POPULATION

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]

——— require collection of citizenship status information through decennial census (see H.R. 6335), H5667 [9NO]

Census: 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]

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 Agriculture: harmonize population threshold for rural communities for Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 5359), H4229 [8SE]

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 Energy: prioritize acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from decommissioned or decommissioning nuclear reactors in high population areas with high earthquake hazard (see H.R. 3862), H2762 [6JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish minimum requirement for number of Vet Centers per State (see H.R. 733), H628 [1FE]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 1098), S1089 [30MR] (see H.R. 1838), H1527 [28MR]

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]

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]

Surveying: 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]

U.N. Population Fund: authorize contributions (see H.R. 4166), H2957 [15JN]

——— prohibit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 436), H250 [20JA]

Remarks in House

Cleburne County, AR: redistricting addition to 2d Congressional District, E267 [28MR]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit funding for Office of Population Affairs, H5836 [14NO]

Ethnic groups: improve Federal data collection methods to better reflect diversity of Asian American and Pacific Islander community, H921 [28FE]

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