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H.R. 5321 112th Congress House

Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012

Official title: To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tabulation of total popu… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tabulation of total population by the Secretary of Commerce, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 27, 2012 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Census and government statisticsMilitary personnel and dependents
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Apr 27, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Apr 27, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 27, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 census, to ensure that all members of the Armed Forces deployed abroad are fully and accurately counted in the tabulation of total population by states and are properly attributed to the state in which their permanent duty station or homeport is located.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2470 Identical bill Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012
  • HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
  • S 3254 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 8, 2012
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Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Apr 27, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5321: Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5321/
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"H.R. 5321: Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5321/.
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H.R. 5321, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5321/.
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