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H.R. 1305 115th Congress House

American Community Survey Act

Official title: To make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Census and government statistics
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 2, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 2, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Community Survey Act

This bill requires the Department of Commerce to include in instructions for completing any survey relating to the Census a statement that answering any questions other than questions that elicit the name of the respondent, contact information, the date of the response, or the number of people living or staying at the same address where the respondent resides is optional. No person may be fined or otherwise compelled to answer questions in connection with the survey commonly known as the American Community Survey (except for the questions permitted by this bill).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 1
Yoho, Ted
· May 10, 2018
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Oct 23, 2017
Bishop, Mike
· Mar 2, 2017
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Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Mar 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1305: American Community Survey Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1305/
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