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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1400 

To direct the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to develop a plan 

to collect and publish statistics regarding the Territories of the United 

States in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported by 

Federal agencies for the several States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2023 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. MOYLAN, Mrs. 

GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to 

develop a plan to collect and publish statistics regarding 

the Territories of the United States in the same manner 

as statistics are collected and reported by Federal agencies for the several States, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Territories Statistics 

5 Collection Equity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCLUDING U.S. TERRITORIES IN FEDERAL STATIS2 TICAL PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 6 months after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the Inter5 agency Council on Statistical Policy shall publish a list 

6 and assessment of existing Federal statistical programs 

7 that collect and publish data for the U.S. Territories com8 parable to the several States. The assessment under this 

9 subsection shall include the following: 

10 (1) For each statistical program where a com11 parable program for the U.S. Territories does not 

12 exist, an explanation as to why the program does not 

13 include the U.S. Territories. 

14 (2) Impediments to data collection, analysis, 

15 and publishing with respect to the U.S. Territories. 

16 (3) A detailed description of the level of local 

17 government participation required in Federal statis18 tical programs. 

19 (b) PLAN.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the head of the Interagency 

21 Council on Statistical Policy shall submit to the Com22 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representa23 tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re24 sources of the Senate a plan to collect and publish statis25 tics regarding the U.S. Territories in the same manner 


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1 as statistics are collected and reported by Federal agencies 

2 for the several States. The plan shall include— 

3 (1) recommendations for including the U.S. 

4 Territories in Federal statistical programs; and 

5 (2) cost estimates for Federal and local govern6 ments for necessary changes to implement the rec7 ommendations under paragraph (1). 

8 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, and every 12 months there10 after until the plan is fully implemented, the head of the 

11 Interagency Council on Statistical Policy shall submit to 

12 the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

14 Resources of the Senate a report that includes— 

15 (1) a description of the plan developed under 

16 subsection (a); and 

17 (2) information on the implementation of such 

18 plan. 

19 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 4 years after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the 

21 Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, in coordination 

22 with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall fully 

23 implement the plan developed under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 3. U.S. TERRITORIES DEFINED. 

2 For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘U.S. Terri3 tories’’ means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

4 Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the 

5 Virgin Islands of the United States. 

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