,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #heic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bi1 #bjbb,mr4 
,grijalva 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,sablan1   
,ms4 ,plaskett1 ,mr4 ,san ,nicolas1     
,miss ,gonzlez-,coln1 and ,mrs4         
,radewagen7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on        
,oversight and ,reform1 for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,interagency  
,council on ,statistical ,policy to     
develop a plan to collect and publish   
statistics regarding the ,territories of
 the ,united ,states in the same manner 
as statistics are collected and reported
 by ,federal agencies for the several   
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,territories ,statistics ,collection

 ,equity ,act4  #b4 ,including ,u4,s4   
,territories in ,federal statistical    
programs  7a7 ,assessment ,not later    
than #f months after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the head of the 
,interagency ,council on ,statistical   
,policy shall publish a list and        
assessment of existing ,federal         
statistical programs that collect and   
publish data for the ,u4,s4 ,territories
 comparable to the several ,states4 ,the
 assessment under this subsection shall 
include the following3 7#a7 ,for each   
statistical program where a comparable  
program for the ,u4,s4 ,territories does
 not exist1 an explanation as to why the
 program does not include the ,u4,s4    
,territories4  7#b7 ,impediments to data
 collection1 analysis1 and publishing   
with respect to the ,u4,s4 ,territories4
  7#c7 ,a detailed description of the   
level of local government participation 
required in ,federal statistical        
programs4  7b7 ,plan ,not later than #ab
 months after the date of the enactment 

of this ,act1 the head of the           
,interagency ,council on ,statistical   
,policy shall submit to the ,committee  
on ,natural ,resources of the ,house of 
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate a plan to collect and publish   
statistics regarding the ,u4,s4         
,territories in the same manner as      
statistics are collected and reported by
 ,federal agencies for the several      
,states4 ,the plan shall include-- 7#a7 
recommendations for including the ,u4,s4
 ,territories in ,federal statistical   
programs2 and  7#b7 cost estimates for  
,federal and local governments for      
necessary changes to implement the      
recommendations under paragraph 7#a74   
7c7 ,report ,not later than #b years    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and every #ab months thereafter   
until the plan is fully implemented1 the
 head of the ,interagency ,council on   
,statistical ,policy shall submit to the
 ,committee on ,natural ,resources of   

the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources of the ,senate a report that 
includes-- 7#a7 a description of the    
plan developed under subsection 7a72 and
  7#b7 information on the implementation
 of such plan4  7d7 ,implementation ,not
 later than #d years after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the head of 
the ,interagency ,council on            
,statistical ,policy1 in coordination   
with the heads of appropriate ,federal  
agencies1 shall fully implement the plan
 developed under subsection 7a74  #c4   
,u4,s4 ,territories defined ,for the    
purposes of this ,act1 the term ,u4,s4  
,territories means ,american ,samoa1 the
 ,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana
 ,islands1 ,guam1 ,puerto ,rico1 and the
 ,virgin ,islands of the ,united        
,states4