POPULATION

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of the Census: adjust discretionary spending limits for appropriations for 2020 decennial census (see S. 2366), S612 [5FE]

——— establish task force to review new decennial census questions and the impact on accuracy, response rates for minorities, legislative redistricting, and distribution of Federal funds (see H.R. 5292), H1651 [15MR]

——— improve Federal data collection by requiring collection of information on sexual orientation and gender identity in decennial census and American Community Survey (see S. 3314), S5518 [31JY]

——— make clear that each decennial census shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State, and that no information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status may be elicited in any such census (see S. 2580), S1845 [20MR]

——— prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in a decennial census (see H.R. 4906), H732 [30JA]

——— provide advanced notice to Congress before changing any questions on the decennial census (see S. 2578), S1845 [20MR] (see H.R. 5359), H1753 [21MR]

——— provide for more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census (see H.R. 5303), H1651 [15MR]

——— provide that individuals in prison shall, for purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (see H.R. 5454), H3095 [10AP]

——— provide that the penalty for refusing or neglecting to answer a decennial census question shall apply only to the extent necessary to obtain information needed to enumerate the population (see H.R. 7106), H9459 [30OC]

Congress: eliminate partisan redistricting and gerrymandering (see S. 3123), S4368 [25JN]

Dept. of Commerce: transmit documents and Dept. of Justice letter relative to decision to include a question on citizenship in the decennial census (see H. Res. 877), H3833 [8MY]

OMB: require Federal agencies to allocate grant funding to States and localities based on the number of U.S. citizens and legal residents as determined under the decennial census (see H.R. 5435), H3059 [5AP]

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. 6523), H7686 [25JY]

Remarks in House

Bureau of the Census: prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in a decennial census (H.R. 4906), E119 [30JA]

Reports filed

Dept. of Commerce Transmittal of Documents and Dept. of Justice Letter on Decision To Include a Question on Citizenship in the Decennial Census: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 877) (H. Rept. 115–705), H4728 [24MY]