2020 Census IDEA Act
- Last Action
- 1/23/2019
Actions
- 2019-01-23Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- 2019-01-23Introduced in House
- 2019-01-23Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-23 (00)
2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act or the 2020 Census IDEA Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2020 decennial census and each decennial census thereafter, from (1) implementing any major operational design feature that has not been researched, studied, and tested for at least three years before the date on which the applicable census occurs; or (2) including on the questionnaire for the census any subject, type of information, or question that was not submitted to Congress.
The Government Accountability Office must certify to Congress that the subjects, types of information, and questions to be included in a decennial census have been adequately researched, studied, and tested to the same degree as in previous decennial censuses.
Cosponsors (20)
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- WM. CLAY (D-MO)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)
- Susan Wild (D-PA)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Filemon Vela (D-TX)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- JAMES COOPER (D-TN)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- WILLIAM PASCRELL (D-NJ)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- JOHN LEWIS (D-GA)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
Subjects
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Research and development
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