,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new
 ,york 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4
 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,ms4    
,tlaib1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,wild1 
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 
,sires1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1    
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4        
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 and ,ms4     
,judy ,chu of ,california7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ac1
 ,united ,states ,code1 to require the  
,secretary of ,commerce to provide      
advance 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 for the purpose of apportionment
 of seats among the ,states in the      
,u4,s4 ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7
 ,the founders believed that a census   
was essential in measuring the progress 
of the country and helping to chart its 
future4  7#c7 ,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 
districts4  7#d7 ,over #hjj1jjj1jjj1jjj 
in ,federal assistance to ,state and    
local communities every year is informed
 by the results of the decennial census4
  7#e7 ,congress seeks to make the #bjbj
 decennial census the most complete1    
accurate1 and fair decennial census in  
the history of the ,united ,states4     
7#f7 ,the decennial census is the       
largest peacetime mobilization          

undertaken by the ,federal ,government4 
7#g7 ,any late1 untested changes to the 
operational design of the decennial     
census will jeopardize public           
cooperation with the census and1        
therefore1 the success and accuracy of  
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 census  

or any survey conducted in connection   
with the census1 implement any major    
operational design feature 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 ,reports  7,a7 ,submission to
 ,congress ,not later than #ij days     
after the date of enactment of this     
subsection1 and not later than the date 
that is #d years before the date of a   
decennial census 7beginning with the    
decennial census for #bjcj71 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 certify to ,congress that 
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  2   
and  7#d7 in subsection 7h71 as so      
redesignated1 by inserting              
,definition4-- before ,as used in4