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H.R. 5303 115th Congress House

Full Count Act of 2018

Official title: To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 15, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 15, 2018
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 Latest action March 15, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Full Count Act of 2018

This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to take appropriate measures to ensure that all Americans residing abroad on the census date are fully and accurately counted, and are properly attributed to their respective states and appropriate units of local government.

Such measures shall include:

  • use of the administrative records of a nongovernmental organization to enumerate members of such organization who are residing overseas as of the census date,
  • completion of an international "Be Counted" form at a U.S. embassy by Americans residing overseas as of that date, and
  • coordination and consultation with federal agencies to ensure that all appropriate databases involving Americans living overseas are referenced when compiling data for the census.
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All 2 Republican 1
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Curtis, John R.
Utah · Mar 15, 2018
Love, Mia
· Mar 15, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5303: Full Count Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5303/
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