,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,hunter introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ac1       
,united ,states ,code1 to provide that  
the penalty for refusing or neglecting  
to answer a decennial census question   
shall apply only to the extent necessary
 to allow the ,government to obtain the 
information needed for its enumeration  
of the population1 as required by the   
,constitution of the ,united ,states1 as
 well as the enumeration of its citizen 
and noncitizen populations1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,authorizing   
,moderated ,enumeration ,responses      
,including ,citizenship ,acquisition    
,act or the ,,america ,act4  #b4        
,limited applicability of census penalty
 provision  7a7 ,in general ,section    
#bba of title #ac1 ,united ,states      

,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7d7  7#a7 ,the penalty  
under subsection 7a7 shall not apply to 
any individual who refuses or neglects  
to answer any question in a             
questionnaire1 schedule1 or the survey  
commonly referred to as the ,american   
,community ,survey used in connection   
with any decennial census1 except to the
 extent necessary to allow the          
,government to obtain the information   
needed for the enumeration of-- 7,a7 the
 population1 as required by the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states2   
and  7,b7 citizen and noncitizen        
populations4  7#b7 ,for purposes of this
 subsection1 only questions included on 
a decennial census short form regarding 
enumeration of the household and        
citizenship status shall be considered  
necessary to permit such an enumeration4
  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments
 made by subsection 7a7 shall apply with
 respect to all schedules used in       
connection with any decennial census of 

population1 beginning with the #bjbj    
decennial census1 including those       
returned before the date of enactment of
 this ,act4