II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1083 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 20, 2009 Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require that, in the questionnaires used in the taking of any decennial census of population, a checkbox or other similar option be included so that respondents may indicate Caribbean extraction or descent.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Caribbean Count Act.

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Requirement relating to census questionnaires

In conducting the 2010 decennial census and every decennial census thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall include, in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used for the purpose of determining the total population by States, a checkbox or other similar option by which respondents may indicate Carribean extraction or descent.