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of the State and to determine the procedures and criteria 
used to establish such maps. 
SEC. 502. AUTHORITY FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO 
JOIN CERTAIN CIVIL ACTIONS RELATING TO 
APPORTIONMENT. 
The Speaker of the House of Representatives or the 
Speaker’s designee or designees may commence or join in 
a civil action, for and on behalf of the House of Representa-
tives, under any applicable law, to prevent the use of any 
statistical method, in connection with the decennial census, 
to determine the population for purposes of the apportion-
ment or redistricting of Members in Congress. It shall be 
the duty of the Office of the General Counsel of the House 
of Representatives to represent the House in such civil ac-
tion, according to the directions of the Speaker. The Office 
of the General Counsel of the House of Representatives may 
employ the services of outside counsel and other experts for 
this purpose. 
SEC. 503. CENSUS MONITORING BOARD. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Citizen Census Monitoring Board Permanent Authoriza-
tion Act of 2023’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The 2020 decennial census of population was 
conducted amongst unique and difficult circumstances 
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which have caused many of its results to be questioned 
as regards their accuracy and legality. 
(2) Privacy limitations prevent the decennial 
census from being a transparent process, therefore 
limiting the ability of the public and even Congress 
or the courts from effectively monitoring the entire 
census process. 
(3) Only an independent bipartisan Board with 
the same access to data and documentation as the Bu-
reau of the Census itself can effectively monitor the 
decennial census process. 
(4) Therefore, in order to achieve these goals, the 
Congress finds that a bipartisan Census Monitoring 
Board should be established. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be established a 
board to be known as the Census Monitoring Board (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Board’’). 
(d) DUTIES.—The function of the Board shall be to 
review all aspects of the preparation and implementation, 
data and results, and all post-enumeration activities and 
procedures, of the 2020 decennial census of population 
under section 141 of title 13, United States Code, (including 
all dress rehearsals and other simulations of a census in 
preparation therefor) and observe and monitor all aspects 
of the preparation and implementation of the 2030 decen-
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nial census and each decennial census thereafter (including 
all dress rehearsals and other simulations of a census in 
preparation therefor). 
(e) MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be composed 
of 6 members, appointed as follows: 
(A) One individual appointed by the major-
ity leader of the Senate. 
(B) Two individuals appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
(C) One individual appointed by the minor-
ity leader of the Senate. 
(D) Two individuals appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the House of Representatives. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.—Each member of the Board 
shall be appointed within 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. A vacancy in the Board shall 
be filled in the manner in which the original appoint-
ment was made. Members of the Board’s terms shall 
expire when the Houses of Congress are reorganized, 
except that a member shall continue to serve as a 
member until their replacement is appointed. 
(3) COMPENSATION.—Members shall not be enti-
tled to any pay by reason of their service on the 
Board, but shall receive travel expenses, including per 
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diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sec-
tions 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
(4) BIPARTISAN.—The Board shall be bipartisan 
and each party’s appointees shall caucus separately 
and elect a co-chair from each caucus. 
(5) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at the call 
of either co-chair. 
(6) QUORUM.—A quorum shall consist of four 
members of the Board. 
(7) REGULATIONS.—The Board may promulgate 
any regulations necessary to carry out its duties. 
(f) EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each caucus of the Board 
shall have an executive director who shall be ap-
pointed by the members of the two most numerous 
caucuses, each of whom shall be paid at a rate not 
to exceed level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) STAFF AND SERVICES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to such rules as 
the Board may prescribe, each executive direc-
tor— 
(i) may appoint and fix the pay of 
such additional personnel as that executive 
director considers appropriate; and 
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(ii) may procure temporary and inter-
mittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the daily equiva-
lent of the maximum annual rate of pay 
payable for grade GS–15 of the General 
Schedule. 
(B) BOARD RULES.—Such rules shall in-
clude provisions to ensure an equitable division 
or sharing of resources, as appropriate, between 
the respective staff of the Board. 
(3) BOARD STAFF.—The staff of the Board shall 
be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 
5, United States Code, governing appointments in the 
competitive service, and shall be paid without regard 
to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of such title (relating to classification and 
General Schedule pay rates). 
(4) FACILITIES.—The Administrator of the Gen-
eral Services Administration, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Commerce, shall locate suitable office 
space for the operation of the Board in the head-
quarters of the Bureau of the Census in Suitland, 
Maryland, or its successor location. The facilities 
shall serve as the headquarters of the Board and shall 
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