,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ceh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #f1       
#bjai,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4            
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,ms4 ,cortez 
,masto1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,durbin1  
,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4   
,kaine1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4  
,reed1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4   
,udall1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 and ,ms4     
,klobuchar7 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 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 ,census ,improving ,data and    
,enhanced ,accuracy ,act or the ,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 ,states4
  7#b7 ,the decennial census measures   
the progress of the country and helps   
chart our future4  7#c7 ,the decennial  
census1 for the decade to follow1 shapes
 the reapportionment of the ,house of   
,representatives and the drawing of     
hundreds of congressional political     
districts and thousands of ,state and   
local political districts4  7#d7 ,more  
than #hjj1jjj1jjj1jjj in ,federal       
assistance to ,states and local         
communities every year is informed by   
the results of the decennial census4    
7#e7 ,the decennial census is the       
largest peacetime mobilization          
undertaken by the ,federal ,government4 
7#f7 ,congress must ensure that every   
decennial census is a complete1         
accurate1 and fair decennial enumeration
 of all individuals in the ,united      
,states4  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 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  
element that has not been researched1   

studied1 and tested for a period of not 
less than #c years before the decennial 
census date2 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  7i7 ,in       
general ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of enactment of this subsection
 and biannually thereafter1 the         
,secretary shall submit to each         
committee of ,congress having           
legislative jurisdiction over the       
census1 the ,committee on               
,appropriations of the ,senate1 and the 
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives a report that
 includes a detailed statement on the   
status1 at the time of submission1 of   
all research1 testing1 and operations   
that are or will be part of the         
,bureau's comprehensive plan for the    
next decennial census4  7ii7            

,operational plan components ,not later 
than #e years before the decennial      
census date1 the ,secretary shall       
include in a report under clause 7i7 a  
description of each component of the    
operational plan for that 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 decennial census date1 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 that decennial 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