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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5303 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate 
and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial 
census, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2018 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. STEWART, and Mr. CUR-
TIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the 
more accurate and complete enumeration of certain over-
seas Americans in the decennial census, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Full Count Act of 
2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. METHODS TO IMPROVE THE ENUMERATION OF 
CERTAIN OVERSEAS AMERICANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 141 of title 13, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g)(1) Effective beginning with the 2030 decennial 
census of population, the Secretary shall take appropriate 
measures to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, 
that all Americans residing abroad on the decennial census 
date are fully and accurately counted, and are properly 
attributed to their respective States, and within the State 
so attributed, to the appropriate unit of local government. 
‘‘(2) The measures under this subsection shall include 
at least the following: 
‘‘(A) One or more methods by which, at the re-
quest of a nongovernmental organization, adminis-
trative records of such organization may, if such 
records satisfy such criteria as the Secretary may es-
tablish, be used to enumerate members of such orga-
nization who are residing overseas as of the decen-
nial census date. 
‘‘(B) One or more methods under which an 
international ‘Be Counted’ form may be completed 
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at an embassy of the United States by Americans 
residing overseas as of the decennial census date. 
‘‘(C) Coordination and consultation with Fed-
eral agencies to ensure that all appropriate data-
bases involving Americans living overseas are ref-
erenced when compiling data for the decennial cen-
sus. The head of any such agency shall provide the 
Secretary assistance and data as described under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered 
to affect the methods used in the enumeration of any civil-
ian or military personnel of the United States.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—The data obtained pursuant to 
section 141(g) of title 13, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a), shall be used for the same purposes as 
other data and information collected under a decennial 
census of population, including the distribution of Federal 
funds and the apportionment of Representatives in Con-
gress among the several States. 
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