S 2470
112th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Census and government statistics
Military personnel and dependents
Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 26, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Apr 26, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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