HR 8326 · 117th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act

Introduced 2022-07-11· Sponsored by Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]· House

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(2022-09-19)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2022-09-15
Roll #435
Yea 220Nay 208
Democrats
220 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·208 Nay
PassedHouse · 2022-09-15
Roll #435
Yea 220Nay 208
Democrats
220 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·208 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act This bill addresses the operations of the Bureau of the Census. Specifically, the bill (1) permits removal of the Director of the bureau only for cause, and (2) provides statutory authority for specified advisory committees. The bureau may not include in the census any subject, type of information, or question that was not submitted to Congress. The bureau must submit to Congress a report biannually that (1) describes each component of the operational plan for the subsequent decennial census of population; and (2) includes a detailed statement on the status of all research, testing, and operations that are part of the bureau's comprehensive plan for the decennial census. The bureau must submit to Congress a certification stating that any question that has not appeared on the previous two decennial censuses has been researched, studied, and tested according to established statistical policies and procedures. The Government Accountability Office must review such certification and report to Congress on whether the questions to be included have been researched, studied, and tested according to such policies and procedures.…

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H.R. 8326, Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act

Sep 12, 2022

As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on September 9, 2022 (Rules Committee Print 117-64)

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat