        to employment, housing to transportation, and rural development to urban 
        empowerment;
Whereas inaccurate or incomplete census data would make it impossible for this 
        aid to be distributed appropriately or fairly and would prevent 
        critically needed funding from finding its way to the appropriate 
        recipients;
Whereas inaccurate or incomplete census data would also throw into doubt the 
        ability to correctly apportion representation in Congress or equitably 
        redraw voting district lines within the States, raising questions about 
        whether the one-person-one-vote rights of Americans are being 
        appropriately guarded;
Whereas the privacy of all data collected by the Bureau of the Census is 
        guaranteed absolute confidentiality for 72 years from the public and all 
        other government agencies; and
Whereas the Bureau of the Census cannot conduct its constitutional or legal 
        duties and Americans cannot be assured of the integrity of the census 
        results, and therefore the equity of all of the manifold decisions that 
        rely upon census numbers, without the fullest possible participation 
        from the public: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) it is the civic duty of Americans to assist in ensuring 
        the most accurate census possible; and
            (2) all residents of the United States should complete 
        their census forms.
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