[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3481 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3481

 To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in 
prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to 
    the last place of residence before incarceration, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2020

  Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
  Coons, and Mr. Casey) 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 that individuals in 
prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to 
    the last place of residence before incarceration, 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 ``Correct the Census Count Act''.

SEC. 2. RESIDENCE OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.

    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 2030 decennial census of 
population, in taking any tabulation of total population by States 
under subsection (a) or (c), the Secretary shall, with respect to an 
individual incarcerated in a State or Federal correctional center as of 
the date on which such census is taken, attribute such individual to 
such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.
    ``(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult 
with each State department of corrections and the Bureau of Prisons to 
collect the information necessary to make the determination required 
under paragraph (1).''.
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