Bill Sponsor
House Bill 7974
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Fair and Accurate Census Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Aug 7, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Aug 7, 2020
Latest Action
Aug 7, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7974
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
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House Votes (0)
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Summary

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.

Text (1)
August 7, 2020
Actions (2)
08/07/2020
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.
08/07/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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