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(iv) comply with all legal and constitu-
tional requirements; and 
(B) efforts by the Bureau of the Census 
intended to contribute to enumeration improve-
ment, specifically in connection with— 
(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
INFORMA-
TION.—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 minority member of such committee or sub-
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committee. No such committee or subcommittee, or 
member thereof, shall disclose any information ob-
tained under this paragraph which is submitted to it 
on a confidential basis unless the full committee de-
termines that the withholding of that information is 
contrary to the national 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 prac-
ticable, members of the Board shall work to promote the 
most accurate 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. 
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(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 
(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.—Sec-
tion 9(a) of title 13, United States Code, is amended in 
the matter 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 ACE 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. 
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TITLE VI—DISINFORMATION 
GOVERNANCE BOARD 
SEC. 601. TERMINATION OF THE DISINFORMATION GOV-
ERNANCE BOARD. 
The Disinformation Governance Board of the De-
partment of Homeland Security is hereby terminated. 
SEC. 602. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING SIMILAR BOARD OR 
SIMILAR ACTIVITIES. 
No Federal funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise 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. 
Æ 
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