[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 49 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 49

   To include a question to ascertain United States citizenship and 
immigration status in each questionnaire used for a decennial census of 
                  population, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2015

  Mr. Vitter 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 include a question to ascertain United States citizenship and 
immigration status in each questionnaire used for a decennial census of 
                  population, 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. ASCERTAINING CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS IN DECENNIAL 
              CENSUS OF POPULATION.

    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) Notwithstanding section 5 of this title, the Secretary shall 
include in each questionnaire used for the conduct of a decennial 
census of population under subsection (a) a question to ascertain 
United States citizenship and immigration status.''.
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