HR 680 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To provide funds for the planning of a special census of Americans residing abroad.

Introduced Feb 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

Latest action · Mar 7, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Census.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Bureau of the Census should: (1) carry out a special census of all Americans residing abroad in 2004; (2) review the means by which such Americans may be included in the 2010 decennial census; and (3) provide for the inclusion of such Americans in such census and decennial censuses thereafter.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to Oct 11, 2001; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Carrie P. Meek	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink		Feb 27, 2001
D-GU	Robert A. Underwood		Feb 27, 2001
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Mar 6, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Mar 7, 2001
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Mar 8, 2001
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Mar 19, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson		Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank		Mar 29, 2001
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Jun 12, 2001
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Aug 2, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Oct 11, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Feb 14, 2001
	Census Subcommittee	Referred Mar 7, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on the Census.
Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-13	AMERICANS ABROAD, HOW CAN WE COUNT THEM?111 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Jul 26, 2001

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1260	A bill to provide funds for the planning of a special census of Americans residing abroad.	Identical bill	Jul 27, 2001

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide funds for the planning of a special census of Americans residing abroad.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House

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