CENSUS

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of the Census: add new educational attainment category to Current Population Survey for persons obtaining apprenticeships or technical certifications (see H.R. 2621), H1725 [13AP]

Citizenship: exclude individuals who are not citizens of U.S. from number of persons used to determine apportionment of Representatives and number of electoral votes (see H.R. 6520), H6048 [30NO]

Dept. of Education: require State report cards to reflect same race groups as decennial census of population (see S. 3152), S5213 [26OC] (see H.R. 6086), H5173 [26OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish waiver program to allow for ZIP-code localization area median income calculations (see H.R. 3715), H2637 [25MY]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment to apportion Representatives among States according to their respective numbers, counting number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 37), H1050 [1MR]

——— increase size and reform apportionment of Members (see H.R. 643), H574 [31JA]

Population: improve Federal population surveys by requiring collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics in certain surveys (see S. 1839), S2005 [7JN] (see H.R. 3970), H2787 [9JN]

——— require that individual incarcerated on date on which decennial census is taken shall be attributed to last place of residence prior to incarceration (see H.R. 2905), H2048 [26AP]

States: limit congressional redistricting after apportionment of Representatives (see H.R. 42), H99 [9JA]

——— limit congressional redistricting after apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2646), H1759 [17AP] (see H.R. 3221), H2307 [11MY]

——— require use of independent nonpartisan commissions to carry out congressional redistricting and holding of open primaries for Federal elections (see H.R. 157), H103 [9JA]

Remarks in House

House of Representatives: increase size and reform apportionment of Members (H.R. 643), H557–H560 [31JA]