[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2075 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2075

To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that, for purposes of 
any decennial census, any individual who is incarcerated as of the date 
on which such census is taken shall be attributed to the place that was 
      such individual's last usual place of residence before such 
                   individual's incarceration began.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2009

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that, for purposes of 
any decennial census, any individual who is incarcerated as of the date 
on which such census is taken shall be attributed to the place that was 
      such individual's last usual place of residence before such 
                   individual's incarceration began.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g)(1) In conducting any decennial census under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall, to the extent the Secretary considers it to be 
feasible and appropriate, attribute any individual who is incarcerated, 
as of the date on which such census is taken, to the place that was 
such individual's last usual place of residence before such 
individual's incarceration began.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `usual place of 
residence' has such meaning as the Secretary shall by regulation 
prescribe.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to any decennial census taken after the end of the 1-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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