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Union Calendar No. 57
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 683
[Report No. 106–104]
To facilitate the recruitment of temporary employees to assist in the conduct
of the 2000 decennial census of population.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 10, 1999
Mrs. MEEK of Florida (for herself and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
APRIL 26, 1999
Additional sponsors: Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs.
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GOSS, Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs.
JONES of Ohio, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr.
SHOWS, Mr. FORD, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. DIXON, Ms.
LOFGREN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. GREEN of
Texas, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. MEEKS of New York, and Mr. FILNER
APRIL 26, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 10, 1999]
A BILL
To facilitate the recruitment of temporary employees to assist
in the conduct of the 2000 decennial census of population.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Decennial Census Im-
provement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the Constitution requires that the number of
persons in the Nation be enumerated every 10 years
in order to permit the apportionment of Representa-
tives among the several States;
(2) information collected through a decennial
census is also used to determine—
(A) the boundaries of congressional districts
within States;
(B) the boundaries of the districts for the
legislature of each State and the boundaries of
other political subdivisions within the States;
and
(C) the allocation of billions of dollars of
Federal and State funds;
(3) the Constitution requires that those enumera-
tions be made in such manner as the Congress ‘‘shall
by law direct’’;
(4) in the 1990 decennial census, the Bureau of
the Census used a combination of mail questionnaires
and personal interviews, involving more than 350,000
enumerators, to collect the census data; and
(5) in 1993, the Bureau concluded that legisla-
tion providing that pay for temporary census enu-
merators in the 2000 decennial census not be used to
reduce benefits under Federal assistance programs
would make it easier for the Bureau to hire neighbor-
hood people as temporary census enumerators in low-
income neighborhoods.
SEC. 3. MEASURES TO FACILITATE THE RECRUITMENT OF
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.
(a) PURPOSES
FOR WHICH COMPENSATION SHALL
NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—(1) Section 23 of title 13,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(d)(1) As used in this subsection, the term ‘temporary
census position’ shall mean a temporary position within
the Bureau, established for purposes relating to the 2000
census (as determined under regulations which the Sec-
retary shall prescribe).
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
earning or receipt by an individual of compensation for
service performed by such individual in a temporary census
position shall not have the effect of causing—
‘‘(A) such individual or any other individual to
become ineligible for any benefits described in para-
graph (3)(A); or
‘‘(B) a reduction in the amount of any benefits
described in paragraph (3)(A) for which such indi-
vidual or any other individual would otherwise be eli-
gible.
‘‘(3) This subsection—
‘‘(A) shall apply with respect to benefits provided
under any Federal program or under any State or
local program financed in whole or in part with Fed-
eral funds;
‘‘(B) shall apply only with respect to compensa-
tion for service performed during calendar year 2000;
and
‘‘(C) shall not apply if the individual per-
forming the service involved was first appointed to a
temporary census position (whether such individual’s
then current position or a previous one) before Janu-
ary 1, 2000.’’.
(2) Nothing in the amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall be considered to apply with respect to Public Law
101–86 (as amended by subsection (b)) or the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986.
(b) EXEMPTION FROM PROVISIONS RELATING TO RE-
EMPLOYED ANNUITANTS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE
UNIFORMED SERVICES.—Public Law 101–86 (13 U.S.C. 23
note) is amended—
(1) in section 1(b) and the long title by striking
‘‘the 1990 decennial census’’ and inserting ‘‘the 2000
decennial census’’; and
(2) in section 4 by striking ‘‘December 31,
1990.’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘census’’ means a census of popu-
lation within the meaning of section 141(g) of title
13, United States Code; and
(2) the term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the Bureau of the
Census.
Union Calendar No. 57
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 683
[Report No. 106–104]
A BILL
To facilitate the recruitment of temporary employ-
ees to assist in the conduct of the 2000 decennial
census of population.
APRIL 26, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed