CENSUS

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of the Census: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 1254), H2923 [3MR]

———make organizations indicted for violations of election laws ineligible to participate as a partner in assisting with the decennial census (see H.R. 3582), H9670 [16SE]

———make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 3131), H7836 [8JY]

Foreign countries: provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census (see H.R. 3013), H7249 [24JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see S. 1332), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 3025), H7249 [24JN]

Population: express importance of having a census that is complete and accurate (see H. Res. 521), H6414 [9JN]

———provide that no information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status may be elicited (see H.R. 3855), H11514 [20OC]

———require that an individual incarcerated on the date on which a decennial census is taken shall be attributed to the last place of residence prior to incarceration (see H.R. 2075), H4732 [23AP]

———require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate Caribbean extraction or descent (see S. 1083), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2071), H4732 [23AP]

———require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate Dominican extraction or descent (see S. 1084), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 1504), H3401 [12MR]

———require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the U.S. (see S. 1688), S9555 [17SE] (see H.R. 3797), H11297 [13OC]

———require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to include standard functional ability questions to provide a reliable indicator of need for long-term care (see S. 1127), S5819 [21MY]

Postal Service: allow mail carriers to serve in temporary enumerator positions in connection with the 2010 decennial census (see H.R. 3167), H8007 [10JY]

———study the feasibility of using postal employees as enumerators (see H.R. 3373), H9054 [29JY]

Cloture motions

Groves, Robert M.: nomination to be Census Director, S7336 [10JY], S7402 [13JY]

Letters

Nomination of Robert M. Groves to be Census Director: several former Census Directors, S7401 [13JY]

Remarks in House

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: tribute to efforts to educate community on importance of a complete and accurate census count, E2556 [15OC]

Bureau of the Census: establish as an independent agency (H.R. 1254), E532 [3MR]

———funding, E1484 [18JN]

———make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (H.R. 3131), H8160 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for relocation from Dept. of Commerce to the Executive Office of the President, H6949, H6950 [17JN]

———prohibit funding for use of statistical sampling in the decennial census, H6955, H6956 [17JN]

Dept. of Commerce: use all reasonable measures to ensure that every person is counted in the 2010 decennial census, H6978 [18JN]

Dept. of State: conduct feasibility study for the use of passports of U.S. citizens living overseas to facilitate voting in elections and being counted in the census, H6509 [10JN]

Homosexuality: prohibit altering of data collected from same-sex married couples in States where such marriages are legal, H6893 [16JN]

Northern Virginia Coalition: tribute to efforts to educate community on importance of a complete and accurate census count, E2556 [15OC]

Northern Virginia Urban League: tribute to efforts to educate community on importance of a complete and accurate census count, E2556 [15OC]

Population: require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate Caribbean extraction or descent (H.R. 2071), H6786 [15JN], E1696 [9JY]

Remarks in Senate

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): registration as a national partner in assisting in the decennial census, S7397-S7399 [13JY]

Groves, Robert M.: nomination to be Census Director, S6171 [4JN], S7034 [25JN], S7336 [10JY], S7397-S7402 [13JY]

Population: require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the U.S., S10192-S10194, S10203 [7OC], S10402 [14OC], S10461, S10465 [15OC], S11146, S11152 [5NO]

———require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the U.S. (S. 1688), S9564 [17SE]

Reports filed

Nomination of Robert M. Groves To Be Census Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5699 [20MY]