[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 941 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 941

To require the use of adjusted census data in the administration of any 
     law of the United States under which population or population 
 characteristics are used to determine the amount of benefits received 
         by State or local governments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the use of adjusted census data in the administration of any 
     law of the United States under which population or population 
 characteristics are used to determine the amount of benefits received 
         by State or local governments, 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. REQUIRED USE OF ADJUSTED CENSUS DATA.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 141 of title 13, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e)(1) If--
            ``(A) in the administration of any program established by 
        or under Federal law which provides benefits to State or local 
        governments or to other recipients, eligibility for or the 
        amount of such benefits would (without regard to this 
        paragraph) be determined by taking into account data obtained 
        in the most recent decennial census, and
            ``(B) adjusted data is obtained in such decennial census,
then, in the determination of such eligibility or amount of benefits, 
the adjusted data from such decennial census shall be used (in lieu of 
the corresponding unadjusted data).
    ``(2) Adjusted data obtained in a decennial census shall not be 
used for apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several 
States, nor shall such adjusted data be used in prescribing 
congressional districts.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `adjusted data' 
means population data which has been adjusted under this title to 
correct for overcounting, undercounting, or other inaccuracies, through 
the use of statistical methods (within the meaning of section 209(h) of 
Public Law 105-119) and such other methods as the Secretary may 
determine.''.
    (b) Reporting of Adjusted Data.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, 
by not later than April 1, 2001--
            (1) prepare and transmit to the President, for use by the 
        appropriate departments and agencies of the executive branch in 
        accordance with section 141(e) of title 13, United States Code 
        (as amended by subsection (a)), the adjusted data from the 2000 
        decennial census; and
            (2) otherwise make that adjusted data publicly available, 
        in such manner as the Secretary of Commerce considers 
        appropriate, in order to carry out the purposes of this Act.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to the 2000 decennial census and decennial censuses 
thereafter.
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