# TITLE 13—CENSUS


This title was enacted by act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1012


Chap.

Sec.

1.

Administration

1

3.

Collection and Publication of Statistics

41

5.

Censuses

131

7.

Offenses and Penalties

211

9.

Collection and Publication of Foreign Trade Statistics [1](#_1_target)

301

10.

Exchange of census [2](#_2_target) information [2](#_2_target)

401

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 13

| *Title 13* Former Sections | *Title 13* New Sections |
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3, 4 | Rep. |
| 5 | 22 |
| 6 | 22 |
| 7–9 | Rep. |
| 21–41 | Rep. |
| 41a | Rep. |
| 42–55 | Rep. |
| 61–69 | Rep. |
| 71 | 41 |
| 72 | 42 |
| 72a | 42 |
| 73 | 9, 214 |
| 74 | 43, 224, 241 |
| 75 | 44 |
| 76 | 45 |
| 77 | Rep. |
| 81 | 61 |
| 82 | 5 |
| 83 | 9, 214 |
| 84 | 224, 241 |
| 85 | 62 |
| 86 | 63 |
| 91–98 | Rep. |
| 101 | T. 42 §244a |
| 106 | Rep. |
| 106 note | Rep. |
| 107 | Rep. |
| 111 | 5, 24, 101, 102, 103, 225 |
| 112 | Rep. |
| 113 | 101 |
| 114 | Rep. |
| 121 | 131, 181 |
| 122 | 6, 9, 24, 25, 211, 212, 213, 214, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225 |
| 123 | 5, 132 |
| 201 | 141 |
| 202 | 143 |
| 203 | 23, 24 |
| 204 | 5, 144 |
| 205 | 25 |
| 206 | 145 |
| 207 | 211 |
| 208 | 9, 212, 213 |
| 209 | 221, 222, 223 |
| 210 | 224 |
| 211 | 9 |
| 212 | Rep. |
| 213 | 7 |
| 214 | 10 |
| 215 | 6 |
| 216 | 5, 23, 146 |
| 217 | Rep. |
| 218 | 8 |
| 219, 220 | Rep. |
| 251 | 5, 161, 163 |
| 252 | 6, 9, 24, 162, 211, 212, 213, 214 |
| 253 | Rep. |


#### **Editorial Notes**


#### Amendments

**1990**—Pub. L. 101–533, §5(b)(1), Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2348, added item for chapter 10.

**1962**—Pub. L. 87–826, §1, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 951, added item for chapter 9.


#### **Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries**

#### Positive Law; Citation

This title has been made positive law by act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, §1, 68 Stat. 1012, which provided in part "That title 13 of the United States Code, entitled 'Census', is revised, codified, and enacted into law, and may be cited as 'Title 13, United States Code, section—' ".

#### References to Census Office

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, §3, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that: "Whenever reference is made in any other law or in any regulation or order to the Census Office, such reference shall be held and considered to mean the Bureau of the Census referred to in section 2 of Title 13, United States Code, as set out in section 1 of this Act. This section shall not be construed as affecting historical references to the Census Office which could have no present or future application to the Bureau of the Census."

#### Separability

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, §4, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that: "If any part of Title 13, United States Code, as set in section 1 of this Act, is held invalid, the remainder of such title shall not be affected thereby."


#### Legislative Construction

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, §5, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that: "No inference of a legislative construction is to be drawn by reason of the chapter in Title 13, United States Code, as set out in section 1 of this Act, in which any section is placed, nor by reason of the captions or catchlines used in such title."


#### Effective Date

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, §6, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that: "The provisions of this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1955."


#### Repeals

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, §7, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that: "The sections of the Acts, and the Acts or parts of Acts, enumerated in the following schedule, are hereby repealed. Any rights or liabilities now existing under such statutes or parts thereof, and any proceedings instituted under, or growing out of, any of such statutes or parts thereof, shall not be affected by this repeal."


[1 So in original. Does not conform to chapter heading.](#_1)


[2 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.](#_2)