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Union Calendar No. 58

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1058

[Report No. 106–105]

To promote greater public participation in decennial censuses by providing

for the expansion of the educational program commonly referred to

as the ‘‘Census in Schools Project’’.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 10, 1999

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

the Committee on Government Reform

APRIL 26, 1999

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To promote greater public participation in decennial censuses

by providing for the expansion of the educational program commonly referred to as the ‘‘Census in Schools

Project’’.

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 ‘‘Census in the Schools

3 Promotion Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows:

6 (1) The program commonly referred to as the

7 ‘‘Census in Schools Project’’, under the auspices of

8 the Bureau of the Census, represents an effective

9 way to educate the Nation’s youth as to the reasons

10 why a full and complete census is so important to

11 a democratic society.

12 (2) Our schools may be the only institution that

13 maintains a continuing relationship with a broad

14 cross-section of this Nation’s families with children.

15 (3) Educating the children of this Nation as to

16 the importance of the census is an investment that

17 will promote greater levels of public participation,

18 especially in the hardest-to-count communities, not

19 only in the 2000 census, but censuses thereafter.

20 (4) The program referred to in paragraph (1),

21 while comprehensive, is one that the Bureau of the

22 Census has indicated it will not be able to implement

23 more broadly without additional funding.

24 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to promote

25 greater public participation in decennial censuses by pro-
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1 viding for the expansion of the program referred to in

2 paragraph (1).

3 SEC. 3. PROGRAM EXPANSION.

4 The Secretary of Commerce shall take appropriate

5 measures to ensure that, under the program referred to

6 in section 2(a)(1)—

7 (1) a written invitation to participate in such

8 program shall be afforded—

9 (A) to the head of each elementary school

10 and of each secondary school;

11 (B) to each elementary school teacher; and

12 (C) to each secondary school teacher the

13 principal duties of whom involve the teaching of

14 mathematics, geography, or social studies; and

15 (2) upon timely acceptance of an invitation de16 scribed in paragraph (1), the individual involved

17 shall, without charge, be provided with a set of such

18 grade-appropriate teaching guides, student mate19 rials, or other information or materials as the Sec20 retary may determine.

21 SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

22 The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe any regu23 lations necessary to carry out this Act.

Union Calendar No. 58

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1058

[Report No. 106–105]

A BILL

To promote greater public participation in decenthe ‘‘Census in Schools Project’’. the educational program commonly referred to as nial censuses by providing for the expansion of

APRIL 26, 1999

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed