Census IDEA Act
- Last Action
- 5/19/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-19Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2021-05-19Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-19 (00)
Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act or the Census IDEA Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2030 decennial census of population and each decennial census thereafter, from (1) implementing any major operational design element that has not been researched, studied, and tested for a period of at least three years before the decennial census date; 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 shall determine and report to Congress on whether the subjects, types of information, and questions to be included in that decennial census have been adequately researched, studied, and tested to the same degree as in previous decennial censuses.
Cosponsors (20)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Subjects
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Research and development
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