,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #begh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bj1    
#bjah ,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,wyden1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 and ,mr4       
,peters7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #ac1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to require the ,secretary of ,commerce  
to provide advanced notice to ,congress 
before changing any questions on the    
decennial census1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title2 findings   
7a7 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the #bjbj ,census ,improving   
,data and ,enhanced ,accuracy ,act or   
the #bjbj ,census ,,idea ,act4  7b7     
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,the decennial census was embedded
 in article ,i of the ,constitution of  
the ,united ,states by the founders of  
the ,united ,states to measure the      
progress of the country and help chart  

its future4  7#b7 ,the #bjbj decennial  
census will1 for the decade to follow1  
shape the reapportionment of the ,house 
of ,representatives and the drawing of  
thousands of ,state and local political 
jurisdictions4  7#c7 ,nearly            
#gjj1jjj1jjj1jjj in ,federal assistance 
to ,state and local communities every   
year is informed by the results of the  
decennial census4  7#d7 ,the ,president 
and ,congress seek to make the #bjbj    
decennial census the most complete1     
accurate1 and fair decennial census in  
the history of the ,united ,states4     
7#e7 ,the decennial census is the       
largest peacetime mobilization          
undertaken by the ,federal ,government4 
7#f7 ,any late1 untested changes to the 
operational design of the decennial     
census will introduce great risk to the 
success of1 the accuracy of1 and public 
cooperation with the decennial census4  
#b4 ,limitations and requirements for   
the decennial census ,section #ada of   
title #ac1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    

amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7f7--  7,a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by adding and at the
 end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by       
striking 2 and and inserting a period2  
and  7,c7 by striking paragraph 7#c72   
7#b7 by redesignating subsection 7g7 as 
subsection 7h72  7#c7 by inserting after
 subsection 7f7 the following3  7g7     
,limitations and requirements  7#a7     
,notice to ,congress of operational     
design1 subjects1 types of information1 
and questions ,in the #bjbj decennial   
census of population and each decennial 
census thereafter1 the ,secretary may   
not--  7,a7 with respect to the census1 
implement any major operational design  
that has not been researched1 studied1  
and tested for a period of not less than
 #c years before the date on which the  
applicable census occurs2 or  7,b7      
include on the questionnaire for the    
census any subject1 type of information1
 or question that was not submitted to  
,congress in accordance with subsection 
7f74  7#b7 ,biannual reports  7,a7      

,submission to ,congress ,not later than
 #ij days after the date of enactment of
 this subsection and biannually         
thereafter1 the ,secretary shall submit 
to ,congress a report that--  7i7       
describes each component of the         
operational plan for the subsequent     
decennial census of population2 and     
7ii7 includes a detailed statement on   
the status of all research1 testing1 and
 operations that are part of the        
,bureau's comprehensive plan for the    
decennial census4  7,b7 ,internet       
publication ,on the date on which the   
,secretary submits a report under       
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary shall 
publish the report on the public        
,internet website of the ,bureau4  7#c7 
,,gao analysis ,before the date on which
 a decennial census occurs1 the         
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall determine and report to   
,congress on whether the subjects1 types
 of information1 and questions to be    
included in the census have been        

adequately researched1 studied1 and     
tested to the same degree as in previous
 decennial censuses4  7#d7              
,applicability ,nothing in this         
subsection shall be construed to        
affect-- 7,a7 the mid-decade census     
conducted under subsection 7d72 or  7,b7
 the survey conducted by the ,secretary 
that is commonly referred to as the     
,american ,community ,survey4  2 and    
7#d7 in subsection 7h71 as so           
redesignated1 by inserting              
,definition4-- before ,as used in4