[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 677 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 677

To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate 
and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial 
                    census, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2011

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate 
and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial 
                    census, 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. METHODS TO IMPROVE THE ENUMERATION OF CERTAIN OVERSEAS 
              AMERICANS.

    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) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial census of 
population, in taking any tabulation of total population by States 
under subsection (a) for purposes of the apportionment of 
Representatives in Congress among the several States, the Secretary 
shall take appropriate measures to ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that all citizens of the United States temporarily living 
abroad on the date of the decennial census are--
            ``(A) fully and accurately counted; and
            ``(B) properly attributed to the last State in which they 
        were domiciled before leaving the United States.
    ``(2) The measures under this subsection shall include at least the 
following:
            ``(A) One or more methods by which, at the request of a 
        non-governmental organization, administrative records of such 
        organization may, if such records satisfy such criteria as the 
        Secretary may establish, be used to enumerate members of such 
        organization who are residing overseas as of the decennial 
        census date.
            ``(B) One or more methods under which an international `Be 
        Counted' form may be completed at an embassy of the United 
        States by citizens of the United States residing overseas as of 
        the date of the decennial census.
            ``(C) One or more methods under which voter registration 
        rolls may be used to establish usual residence by confirming 
        the State of which citizens of the United States living abroad 
        usually reside.
    ``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered--
            ``(A) to affect the methods used in the enumeration of any 
        civilian or military personnel of the United States; or
            ``(B) to permit or require that the data obtained under 
        this subsection be used for any purpose other than the 
        apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several 
        States.''.
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