S 1083
111th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Caribbean area
Census and government statistics
Latin America
Caribbean Count Act
Introduced: May 20, 2009
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 9, 2009
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
May 20, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 20, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Caribbean Count Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to include in any questionnaire used in a decennial census to determine state populations an option for respondents to indicate Caribbean extraction or descent.
What's happening now
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Cosponsors
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