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House Calendar No. 149 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 877 
[Report No. 115–705] 
Of inquiry directing the Secretary of Commerce to provide certain documents 
in the Secretary’s possession to the House of Representatives relating 
to the decision to include a question on citizenship in the 2020 decennial 
census of population. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2018 
Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
CLAY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. SOTO, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CORREA, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. RASKIN, 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
COOPER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KILDEE, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. NOLAN, 
Ms. GABBARD, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali-
fornia, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MICHELLE 
LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Ms. MENG, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. VELA, Mr. SIRES, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. 
BASS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. BROWN of 
Maryland, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. 
LEE, Mr. KIHUEN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ELLISON, and Ms. SA´NCHEZ) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform 
MAY 24, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MAX-
INE WATERS of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New 
Mexico, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. LANGEVIN, and Ms. LOFGREN 
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MAY 24, 2018 
Reported adversely from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry directing the Secretary of Commerce to provide 
certain documents in the Secretary’s possession to the 
House of Representatives relating to the decision to in-
clude a question on citizenship in the 2020 decennial 
census of population. 
Resolved, That the Secretary of Commerce is directed 
to transmit to the House of Representatives, not later 
than 14 days after the adoption of this resolution, copies 
of any document, record, memo, correspondence, or other 
communication, or any portion of any such communica-
tion, that refers or relates to the following: 
(1) The addition of a question on citizenship to 
the 2020 decennial census of population, including 
communications within the Bureau of the Census, 
communications with other executive agencies, and 
communications with organizations and individuals 
outside of the United States Government. 
(2) The December 12, 2017, letter from Arthur 
E. Gary, General Counsel, Justice Management Di-
vision, U.S. Department of Justice, to Ron Jarmin, 
Acting Director, Bureau of the Census. 
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House Calendar No. 149 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 877 
[Report No. 115–705] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry directing the Secretary of Commerce to 
provide certain documents in the Secretary’s pos-
session to the House of Representatives relating 
to the decision to include a question on citizen-
ship in the 2020 decennial census of population. 
MAY 24, 2018 
Reported adversely from the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
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