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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8593 
To direct the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to develop a plan 
to collect and publish statistics regarding the Territories of the United 
States in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported by 
Federal agencies for the several States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2022 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to 
develop a plan to collect and publish statistics regarding 
the Territories of the United States in the same manner 
as statistics are collected and reported by Federal agen-
cies for the several States, 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 ‘‘Territories Statistics 
Collection Equity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUDING U.S. TERRITORIES IN FEDERAL STATIS-
TICAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the Inter-
agency Council on Statistical Policy shall publish a list 
and assessment of existing Federal statistical programs 
that collect and publish data for the U.S. Territories com-
parable to the several States. The assessment under this 
subsection shall include the following: 
(1) For each statistical program where a com-
parable program for the U.S. Territories does not 
exist, an explanation as to why the program does not 
include the U.S. Territories. 
(2) Impediments to data collection, analysis, 
and publishing with respect to the U.S. Territories. 
(3) A detailed description of the level of local 
government participation required in Federal statis-
tical programs. 
(b) PLAN.—Not later than 12 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the head of the Interagency 
Council on Statistical Policy shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate a plan to collect and publish statis-
tics regarding the U.S. Territories in the same manner 
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as statistics are collected and reported by Federal agencies 
for the several States. The plan shall include— 
(1) recommendations for including the U.S. 
Territories in Federal statistical programs; and 
(2) cost estimates for Federal and local govern-
ments for necessary changes to implement the rec-
ommendations under paragraph (1). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 12 months there-
after until the plan is fully implemented, the head of the 
Interagency Council on Statistical Policy shall submit to 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that includes— 
(1) a description of the plan developed under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) information on the implementation of such 
plan. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 4 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the 
Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, in coordination 
with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall fully 
implement the plan developed under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 3. U.S. TERRITORIES DEFINED. 
For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘U.S. Terri-
tories’’ means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the 
Virgin Islands of the United States. 
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