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H.R. 732 · 116th Congress

2020 Census IDEA Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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118 cosponsors · 118 D
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17 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act or the 2020 Census IDEA Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 23, 2019

2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act or the 2020 Census IDEA Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2020 decennial census and each decennial census thereafter, from (1) implementing any major operational design feature that has not been researched, studied, and tested for at least three years before the date on which the applicable census occurs; or (2) including on the questionnaire for the census any subject, type of information, or question that was not submitted to Congress.

The Government Accountability Office must certify to Congress that the subjects, types of information, and questions to be included in a decennial census have been adequately researched, studied, and tested to the same degree as in previous decennial censuses.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: 2020 Census IDEA Act

Also known as: 2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act

Latest action (Jan 23, 2019): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 23, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.