[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 142 (Monday, July 25, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48365-48366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17484]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

15 CFR Chapter I

[Docket Number 160526465-6618-02]


Proposed 2020 Census Residence Criteria and Residence Situations; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed Criteria; Extension of Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is issuing this 
document to extend the comment period on the Proposed 2020 Census 
Residence Criteria and Residence Situations, which was published in the 
Federal Register on June 30, 2016. The comment period for the proposed 
criteria, which would have ended on August 1, 2016, is now extended 
until September 1, 2016.

DATES: Comments on the proposed criteria published on June 30, 2016 (81 
FR 42577), must be received by September 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments regarding the Proposed 2020 
Census Residence Criteria and Residence Situations to Karen Humes, 
Chief, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 6H174, Washington, 
DC 20233; or Email [[email protected]].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Population and Housing Programs 
Branch, U.S. Census Bureau, 6H185, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 
(301) 763-2381; or Email [[email protected]].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The U.S. Census Bureau is committed to counting every person in the 
2020 Census once, only once, and in the right place. The fundamental 
reason that the decennial census is conducted is to fulfill the 
Constitutional requirement (Article I, Section 2) to apportion the 
seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the states. Thus, for 
a fair and equitable apportionment, it is crucial that the Census 
Bureau counts everyone in the right place during the decennial census.
    The residence criteria are used to determine where people are 
counted during each decennial census. For more information on the 
Proposed 2020 Census Residence Criteria and Residence Situations (also 
referred to as the proposed ``2020 Census Residence Rule and Residence 
Situations'' in the text of the earlier document), please see the 
original document of proposed criteria and request for comment 
published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2016 (81 FR 42577).
    Because of the scope of the proposed criteria, and in response to 
individuals and organizations who have requested more time to review 
the proposed criteria, the Census Bureau has decided to extend the 
comment period for an additional 31 days. This document announces the 
extension of the public comment period to September 1, 2016.


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    Dated: July 19, 2016.
Nancy A. Potok,
Deputy Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2016-17484 Filed 7-22-16; 8:45 am]
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