Fair and Accurate Census Act
Latest action · Jun 23, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJun 23, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 and provides $400 million to address the impacts of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) on the census and to support enhanced census activities.
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; (3) total spending on media, advertisements, and partnership specialists; and (4) post-enumeration survey schedule and completion progress, including anticipated schedule for release of results from the coverage measurement survey.
An institution of higher education may provide to the bureau information requested for purposes of enumeration for the 2020 decennial census of population, subject to certain public notice requirements. The institution may not provide any information to the bureau on an individual's immigration or citizenship status.
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.
The bill provides funding for specified activities, including expanded communications and advertising targeted to low self-response communities in rural and urban areas, Alaska Native villages, and on tribal lands.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2020 to Sep 8, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jun 23, 2020 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jun 24, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 29, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Jun 29, 2020 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Aug 3, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 23, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4571 | 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act | Related bill | Sep 15, 2020 |
| HR 7034 | Fair and Accurate Census Act | Related bill | May 27, 2020 |
| HR 7974 | Fair and Accurate Census Act | Related bill | Aug 7, 2020 |
| HR 8250 | 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act | Related bill | Sep 14, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Appropriations
- Census and government statistics
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional districts and representation
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Commerce
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Indian social and development programs
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Photography and imaging
- Postal service
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
- Student records
- Temporary and part-time employment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2020Introduced in Senate
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