Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012

Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 census, to ensure that all members of the Armed Forces deployed abroad are fully and accurately counted in the tabulation of total population by states and are properly attributed to the state in which their permanent duty station or homeport is located.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5321 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5321

To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate 
    and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any 
 tabulation of total population by the Secretary of Commerce, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

 Mr. Whitfield (for himself and Mr. Guthrie) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate 
    and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any 
 tabulation of total population by the Secretary of Commerce, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Service Members and Communities 
Count Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVED ENUMERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN ANY 
              TABULATION OF TOTAL POPULATION BY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial census of 
population, in taking any tabulation of total population by States, the 
Secretary shall take appropriate measures to ensure, to the maximum 
extent practicable, that all members of the Armed Forces deployed 
abroad on the date of taking such tabulation are--
            ``(1) fully and accurately counted; and
            ``(2) properly attributed to the State in which their 
        permanent duty station or homeport is located on such date.''.
    (b) Construction.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall not 
be construed to affect the residency status of any member of the Armed 
Forces under any provision of law other than title 13, United States 
Code.
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