[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2773 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2773

   To amend title 13, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Commerce to conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2019

     Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. San Nicolas, and Mrs. Radewagen) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 13, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Commerce to conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 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. CENSUS FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN 
              SAMOA, AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by adding after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) The Secretary shall, in 2025 and every 10 years thereafter, 
take a mid-decade census of population as of the first day of April of 
the applicable year for each of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out the amendments made by subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
appropriated $12,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2020 to 2024 
and $6,000,000 for each succeeding fiscal year after 2024.
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