Fair and Accurate Census Act
Latest action · May 27, 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.
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.
- IntroducedMay 27, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 27, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | May 27, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | May 27, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | May 27, 2020 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | May 27, 2020 |
Committees 2
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 May 27, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 27, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 27, 2020Introduced in House
- May 27, 2020Referred 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 99, May 27, 2020, page H2321.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11360 | Apportionment and Redistricting Following the 2020 Census Archived | Insight | Sep 29, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4048 | Fair and Accurate Census Act | Related bill | Jun 23, 2020 |
| HR 7974 | Fair and Accurate Census Act | Related bill | Aug 7, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modify the deadline for completing the 2020 decennial census of population and related tabulations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fair and Accurate Census Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Appropriations
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional districts and representation
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Department of Commerce
- Employee hiring
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Student records
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 27, 2020Introduced 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 bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
