H.R. 5303 · 115th Congress
Full Count Act of 2018
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This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to take appropriate measures to ensure that all Americans residing abroad on the census date are fully and accurately counted, and are properly attributed to their respective states and appropriate units of local government.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 15, 2018
Full Count Act of 2018
This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to take appropriate measures to ensure that all Americans residing abroad on the census date are fully and accurately counted, and are properly attributed to their respective states and appropriate units of local government.
Such measures shall include:
- use of the administrative records of a nongovernmental organization to enumerate members of such organization who are residing overseas as of the census date,
- completion of an international "Be Counted" form at a U.S. embassy by Americans residing overseas as of that date, and
- coordination and consultation with federal agencies to ensure that all appropriate databases involving Americans living overseas are referenced when compiling data for the census.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Full Count Act of 2018
Latest action (Mar 15, 2018): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 15, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.