,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1          
#bjbj,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new
 ,york 7for herself and ,ms4 ,eshoo7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to prohibit deceptive mail relating to  
the census1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,census ,form ,integrity ,act4  #b4
 ,prohibition on deceptive mailings     
relating to the census ,section         
#cjja7;i7 of title #ci1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7#c7 7,a7               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section1 and except as provided in 
subparagraph 7,c71 any matter described 
in subparagraph 7,b7 is nonmailable     
matter1 shall not be carried or         
delivered by mail1 and shall be disposed
 of as the ,postal ,service directs4    

7,b7 ,matter described in this          
subparagraph is any matter that is      
otherwise legally acceptable in the     
mails which constitutes a solicitation  
by a nongovernmental entity for         
information or the contribution of funds
 that-- 7i7 bears the term census on    
such matter1 or on the envelope or      
outside cover or wrapper in which the   
matter is mailed2 and  7ii7 7,i7 bears  
the term official1 or any other language
 suggesting that a response is required 
or mandatory1 on such matter1 or on the 
envelope or outside cover or wrapper in 
which the matter is mailed2 or  7,,ii7  
could be reasonably interpreted or      
construed as implying any ,federal      
,government connection1 approval1 or    
endorsement4  7,c7 ,this paragraph shall
 not apply to-- 7i7 any matter mailed by
 a ,federal agency2 or  7ii7 any matter1
 and the envelope or outside cover or   
wrapper in which such matter is mailed1 
that bears on its face in capital       
letters and in conspicuous and legible  

type the following notices3 ,,this      
,,organization ,,has ,,not ,,been       
,,approved ,,or ,,endorsed ,,by ,,the   
,,federal ,,government1 ,,and ,,this    
,,offer ,,is ,,not ,,being ,,made ,,by  
,,an ,,agency ,,of ,,the ,,federal      
,,government4 and ,,this ,,is ,,not ,a  
,,government ,,document1 or notices to  
the same effect in words which the      
,postal ,service may prescribe4  7,d7   
,if the ,postmaster ,general determines 
that matter has been placed in the mail 
in violation of this paragraph-- 7i7 not
 later than #ae days after the date of  
such determination1 the ,postmaster     
,general shall notify the ,director of  
the ,bureau of the ,census1 the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform of 
the ,house of ,representatives1 and the 
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate2  
and  7ii7 any mailing permit used by the
 nongovernmental entity that mailed such
 matter shall be revoked for a period1  
to be determined by the ,postmaster     

,general1 of up to #a year beginning on 
such date of determination4  4