I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3373 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2009 Mr. Chaffetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To provide for a study relating to the feasibility of using postal employees as census enumerators.

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Findings

Congress finds that— (1)the Bureau of the Census needs an accurate count, based on all households in the United States, to conduct a decennial census; (2)the Bureau of the Census spends years and billions of taxpayer dollars to find and then verify where all such households are located; (3)the Bureau of the Census relies on part-time enumerators to assist in the constitutionally mandated decennial census; and (4)the United States Postal Service has more experience than any other organization in finding and delivering services to all households in the United States, and is thus uniquely positioned to assist the Bureau of the Census to achieve a complete and accurate enumeration of the population.

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Study

The United States Postal Service shall study and submit a written report to the appropriate committees of Congress, by not later than January 1, 2012, on the feasibility of using postal employees to serve as enumerators in the 2020 decennial census of population.