,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bggc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjai,mr4  
,sablan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,san         
,nicolas1 and ,mrs4 ,radewagen7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #ac1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,commerce to
 conduct a mid-decade census of         
population for the ,northern ,mariana   
,islands1 ,guam1 ,american ,samoa1 and  
the ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,census for the    
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,guam1     
,american ,samoa1 and the ,u4,s4 ,virgin
 ,islands  7a7 ,in general ,section #ada
 of title #ac1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating        
subsection 7g7 as subsection 7h72 and   
7#b7 by adding after subsection 7f7 the 
following3  7g7 ,the ,secretary shall1  
in #bjbe and every #aj years thereafter1
 take a mid-decade census of population 

as of the first day of ,april of the    
applicable year for each of the         
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,guam1     
,american ,samoa1 and the ,u4,s4 ,virgin
 ,islands4  4  7b7 ,authorization of    
appropriations ,for the purpose of      
carrying out the amendments made by     
subsection 7a71 there are authorized to 
be appropriated #ab1jjj1jjj for the     
period of fiscal years #bjbj to #bjbd   
and #f1jjj1jjj for each succeeding      
fiscal year after #bjbd4