[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1745 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1745

To provide that all American citizens living abroad shall (for purposes 
 of the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several 
States and for other purposes) be included in future decennial censuses 
                 of population, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2001

  Mr. Gilman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that all American citizens living abroad shall (for purposes 
 of the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several 
States and for other purposes) be included in future decennial censuses 
                 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 ``Full Equality for Americans Abroad 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS LIVING ABROAD IN FUTURE 
              DECENNIAL CENSUSES.

    The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that, in each decennial 
census of population taken after the date of the enactment of this Act 
under title 13, United States Code, all American citizens living abroad 
shall be included for purposes of the tabulations required for the 
apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, 
and for other purposes.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON RELATED ISSUES.

    (a) In General.--There is hereby enacted into law the provision 
described in subsection (b) (relating to the report to be submitted by 
the Secretary of Commerce to the Congress by no later than September 
30, 2001).
    (b) Description.--The provision described in this subsection is the 
paragraph beginning on page 256 and ending on page 257 of the 
explanatory language on H.R. 5548 (as introduced on October 25, 2000), 
as included in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of 
conference accompanying the conference report on H.R. 4942 (House 
Report Numbered 106-1005, 106th Congress, 2d Session, October 26, 2000, 
256-257), but deeming such paragraph not to include ``and their 
dependents''.
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