HR 2171 · 107th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
To require that the Bureau of the Census prepare and submit to Congress a detailed plan for counting overseas Americans in future decennial censuses, and for other purposes.
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Census.(2001-06-19)
Plain Language Summary
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Prohibits the Department of Commerce from obligating any amount to implement the 2003 American Community Survey until: (1) the Director of the Census has submitted to the Secretary of Commerce a plan for the counting of overseas Americans in future decennial censuses of population; (2) the Secretary has certified that the Secretary has approved such a plan and that all necessary implementing regulations have been promulgated; and (3) the Secretary has submitted a report justifying the decision of the Bureau of the Census, in connection with the 1990 and 2000 censuses, to count overseas Americans selectively.…
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