Encouraging individuals across the United States to participate in the 2010 Census to ensure an accurate and complete count beginning April 1, 2010, and expressing support for designation of March 2010 as Census Awareness Month.
Latest action · Mar 3, 2010 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2010
- Agreed to in HouseMar 3, 2010
Summary
Expresses support for the designation of Census Awareness Month.
Encourages individuals to participate in the 2010 Census beginning April 1, 2010, and urges state, local, county, and tribal governments and other organizations to emphasize its importance.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 80 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | Passed409–1 | Mar 3, 2010 |
Cosponsors 62
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 23, 2010 to Mar 2, 2010, with 56 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| R-LA | Anh "Joseph" Cao | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Feb 23, 2010 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2010At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Lynch objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
- Mar 3, 2010Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1046-1047)
- Mar 3, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1035-1037)
- Mar 3, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1096.
- Mar 3, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2010Engrossed in House
- Feb 23, 2010Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.