To prohibit the Bureau of the Census from including citizenship data in the legislative redistricting data prepared by the Bureau.

This bill prohibits the Bureau of the Census from including information regarding U.S. citizenship in its legislative redistricting data.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4412 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4412

To prohibit the Bureau of the Census from including citizenship data in 
       the legislative redistricting data prepared by the Bureau.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2019

 Mr. Butterfield introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Bureau of the Census from including citizenship data in 
       the legislative redistricting data prepared by the Bureau.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUDING CITIZENSHIP DATA FROM PUBLIC LAW 94-171 
              REDISTRICTING DATA.

    Section 141(c) of title 13, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary may not include any 
information regarding United States citizenship in a tabulation of 
population reported or transmitted under the preceding sentence.''.
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