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HCONRES 38 105th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the collection of ancestry data as part of the decennial census of population.

Introduced: July 31, 1997 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics CensusEthnic groupsMinoritiesPopulation statistics
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Mar 7, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice.
Mar 5, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
Mar 5, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E379-380)
Mar 5, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 7, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the information requested in the 2000 decennial census of population with respect to ancestry shall be at least as comprehensive as the information that was requested in the 1990 decennial census (in terms of content and the range of respondents from whom such information is sought).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 31, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 15, 1997
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Mar 11, 1997
JOHN, CHRISTOPHER
· Mar 5, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 38: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the collection of ancestry data as part of the decennial census of population.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-38/
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"H. Con. Res. 38: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the collection of ancestry data as part of the decennial census of population.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-38/.
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H. Con. Res. 38, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-38/.
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[H. Con. Res. 38: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the collection of ancestry data as part of the decennial census of population.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-38/)
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