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Union Calendar No. 49

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1009

[Report No. 106–89]

To authorize the awarding of grants to cities, counties, tribal organizations,

and certain other entities for the purpose of improving public participation in the 2000 decennial census.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 4, 1999

Mr. MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Government Reform

APRIL 13, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To authorize the awarding of grants to cities, counties, tribal

organizations, and certain other entities for the purpose

of improving public participation in the 2000 decennial

census.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘2000 Census Commu3 nity Participation Enhancement Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

5 In order to improve public participation in the 2000

6 census, the Secretary may, in accordance with the provi7 sions of this Act, provide for grants to be made to units

8 of general local government, tribal organizations, and pub9 lic or private nonprofit organizations.

10 SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS.

11 (a) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—Each entity referred

12 to in section 2 that wishes to receive a grant under this

13 Act shall submit an application at such time, in such form,

14 and complete with such information as the Secretary shall

15 by regulation require, except that any such application

16 shall include at least—

17 (1) a statement of the objectives for which the

18 grant is sought; and

19 (2) a description of the types of programs and

20 activities for which the grant is sought.

21 (b) NOTICE OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.—Each

22 entity submitting an application under subsection (a)

23 shall, not later than 60 days after the date of its submis24 sion, be notified in writing as to whether such application

25 is approved or disapproved.
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1 SEC. 4. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—A grant may not be made to an

3 entity under this Act unless such entity agrees, with re4 spect to the costs to be incurred by such entity in carrying

5 out the programs and activities for which the grant is

6 made, to make available non-Federal contributions in an

7 amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the Federal

8 funds provided under the grant.

9 (b) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—An entity re10 ceiving a grant under this Act may meet the requirement

11 under subsection (a) through—

12 (1) the use of amounts from non-Federal

13 sources; or

14 (2) in-kind contributions, fairly evaluated, but

15 only if and to the extent allowable under section 7.

16 SEC. 5. ALLOCATION.

17 The Secretary shall allocate the amounts appro18 priated to carry out this Act equally among the respective

19 centers and offices referred to in section 7.

20 SEC. 6. USE OF GRANT FUNDS.

21 A grant made under this Act may be used only for

22 one or more of the following:

23 (1) To train volunteers to assist individuals to

24 complete and return census questionnaires.

25 (2) To educate the public about the importance

26 of participating in the 2000 census.
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1 (3) To educate the public about the confiden2 tiality that will be accorded to information collected

3 in the 2000 census.

4 (4) To recruit candidates to apply for census

5 office and field enumerator positions.

6 (5) To sponsor community events to promote

7 the 2000 census.

8 (6) To produce community-tailored promotional

9 materials.

10 (7) To rent space to provide any of the training

11 described in this subsection section.

12 SEC. 7. REGULATIONS.

13 Any regulations to carry out this Act shall be pre14 scribed not later than 60 days after the date of enactment

15 of this Act. The regulations shall include—

16 (1) provisions requiring that any application for

17 a grant under this Act be submitted to the appro18 priate regional center or area office of the Bureau

19 of the Census, as identified under the regulations;

20 and

21 (2) provisions under which the decision to ap22 prove or disapprove any such application shall be

23 made by the head of the appropriate center or office

24 (referred to in paragraph (1)), in accordance with

25 guidelines set forth in the regulations.
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1 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 For purposes of carrying out this Act, there are au3 thorized to be appropriated $26,000,000 for fiscal year

4 2000.

5 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

6 For purposes of this Act—

7 (1) the term ‘‘2000 census’’ means the 2000

8 decennial census of population;

9 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

10 of Commerce;

11 (3) the term ‘‘unit of general local government’’

12 means a city, county, town, township, parish, village,

13 or other general purpose political subdivision of a

14 State, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands,

15 Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

16 Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or such

17 other possession or area referred to in section 191

18 of title 13, United States Code, as the Secretary

19 considers appropriate; and

20 (4) the term ‘‘tribal organization’’ has the

21 meaning given such term by section 4 of the Indian

22 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

23 (25 U.S.C. 450b).
Union Calendar No. 49

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1009

[Report No. 106–89]

A BILL

To authorize the awarding of grants to cities, counpation in the 2000 decennial census. ties for the purpose of improving public partici- ties, tribal organizations, and certain other entiAPRIL 13, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,