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Fair and Accurate Census Act

Introduced: August 7, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Aug 7, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 7, 2020
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Fair and Accurate Census Act

This bill extends the deadline for the U.S. Census Bureau to complete the 2020 decennial census of population and related tabulations.

The bill requires the bureau to report specified information, such as (1) the total number of field staff, sorted by category; (2) the anticipated schedule of census operations; and (3) total spending on media, advertisements, and partnership specialists.

An institution of higher education may provide to the bureau information requested for purposes of enumeration for the 2020 decennial census of population.

The bureau may not compile, produce, or publish any data product or tabulation as part of, in combination with, or in connection with the 2020 decennial census of population or any such census data that includes topics specific to the 2020 census that were not part of a report submitted on March 28, 2017, and the 2018 End-to-End Census Test conducted in Providence County, Rhode Island.

For the 2020 decennial census, the bureau shall conclude the nonresponse follow-up operation and the self-response operation no earlier than October 31, 2020.

What's happening now August 7, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 7034 Related bill Fair and Accurate Census Act
  • S 4048 Related bill Fair and Accurate Census Act
  • HR 8250 Related bill 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act
  • S 4571 Related bill 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11
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Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Sep 14, 2020
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Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Aug 7, 2020
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Gomez, Jimmy
California · Aug 7, 2020
Higgins, Brian
· Aug 7, 2020
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Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Aug 7, 2020
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Aug 7, 2020
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Aug 7, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 7, 2020
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Aug 7, 2020
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Aug 7, 2020
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Aug 7, 2020
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Thompson, Mike
California · Aug 7, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7974: Fair and Accurate Census Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7974/
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