A bill to include a question to ascertain United States citizenship and immigration status in each questionnaire used for a decennial census of population, and for other purposes.

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Bill Number

S 2490

Introduced

Jun 18, 2014

Latest Action

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

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Topics

Census and government statistics Citizenship and naturalization Government Operations and Politics Immigration status and procedures

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Summary

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to include in each questionnaire used for conducting the decennial census of population a question to ascertain U.S. citizenship and immigration status.

Actions

Jun 18, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 18, 2014

Introduced in Senate

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