[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2171 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2171

To require that the Bureau of the Census prepare and submit to Congress 
  a detailed plan for counting overseas Americans in future decennial 
                   censuses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2001

  Mr. Cannon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that the Bureau of the Census prepare and submit to Congress 
  a detailed plan for counting overseas Americans in future decennial 
                   censuses, 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. COUNTING OF OVERSEAS AMERICANS.

    (a) In General.--Effective as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, neither the Department of Commerce nor any bureau or other unit of 
the Department of Commerce may obligate any amount to implement the 
survey which is commonly referred to as the ``2003 American Community 
Survey'', until all of the conditions under subsection (b) have been 
met.
    (b) Conditions.--The conditions under this subsection are as 
follows:
            (1) The Director of the Census has drafted and submitted to 
        the Secretary of Commerce a detailed, written plan for the 
        counting of overseas Americans in future decennial censuses of 
        population.
            (2) The Secretary of Commerce has certified to the 
        committees of Congress having legislative jurisdiction over the 
        census--
                    (A) that the Secretary has approved a plan 
                described in paragraph (1); and
                    (B) that all regulations necessary to implement 
                such plan have been promulgated.
            (3) The Secretary of Commerce has submitted to the 
        committees of Congress having legislative jurisdiction over the 
        census a written report justifying the decision of the Bureau 
        of the Census, in connection with the 1990 and 2000 censuses, 
        to count overseas Americans selectively.
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