[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4906 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4906

To amend title 13, United States Code, to prohibit the use of questions 
  on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in any decennial 
                    census, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2018

   Ms. Norton (for herself and Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York) 
 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 prohibit the use of questions 
  on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in any 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Full Participation in the 
Census Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CENSUS QUESTIONS ON CITIZENSHIP, NATIONALITY, OR 
              IMMIGRATION STATUS.

    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) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a questionnaire or 
survey used to carry out, or in connection with, any decennial census 
of population may not include any question regarding citizenship, 
nationality, or immigration status of the respondent, any family member 
of the respondent, or any individual living in the respondent's 
household.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the survey, conducted by the 
Secretary, commonly referred to as the `American Community Survey'.''.
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