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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2699 

To extend certain deadlines for the 2020 decennial census, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 20, 2021 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To extend certain deadlines for the 2020 decennial census, 

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 ‘‘2020 Census Deadline 

5 Extensions Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CENSUS DEADLINE MODIFICATION. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘President’’ means the President 

9 of the United States; and 


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

2 of Commerce. 

3 (b) MODIFIED TIMETABLES AND RULES.—Notwith4 standing subsections (b) and (c) of section 141 of title 

5 13, United States Code, and subsection (a) of section 22 

6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth 

7 and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for ap8 portionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 

9 June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), the following timetables and 

10 rules shall apply to the 2020 decennial census of popu11 lation: 

12 (1) Not later than May 1, 2021, the Secretary 

13 shall— 

14 (A) complete the tabulation of total popu15 lation by States required under subsection (a) 

16 of such section 141; 

17 (B) report the tabulation described in sub18 paragraph (A) to the President; and 

19 (C) make the tabulation described in sub20 paragraph (A) public. 

21 (2) Not later than 14 days after receipt of the 

22 tabulation described in paragraph (1)(A), the Presi23 dent shall transmit to Congress the statement de24 scribed in subsection (a) of such section 22. 


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1 (3) Each State shall be entitled, in the 118th 

2 Congress and in each Congress thereafter until the 

3 taking effect of a reapportionment under such sec4 tion 22 or a subsequently enacted statute, to the 

5 number of Representatives shown in the statement 

6 described in paragraph (2), and no State shall re7 ceive less than 1 Member. 

8 (4) Not later than 15 days after receipt of the 

9 statement described in paragraph (2), the Clerk of 

10 the House of Representatives shall send to the exec11 utive of each State a certificate of the number of 

12 Representatives to which the State is entitled under 

13 paragraph (3). In the case of a vacancy in the Office 

14 of Clerk, or of the absence or inability of the Clerk 

15 to discharge that duty, that duty shall devolve upon 

16 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa17 tives. 

18 (5) The Secretary shall— 

19 (A) complete the tabulations of population 

20 required under subsection (c) of such section 

21 141 as expeditiously as possible after the dead22 line described in paragraph (4) of this sub23 section, taking into account the deadlines of 

24 each State for legislative apportionment or dis25 tricting; and 


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1 (B) report the tabulations described in 

2 subparagraph (A) as required under subsection 

3 (c) of such section 141 not later than October 

4 1, 2021. 

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