Each working group developed recommendations for the entire panel to consider as part of the Advisory Committee's recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce. The Advisory Committee received a briefing from House and Senate staff aides representing several congressional ex officio members of the committee. There will be significant turnover in the leadership of the House and Senate committees that oversee the census in the 105th Congress, thus making it difficult for staff to speculate about legislative activity affecting the 2000 count. The staff agreed that questionnaire content, sampling, and the categories used to measure race and ethnicity would likely draw attention from legislators next year. The next meeting of the 2000 Census Advisory Committee is March 6 - 7, 1997.
Meetings are open to the public.
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