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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4571 

To extend certain deadlines for the 2020 decennial census. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 

Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. SULLIVAN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To extend certain deadlines for the 2020 decennial census. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘2020 Census Deadline 

5 Extensions Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CENSUS DEADLINE MODIFICATION. 

7 Notwithstanding the timetables provided in sub8 sections (b) and (c) of section 141 of title 13, United 

9 States Code, and section 22(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An 

10 Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial 

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1 tives in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 

2 2a(a)), for the 2020 decennial census of population— 

3 (1) the tabulation of total population by States 

4 required by subsection (a) of such section 141 for 

5 the apportionment of Representatives in Congress 

6 among the several States shall be— 

7 (A) completed and reported by the Sec8 retary of Commerce (referred to in this section 

9 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) to the President not earlier 

10 than 1 year and not later than 13 months after 

11 the decennial census date of April 1, 2020; and 

12 (B) made public by the Secretary not later 

13 than the date on which the tabulation is re14 ported to the President under subparagraph 

15 (A); 

16 (2) the President shall transmit to Congress a 

17 statement showing the whole number of persons in 

18 each State, and the number of Representatives to 

19 which each State would be entitled under an appor20 tionment of the then existing number of Representa21 tives, as required by such section 22(a), and deter22 mined solely as described therein, not later than 14 

23 days after receipt of the tabulation reported by the 

24 Secretary; and 


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1 (3) the tabulations of population required by 

2 subsection (c) of such section 141 shall be completed 

3 by the Secretary as expeditiously as possible after 

4 the decennial census date of April 1, 2020, taking 

5 into account the deadlines of each State for legisla6 tive apportionment or districting, and reported to 

7 the Governor of the State involved and to the offi8 cers or public bodies having responsibility for legisla9 tive apportionment or districting of that State, ex10 cept that the tabulations of population of each State 

11 requesting a tabulation plan, and basic tabulations 

12 of population of each other State, shall be com13 pleted, reported, and transmitted to each respective 

14 State not later than 16 months after the decennial 

15 census date of April 1, 2020. 

16 SEC. 3. 2020 CENSUS OPERATIONS. 

17 For the 2020 decennial census of population, the Bu18 reau of the Census may not conclude the Nonresponse 

19 Followup operation or the Self-Response operation before 

20 October 31, 2020. 

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