116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that any questionnaire used in determining the decennial census of population shall contain an option for respondents to indicate citizenship status.
May 8, 2019
Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that any questionnaire used in determining the decennial census of population shall contain an option for respondents to indicate citizenship status.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Citizens Count Census Act of 2019”.
SEC. 2. Citizenship status on census questionnaires.
Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
“(g) In conducting the 2020 decennial census and each decennial census thereafter, the Secretary shall include in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used for the purpose of determining the total population by States a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent is a citizen or national of the United States.”.