POPULATION

Bills and resolutions

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]

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

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

——— 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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: study feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships to improve veterans access to medical facilities in densely populated and rural communities (see H.R. 4125), H8411 [19NO]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 677), S1336 [9MR] (see H.R. 2740), H4242 [11JN]

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]

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: 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]

Taxation: impose an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages and dedicate the revenues from such tax to the prevention, treatment, and research of diet-related health conditions in priority populations (see H.R. 1687), H2109 [26MR]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2678), H3914 [4JN]

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]