CENSUS

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: provide for more accurate and complete enumeration of Armed Forces members in any tabulation of total population (see S. 652), S1302 [4MR]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 2255), H2876 [12MY]

Correctional institutions: provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (see H.R. 3838), H7253 [27OC]

Dept. of Education: require State report cards to reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see S. 389), S832 [5FE]

——— require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 717), H810 [4FE]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 75), H38 [6JA] (see H.R. 219), H155 [8JA]

Immigration: include a question to ascertain U.S. citizenship and immigration status in each decennial census questionnaire (see S. 49), S57 [7JA]

Postal Service: prohibit closure or consolidation of any postal facility located in a ZIP code with a high rate of population growth (see H.R. 3464), H5865 [9SE]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 1346), H1625 [10MR]

——— limit redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 1347), H1625 [10MR]

——— require certain States to retain current congressional redistricting plans until such States carry out a redistricting plan in response to next regular decennial census (see H.R. 2501), H3558 [21MY]

Voting Rights Act: require States to obtain a declaratory judgement of preclearance to implement more than one congressional redistricting after a decennial census (see H.R. 934), H1034 [12FE]

Remarks in House

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (H.R. 2255), E756 [20MY]

——— prohibit funding to enforce payment of fines for failure to participate in the American Community Survey, H3730–H3732 [2JN]

Dept. of Commerce: International Trade Administration funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H3677, H3678 [2JN]

Dept. of Justice: trafficking victims services program funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H3681 [2JN]