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Union Calendar No. 49
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1009
[Report No. 106–89]
To authorize the awarding of grants to cities, counties, tribal organizations,
and certain other entities for the purpose of improving public participa-
tion in the 2000 decennial census.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1999
Mr. MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Government Reform
APRIL 13, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To authorize the awarding of grants to cities, counties, tribal
organizations, and certain other entities for the purpose
of improving public participation in the 2000 decennial
census.
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 ‘‘2000 Census Commu-
nity Participation Enhancement Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.
In order to improve public participation in the 2000
census, the Secretary may, in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act, provide for grants to be made to units
of general local government, tribal organizations, and pub-
lic or private nonprofit organizations.
SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS.
(a) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—Each entity referred
to in section 2 that wishes to receive a grant under this
Act shall submit an application at such time, in such form,
and complete with such information as the Secretary shall
by regulation require, except that any such application
shall include at least—
(1) a statement of the objectives for which the
grant is sought; and
(2) a description of the types of programs and
activities for which the grant is sought.
(b) NOTICE OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.—Each
entity submitting an application under subsection (a)
shall, not later than 60 days after the date of its submis-
sion, be notified in writing as to whether such application
is approved or disapproved.
SEC. 4. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A grant may not be made to an
entity under this Act unless such entity agrees, with re-
spect to the costs to be incurred by such entity in carrying
out the programs and activities for which the grant is
made, to make available non-Federal contributions in an
amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the Federal
funds provided under the grant.
(b) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—An entity re-
ceiving a grant under this Act may meet the requirement
under subsection (a) through—
(1) the use of amounts from non-Federal
sources; or
(2) in-kind contributions, fairly evaluated, but
only if and to the extent allowable under section 7.
SEC. 5. ALLOCATION.
The Secretary shall allocate the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this Act equally among the respective
centers and offices referred to in section 7.
SEC. 6. USE OF GRANT FUNDS.
A grant made under this Act may be used only for
one or more of the following:
(1) To train volunteers to assist individuals to
complete and return census questionnaires.
(2) To educate the public about the importance
of participating in the 2000 census.
(3) To educate the public about the confiden-
tiality that will be accorded to information collected
in the 2000 census.
(4) To recruit candidates to apply for census
office and field enumerator positions.
(5) To sponsor community events to promote
the 2000 census.
(6) To produce community-tailored promotional
materials.
(7) To rent space to provide any of the training
described in this subsection section.
SEC. 7. REGULATIONS.
Any regulations to carry out this Act shall be pre-
scribed not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act. The regulations shall include—
(1) provisions requiring that any application for
a grant under this Act be submitted to the appro-
priate regional center or area office of the Bureau
of the Census, as identified under the regulations;
and
(2) provisions under which the decision to ap-
prove or disapprove any such application shall be
made by the head of the appropriate center or office
(referred to in paragraph (1)), in accordance with
guidelines set forth in the regulations.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
For purposes of carrying out this Act, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated $26,000,000 for fiscal year
2000.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘2000 census’’ means the 2000
decennial census of population;
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Commerce;
(3) the term ‘‘unit of general local government’’
means a city, county, town, township, parish, village,
or other general purpose political subdivision of a
State, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or such
other possession or area referred to in section 191
of title 13, United States Code, as the Secretary
considers appropriate; and
(4) the term ‘‘tribal organization’’ has the
meaning given such term by section 4 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
(25 U.S.C. 450b).
Union Calendar No. 49
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1009
[Report No. 106–89]
A BILL
To authorize the awarding of grants to cities, coun-
ties, tribal organizations, and certain other enti-
ties for the purpose of improving public partici-
pation in the 2000 decennial census.
APRIL 13, 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