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S. 3481 116th Congress Senate

Correct the Census Count Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last pl… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 12, 2020 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Census and government statisticsCongressional districts and representationCorrectional facilities and imprisonment
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 12, 2020
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 Latest action March 12, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Correct the Census Count Act

This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to attribute an individual incarcerated in a correctional center to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3645 Identical bill Correct the Census Count Act
  • HR 794 Correct the Census Count Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Mar 12, 2020
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 12, 2020
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 12, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3481: Correct the Census Count Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3481/
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"S. 3481: Correct the Census Count Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3481/.
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