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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6250 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to prohibit deceptive mail relating 
to the census, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2020 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Ms. ESHOO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to prohibit deceptive 
mail relating to the 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 ‘‘Census Form Integrity 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DECEPTIVE MAILINGS RELATING 
TO THE CENSUS. 
Section 3001(i) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section, and except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), any matter described in subparagraph (B) is 
nonmailable matter, shall not be carried or delivered 
by mail, and shall be disposed of as the Postal Serv-
ice directs. 
‘‘(B) Matter described in this subparagraph is 
any matter that is otherwise legally acceptable in the 
mails which constitutes a solicitation by a non-
governmental entity for information or the contribu-
tion of funds that— 
‘‘(i) bears the term ‘census’ on such mat-
ter, or on the envelope or outside cover or wrap-
per in which the matter is mailed; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) bears the term ‘official’, or any 
other language suggesting that a response is re-
quired or mandatory, on such matter, or on the 
envelope or outside cover or wrapper in which 
the matter is mailed; or 
‘‘(II) could be reasonably interpreted or 
construed as implying any Federal Government 
connection, approval, or endorsement. 
‘‘(C) This paragraph shall not apply to— 
‘‘(i) any matter mailed by a Federal agen-
cy; or 
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‘‘(ii) any matter, and the envelope or out-
side cover or wrapper in which such matter is 
mailed, that bears on its face in capital letters 
and in conspicuous and legible type the fol-
lowing notices: ‘THIS ORGANIZATION HAS 
NOT BEEN APPROVED OR ENDORSED 
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND 
THIS OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE BY 
AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.’ and ‘THIS IS NOT A GOVERN-
MENT DOCUMENT’, or notices to the same 
effect in words which the Postal Service may 
prescribe. 
‘‘(D) If the Postmaster General determines that 
matter has been placed in the mail in violation of 
this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) not later than 15 days after the date 
of such determination, the Postmaster General 
shall notify the Director of the Bureau of the 
Census, the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(ii) any mailing permit used by the non-
governmental entity that mailed such matter 
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shall be revoked for a period, to be determined 
by the Postmaster General, of up to 1 year be-
ginning on such date of determination.’’. 
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