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include all necessary equipment and incidentals re-
quired for the proper functioning of the Board. 
(g) OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) HEARINGS.—For the purpose of carrying out 
its duties, the Board may hold such hearings (at the 
call of either co-chair) and undertake such other ac-
tivities as the Board determines to be necessary to 
carry out its duties. 
(2) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each co-chair of the 
Board and any Board staff who may be des-
ignated by the Board under this subparagraph 
shall be granted access to any data, files, infor-
mation, or other matters maintained by the Bu-
reau of the Census (or received by it in the 
course of conducting a decennial census of popu-
lation) which they may request, subject to such 
regulations as the Board may prescribe in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Commerce. No in-
formation may be withheld pursuant to title 13, 
United States Code, and all members of the 
Board and Board staff shall be sworn to protect 
the confidentiality and privilege of all data and 
information protected by such title. 
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(B) AGENCY INFORMATION.—The Board or 
the co-chairs acting jointly may secure directly 
from any other Federal agency, including the 
White House, all information that the Board 
considers necessary to enable the Board to carry 
out its duties. Upon request of the Board or both 
co-chairs, the head of that agency (or other per-
son duly designated for purposes of this para-
graph) shall furnish that information to the 
Board. 
(3) REGULATIONS.—The Board shall prescribe 
regulations under which any member of the Board or 
of its staff, and any person whose services are pro-
cured under subsection (e)(2)(A)(ii), who gains access 
to any information or other matter pursuant to this 
subsection shall, to the extent that any provisions of 
section 9 or section 214 of title 13, United States 
Code, would apply with respect to such matter in the 
case of an employee of the Department of Commerce, 
be subject to such provisions. 
(4) DETAIL AUTHORITY.—Upon the request of 
the Board, the head of any Federal agency is author-
ized to detail, without reimbursement, any of the per-
sonnel of such agency to the Board to assist the Board 
in carrying out its duties. Any such detail of a Fed-
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eral employee under this paragraph shall not inter-
rupt or otherwise affect the civil service status or 
privileges of the employee. 
(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon the request 
of the Board, the head of a Federal agency shall pro-
vide such technical assistance to the Board as the 
Board determines to be necessary to carry out its du-
ties. 
(6) USE OF MAILS.—The Board may use the 
United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as Federal agencies and shall, for 
purposes of the frank, be considered a commission of 
Congress as described in section 3215 of title 39, 
United States Code. 
(7) SUPPORT
SERVICES.—Upon request of the 
Board, the Administrator of General Services shall 
provide to the Board on a reimbursable basis such ad-
ministrative support services as the Board may re-
quest. 
(8) PRINTING COSTS.—For purposes of costs re-
lating to printing and binding, including the cost of 
personnel detailed from the Government Publishing 
Office, the Board shall be deemed to be a committee 
of the Congress. 
(h) REPORTS.— 
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(1) 2020 CENSUS.—The Board shall transmit to 
the Congress— 
(A) interim reports, with the first such re-
port due by April 1, 2024; 
(B) additional reports, the first of which 
shall be due by February 1, 2025, the second of 
which shall be due by April 1, 2025, and subse-
quent reports at least semiannually thereafter; 
(C) a final report on the 2020 Census shall 
be due by September 1, 2025; and 
(D) any other reports which the Board or 
either co-chair considers appropriate. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
CENSUSES.—With respect to 
the 2030 decennial census of population and each de-
cennial census thereafter, the Board shall transmit to 
Congress— 
(A) an interim report due not later than 
September 1 of the second year following the 
year in which a decennial census occurs; and 
(B) a final report not later than September 
1 of the third year following the year in which 
a decennial census occurs; and 
(C) any other reports which the Board or 
either co-chair considers appropriate. 
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(3) FINAL REPORT CONTENTS.—A final report 
under paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(B) shall contain a de-
tailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the 
Board with respect to the matters described in sub-
section (c). 
(4) REPORT
CONTENTS.—In addition to any 
matter otherwise required under this subsection, each 
such report shall address, with respect to the period 
covered by such report— 
(A) the degree to which efforts of the Bureau 
of the Census to prepare to conduct the decennial 
census— 
(i) shall achieve maximum possible ac-
curacy at every level of geography; 
(ii) shall be taken by means of an enu-
meration process designed to count every in-
dividual possible; 
(iii) shall be free from political bias 
and arbitrary decisions; and 
(iv) comply with all legal and constitu-
tional requirements; and 
(B) efforts by the Bureau of the Census in-
tended to contribute to enumeration improve-
ment, specifically in connection with— 
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(i) computer modernization and the 
appropriate use of automation; 
(ii) address list development; 
(iii) outreach and promotion efforts at 
all levels designed to maximize response 
rates, especially among groups that have 
historically been undercounted (including 
measures undertaken in conjunction with 
local government and community and other 
groups); 
(iv) establishment and operation of 
field offices; and 
(v) efforts relating to the recruitment, 
hiring, and training of enumerators. 
(5) AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND INFORMATION.— 
Any data or other information obtained by the Board 
under this section shall be made available to any 
committee or subcommittee of Congress of appropriate 
jurisdiction upon request of the chair or ranking mi-
nority member of such committee or subcommittee. No 
such committee or subcommittee, or member thereof, 
shall disclose any information obtained under this 
paragraph which is submitted to it on a confidential 
basis unless the full committee determines that the 
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withholding of that information is contrary to the na-
tional interest. 
(6) USE
OF
CONTRACTORS.—The Board shall 
study and submit to Congress, as part of its first re-
port under paragraph (1)(A), its findings and rec-
ommendations as to the feasibility and desirability of 
using postal personnel or private contractors to help 
carry out the decennial census. 
(i) ACCURACY OF CENSUS.—To the extent practicable, 
members of the Board shall work to promote the most accu-
rate and complete decennial census possible by using their 
positions to publicize the need for full and timely responses 
to decennial census questionnaires. 
(j) LIMITATION ON BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No individual described in 
paragraph (2) may— 
(A) be appointed or serve as a member of 
the Board or as a member of the staff of the 
Board; or 
(B) enter into any contract with the Board. 
(2) INDIVIDUALS COVERED.—An individual de-
scribed in this paragraph is any individual who is 
serving or who has ever served— 
(A) as the Director of the Census; or 
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(B) with any committee or subcommittee of 
either House of Congress having jurisdiction over 
any aspect of the decennial census as— 
(i) a Member of Congress; or 
(ii) a congressional employee. 
(k) EXCEPTION FOR USE OF INFORMATION.—Section 
9(a) of title 13, United States Code, is amended in the mat-
ter before paragraph (1)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or section 210’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
section 210’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘1998 or’’ and inserting ‘‘1998,’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘, or sec-
tion 502 of the American Confidence in Elections 
Act’’. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for fiscal year 
2024 and each fiscal year thereafter to carry out this sec-
tion. 
TITLE VI—DISINFORMATION 
GOVERNANCE BOARD 
SEC. 601. TERMINATION OF THE DISINFORMATION GOV-
ERNANCE BOARD. 
The Disinformation Governance Board of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security is hereby terminated. 
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SEC. 602. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING SIMILAR BOARD OR 
SIMILAR ACTIVITIES. 
No Federal funds authorized to be appropriated or oth-
erwise made available may be used to establish any other 
entity that is substantially similar to the Disinformation 
Governance Board terminated by section 601 or to carry 
out activities that are substantially similar to the 
Disinformation Governance Board terminated by section 
601. 
TITLE VII—SEVERABILITY 
SEC. 701. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act, or the application of any such provision or 
amendment to any person or circumstance, is held to be 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, and the appli-
cation of such provision or amendment to any other person 
or circumstance, shall not be affected by the holding. 
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Union Calendar No. 825 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4563 
[Report No. 118–978, Part I] 
A BILL 
To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and 
faith in elections by removing Federal impedi-
ments to, equipping States with tools for, and es-
tablishing voluntary considerations to support ef-
fective State administration of Federal elections, 
improving election administration in the District 
of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of mili-
tary voting programs, enhancing election secu-
rity, and protecting political speech, and for 
other purposes. 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Reported from the Committee on House Administration 
with an amendment 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Science, 
Space, and Technology, Intelligence (Permanent Se-
lect), Homeland Security, Education and the Work-
force, Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, 
and Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
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