,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bc1     
#bjbj,ms4 ,harris 7for herself and ,mr4 
,schatz7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
modify the deadlines for completing the 
#bjbj decennial census of population and
 related tabulations1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fair and ,accurate 
,census ,act4  #b4 ,census deadline     
modification ,notwithstanding the       
timetables provided in subsections 7b7  
and 7c7 of section #ada of title #ac1   
,united ,states ,code1 and section      
#bb7;a7 of the ,act entitled ,an ,act to
 provide for the fifteenth and          
subsequent decennial censuses and to    
provide for apportionment of            
,representatives in ,congress1 approved 
,june #ah1 #aibi 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #b;a7a771
 for the #bjbj decennial census of      

population-- 7#a7 the tabulation of     
total population by ,states required by 
subsection 7a7 of such section #ada for 
the apportionment of ,representatives in
 ,congress among the several ,states    
shall be-- 7,a7 completed and reported  
by the ,secretary of ,commerce 7referred
 to in this section as the ,secretary7  
to the ,president within #ac months     
after the decennial census date of      
,april #a1 #bjbj2 and  7,b7 made public 
by the ,secretary not later than the    
date on which the tabulation is reported
 to the ,president under subparagraph   
7,a72  7#b7 the ,president shall        
transmit to ,congress a statement       
showing the whole number of persons in  
each ,state1 and the number of          
,representatives to which each ,state   
would be entitled under an apportionment
 of the then existing number of         
,representatives1 as required by such   
section #bb7;a71 and determined solely  
as described therein1 within #ad days   
after receipt of the tabulation reported

 by the ,secretary2 and  7#c7 the       
tabulations of populations required by  
subsection 7c7 of such section #ada     
shall be completed by the ,secretary as 
expeditiously as possible after the     
census date of ,april #a1 #bjbj1 taking 
into account the deadlines of each      
,state for legislative apportionment or 
districting1 and reported to the        
,governor of the ,state involved and to 
the officers or public bodies having    
responsibility for legislative          
apportionment or districting of that    
,state1 except that the tabulations of  
population of each ,state requesting a  
tabulation plan1 and basic tabulations  
of population of each other ,state1     
shall be completed1 reported1 and       
transmitted to each respective ,state   
within #af months after the decennial   
census date of ,april #a1 #bjbj4  #c4   
,reporting requirements for #bjbj census
 ,on the first day of each month during 
the period beginning on the date of     
enactment of this ,act and ending on    

,july #ca1 #bjba1 the ,director of the  
,bureau of the ,census shall submit to  
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs of the       
,senate1 the ,committee on              
,appropriations of the ,senate1 the     
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform of 
the ,house of ,representatives1 and the 
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives a report     
regarding the #bjbj decennial census of 
population that contains the following  
information3 7#a7 ,the total number of  
field staff1 sorted by category1 hired  
by the ,bureau compared to the number of
 field staff the ,bureau estimated was  
necessary to carry out the census4  7#b7
 ,retention rates of the field staff    
described in paragraph 7#a74  7#c7      
,average wait time for call center calls
 and average wait time for each language
 provided4  7#d7 ,anticipated schedule  
of census operations4  7#e7 ,total      
appropriations available for obligation 
for the census and a categorized list of

 total disbursements4  7#f7 ,nonresponse
 ,follow-up1 ,update ,enumerate1 and    
,update ,leave completion rates by      
geographic location4  7#g7 ,anticipated 
schedule and completion rates for ,group
 ,quarters 7including ,service-based    
,enumeration and ,targeted              
,non-,sheltered ,outdoor ,location      
operations71 ,enumeration of ,transitory
 ,location1 and ,remote ,alaska         
operations4  7#h7 ,self-response rates  
by geographic location4  7#i7 ,total    
spending to date on media1              
advertisements1 and partnership         
specialists1 including geographic and   
demographically targeted breakdowns of  
the spending4  7#aj7 ,post-enumeration  
schedule and subsequent data aggregation
 and delivery progress4  7#aa7          
,post-enumeration survey schedule and   
completion progress1 including          
anticipated schedule for release of     
results from the coverage measurement   
survey4  #d4 ,providing ,bureau of the  
,census access to information from      

institutions of higher education  7a7   
,in general ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 including section #ddd
 of the ,general ,education ,provisions 
,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #abcb;g7 7commonly  
known as the ,family ,educational       
,rights and ,privacy ,act of #aigd71 an 
institution of higher education may1 in 
furtherance of a full and accurate      
decennial census of population1 provide 
to the ,bureau of the ,census 7referred 
to in this section as the ,bureau7      
information requested by the ,bureau for
 purposes of enumeration for the #bjbj  
decennial census of population4  7b7    
,application  7#a7 ,information ,in     
carrying out subsection 7a71 an         
institution of higher education-- 7,a7  
may only provide the ,bureau with       
information requested on the official   
#bjbj decennial census of population    
form2 and  7,b7 may not provide any     
information to the ,bureau on the       
immigration or citizenship status of any
 individual4  7#b7 ,notice required     

7,a7 ,in general ,before providing      
information to the ,bureau under        
subsection 7a71 an institution of higher
 education shall-- 7i7 give public      
notice of the categories of information 
that the institution plans to provide2  
and  7ii7 allow #aj days after giving   
public notice for a student to inform   
the institution that any or all of the  
information designated may not be       
released without the prior consent of   
the student4  7,b7 ,prohibition ,an     
institution of higher education may not 
provide the ,bureau with the information
 of any student who has objected to the 
provision of that information under     
subparagraph 7,a74  7#c7 ,use of        
information ,information provided to the
 ,bureau under subsection 7a7 may only  
be used for the purposes of enumeration 
for the #bjbj decennial census of       
population4  7c7 ,definition of         
institution of higher education ,in this
 section1 the term institution of higher
 education has the meaning given the    

term in section #ajb of the ,higher     
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajjb74  7d7 ,sunset ,the authority     
under this section shall expire at the  
conclusion of #bjbj decennial census    
operations4  #e4 ,limitation ,the       
,bureau of the ,census may not compile1 
produce1 or publish any data product or 
tabulation as part of1 in combination   
with1 or in connection with1 the #bjbj  
decennial census of population or any   
such census data produced under section 
#ada7;c7 of title #ac1 ,united ,states  
,code1 that includes topics specific to 
the #bjbj decennial census that were not
 part of-- 7#a7 the report submitted    
under section #ada7;f77#a7 of that title
 on ,march #bh1 #bjag2 and  7#b7 the    
#bjah ,end-to-,end ,census ,test        
conducted in ,providence ,county1 ,rhode
 ,island4  #f4 ,funding  7a7            
,appropriation ,there is appropriated to
 the ,bureau of the ,census1 out of     
amounts in the ,treasury not otherwise  
appropriated1 for additional amounts for

 ,periodic ,censuses and ,programs1     
#djj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbj1 to  
remain available through fiscal year    
#bjba4  7b7 ,use of funds ,the amounts  
made available under subsection 7a7     
shall be used to address the impacts of 
the coronavirus disease #bjai           
7,,covid-#ai7 on the #bjbj decennial    
census1 and to support enhanced #bjbj   
decennial census activities1 including--
 7#a7 additional mailings to households 
that have not self-responded2  7#b7     
expanded communications and advertising 
targeted to low self-response           
communities in rural and urban areas1   
,native villages1 and on ,tribal lands2 
7#c7 targeted outreach to the location  
of the #bjah ,end-to-,end ,census ,test2
  7#d7 increased in-language outreach   
and assistance2  7#e7 expanded ,census  
,questionnaire ,assistance capacity2    
7#f7 expanded field operations to       
enumerate people experiencing           
homelessness at service-based facilities
 and non-sheltered locations2 and  7#g7 

a modified ,questionnaire ,assistance   
,center operation that includes mobile  
and fixed locations offering assistance 
across all modes of census response4