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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1262 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1262

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
  of Commerce should use all reasonable measures to ensure that every 
            person is counted in the 2010 decennial census.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2008

   Mr. Issa (for himself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
 Burton of Indiana, Mr. Souder, Mr. Shays, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
Westmoreland, Mr. McHenry, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Sali, Mr. Jordan 
 of Ohio, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Herger, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
 Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, 
  Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
Forbes, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Roskam, Mrs. 
   Biggert, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Miller of 
    Michigan, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Price of 
Georgia, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Daniel E. 
Lungren of California, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Tim 
 Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cantor, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Wilson of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Keller of Florida, and Mr. Smith 
of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
  of Commerce should use all reasonable measures to ensure that every 
            person is counted in the 2010 decennial census.

Whereas the decennial census is described in article I, section 2 of the 
        Constitution, which calls for an actual enumeration of the people every 
        10 years;
Whereas the decennial census is used to apportion seats in the House of 
        Representatives among the States;
Whereas the decennial census is crucial to Federal policymakers who distribute 
        billions of taxpayer dollars among many Federal programs based on the 
        results of those enumerations;
Whereas the first official census was conducted in 1790 under the leadership of 
        Thomas Jefferson, who was then the Secretary of State;
Whereas the 2010 decennial census will be the 23rd decennial census;
Whereas an accurate census is one that counts, as of the decennial census date, 
        all persons living in the United States, any territory or possession of 
        the United States, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all Federal 
        civilian and military personnel serving abroad; and
Whereas an accurate 2010 decennial census is crucial for our democracy and the 
        equitable distribution of Federal funds: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives demands that the 2010 
        decennial census count every person living in the United 
        States, any territory or possession of the United States, or 
        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all Federal civilian and 
        military personnel serving abroad; and
            (2) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that, 
        in conducting the 2010 decennial census, the Secretary of 
        Commerce should use all reasonable means to count every person 
        living in the United States, any territory or possession of the 
        United States, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all 
        Federal civilian and military personnel serving abroad.
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