HCONRES 129
106th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Americans employed in foreign countries
Americans in foreign countries
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Census
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Economics and Public Finance
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Legislation
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Bureau of the Census should include in the 2000 decennial census all citizens of the United States residing abroad.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Jun 16, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Census.
Jun 9, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jun 9, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1190-1191)
Jun 9, 1999
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Bureau of the Census should enumerate all U.S. citizens residing overseas in the 2000 decennial census; and (2) legislation authorizing and appropriating the funds to carry out such an enumeration should be enacted.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Census.
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Bill text
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- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 129: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Bureau of the Census should include in the 2000 decennial census all citizens of the United States residing abroad.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-129/
"H. Con. Res. 129: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Bureau of the Census should include in the 2000 decennial census all citizens of the United States residing abroad.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-129/.
H. Con. Res. 129, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-129/.
[H. Con. Res. 129: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Bureau of the Census should include in the 2000 decennial census all citizens of the United States residing abroad.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-129/)