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H.R. 5404 116th Congress House

CENSUS Resources Act

Official title: To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress and the Secretary of Commerce on coordination between States, units of local government, the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress and the Secretary of Commerce on coordination between States, units of local government, the Federal Government, and nonprofit organizations in carrying out the 2020 decennial census of population, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 26, 2020 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Census and government statisticsCongressional oversightIntergovernmental relationsState and local government operations
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Dec 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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 Latest action December 11, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coordinating Efficiency in Nonprofit, State, and U.S. Resources Act or the CENSUS Resources Act

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress and the Department of Commerce one year after the 2020 decennial census regarding coordination between states, units of local government, the federal government, and nonprofit organizations in carrying out the census.

Specifically, such report shall (1) evaluate the level and quality of such cooperation, (2) identify any redundant use of funds, (3) identify best practices in such coordination, and (4) evaluate the effectiveness of such coordination in outreach to hard-to-count populations.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 26, 2020
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Costa, Jim
California · Feb 26, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 26, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5404: CENSUS Resources Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5404/
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"H.R. 5404: CENSUS Resources Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5404/.
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H.R. 5404, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5404/.
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