POPULATION

Articles and editorials

After a Devastating Birth Injury, Hope, S2790 [5MR]

Chinese Victims of Forced Late-Term Abortion Fight Back, S2793 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions

Birth control: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or population planning programs or family planning activities (see H.R. 1233), H2874 [26FE]

Bureau of the Census: 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]

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

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

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

———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]

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

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 311), S787 [22JA]

———prohibit funding of organizations that support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization (see H.R. 1967), H4522 [2AP]

———restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions (see H.R. 708), H601 [27JA]

Health care facilities: allow continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth (see H.R. 3391), H9055 [29JY]

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]

International Conference on Population and Development: provide for continued support of the Program of Action (see H. Res. 947), H13520 [3DE]

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]

Birth control: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or population planning programs or family planning activities (H.R. 1233), E493 [26FE]

Bureau of the Census: 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 use of statistical sampling in the decennial census, H6955, H6956 [17JN]

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

———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]

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

Dept. of State: Office of Global Women's Issues funding relative to influence on abortion policy in foreign countries, H6424-H6427, H6481-H6483 [10JN], E1375, E1383 [11JN]

———prohibit activities in foreign countries to legalize, fund, or promote abortion except in certain cases, H6435 [10JN]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H2651 [25FE]

———restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions, H3828 [24MR], H6481, H6523, H6524, H6527 [10JN]

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader: condemn remarks relative to abortion as means of population control, H8069 [14JY], H8188 [16JY]

Holdren, John P.: views of Office of Science and Technology Policy Director on population control methods, H8965 [29JY]

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]

U.N.: U.N. Population Fund women's reproductive health assistance funding, H7870, H7873 [9JY]

———U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in China, H2651, H2652 [25FE], H3306 [11MR]

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]

Census: 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]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S2618 [2MR], S2674, S2678 [3MR], S2788-S2795 [5MR]

———restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions, S955-S957, S959, S960 [28JA]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in China, S2618 [2MR], S2674, S2678 [3MR], S2788-S2795 [5MR]