Insular Area Mid-decade Census Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10054 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10054

   To amend title 13, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Commerce to conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2024

 Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mrs. Radewagen) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                             Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 13, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Commerce to conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 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 ``Insular Area Mid-decade Census 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CENSUS FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, 
              AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

    Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by adding after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) The Secretary shall, in 2035 and every 10 years thereafter, 
take a mid-decade census of population as of the first day of April of 
the applicable year for each of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands.''.
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