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Union Calendar No. 353 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8326 
[Report No. 117–456] 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to improve the operations of the 
Bureau of the Census, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2022 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 
Additional sponsor: Mr. CONNOLLY 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 11, 2022] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to improve the 
operations of the Bureau of the Census, and for other 
purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Ensuring a Fair and 
Accurate Census Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN BUREAU OF THE CEN-
SUS AUTHORITIES. 
(a) BUDGET REQUESTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of 
title 13, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 13 the following: 
‘‘§ 14. Budget requests 
‘‘(a) With respect to the budget request of the Bureau 
for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter sub-
mitted to the President for inclusion in the annual budget 
submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Secretary 
shall include in such request the estimated costs of carrying 
out the duties of the Bureau during the five-year period 
beginning on the fiscal year covered by such request. 
‘‘(b) On the date that the estimate of costs are sub-
mitted to the President under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall submit such estimate to the Committee on Oversight 
and Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, the Committees on the Budget of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for such subchapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 13 the following new 
item: 
‘‘14. Budget requests.’’. 
(b) FOR-CAUSE REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR; DUTIES.— 
Section 21 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting after ‘‘the 
President’’ the following: ‘‘only for inefficiency, ne-
glect of duty, or malfeasance in office’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall perform 
such duties as may be imposed upon the Director by 
law, regulations, or orders of the Secretary. The Di-
rector shall report directly to the Deputy Secretary of 
Commerce. 
‘‘(2) DECENNIAL CENSUS.—Any operational, sta-
tistical, or technical decision for any decennial census 
of population may be made only by the Director.’’. 
(c) ADVISORY COMMITTEES; DEPUTY DIRECTOR.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 21 of title 13, United 
States Code, as amended by subsection (b), is further 
amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘du-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘Deputy Director; ad-
visory committees’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Bureau 
a single Deputy Director of the Bureau, to be ap-
pointed by the Director. The position of Deputy Di-
rector shall be a career reserved position (as that term 
is defined in section 3132(a)(8) of title 5). The Dep-
uty Director shall be selected from among any career 
appointee (as that term is defined in section 
3132(a)(4) of such title) at any agency. The indi-
vidual appointed to the position of Deputy Director 
shall possess knowledge of, or experience in, the work 
of the Bureau, and possess experience in relevant 
fields, including demography, economics, survey meth-
odology, statistics, or data science. 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Deputy Director shall 
perform such functions as the Director shall des-
ignate. During any absence or disability of the Direc-
tor, the Deputy Director shall act as Director. 
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‘‘(3) VACANCY.—In the event of a vacancy in the 
office of Director, or when the Director is absent or 
unable to serve, the Deputy Director shall act as Di-
rector until a Director is appointed. If no individual 
is serving as Deputy Director, the highest level career 
employee of the Bureau shall act as Director until a 
Deputy Director or Director is appointed. This para-
graph shall serve as the exclusive means of desig-
nating an acting Director. 
‘‘(e) ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—In accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), 
and subject to paragraph (2), the Director may estab-
lish advisory committees to provide advice with re-
spect to the mission of the Bureau. Members of any 
such committee, including a committee established 
under paragraph (2), shall serve without compensa-
tion, but shall be entitled to transportation expenses 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence in accordance 
with section 5703 of title 5. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(A) BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE
ON
STATISTICAL
QUALITY
STAND-
ARDS.—The Director shall appoint a committee, 
to be known as the ‘Advisory Committee on Sta-
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tistical Quality Standards’, composed of five 
members to review and provide recommendations 
on the statistical quality standards of the Bu-
reau that guide the production and release of all 
Bureau decennial census products. 
‘‘(B) NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND 
SCIENTIFIC
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—There are 
hereby established the Bureau of the Census Sci-
entific Advisory Committee and the Census Bu-
reau National Advisory Committee on Racial, 
Ethnic, and Other Populations, as described in 
the charters for each such committee published 
on March 15, 2022, and March 23, 2022, respec-
tively, or any subsequent charters. Such advisory 
committees shall operate under the terms and 
conditions set forth in the applicable charter. 
‘‘(C) 2030 CENSUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
The Director shall appoint an advisory com-
mittee, substantially similar to the 2010 Census 
Advisory Committee, consisting of up to 20 
member organizations to address policy, re-
search, and technical issues related to the design 
and implementation of the 2030 decennial census 
and the American Community Survey.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter II of chapter 1 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 21 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘21. Director of the Census; Deputy Director; advisory committees.’’. 
(d) POSITION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 22 of title 13, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘All permanent’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—All permanent’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) POSITIONS.—Each position within the Bureau 
shall be a career position within the civil service, except 
for the position of the Director and not more than two other 
positions.’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DE-
CENNIAL CENSUS. 
Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
(i); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF SUBJECTS, TYPES 
OF INFORMATION, AND QUESTIONS.—In the 2030 de-
cennial census of population and each decennial cen-
sus thereafter, the Secretary may not include any sub-
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ject, type of information, or question that was not 
submitted to Congress in accordance with subsection 
(f). 
‘‘(2) BIANNUAL REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than April 1 of the calendar year beginning after 
the date of enactment of the Ensuring a Fair 
and Accurate Census Act and biannually there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report that— 
‘‘(i) describes each component of the 
operational plan for the subsequent decen-
nial census of population; and 
‘‘(ii) includes a detailed statement on 
the status of all research, testing, and oper-
ations that are part of the Bureau’s com-
prehensive plan for the decennial census. 
‘‘(B) INTERNET PUBLICATION.—On the date 
on which the Secretary submits a report under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall publish 
the report on the public internet website of the 
Bureau. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, upon 
the date of submission of the report required by 
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subsection (f)(2), shall submit, to the committees 
of Congress having legislative jurisdiction over 
the census, a certification stating that any ques-
tion that has not appeared on the previous two 
decennial censuses has been researched, studied, 
and tested according to established statistical 
policies and procedures. 
‘‘(B) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 6 
months after the Secretary submits a certifi-
cation under paragraph (2), the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall review such 
certification and submit a report to Congress on 
whether the questions to be included in the cen-
sus have been researched, studied, and tested ac-
cording to established statistical policies and 
procedures.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘DEFINITION.—’’ before ‘‘As used in’’. 
SEC. 4. DECENNIAL CENSUS LIFECYCLE COST ESTIMATES. 
Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, as amend-
ed by section 3, is further amended by inserting after sub-
section (g) the following: 
‘‘(h) LIFECYCLE COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTIMATE.—Not later than January 1, 
2026, and every ten years thereafter, the Director 
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‘‘(C) An explanation of any differences in 
budgetary resources between the amount re-
quested in the President’s annual budget request 
and the lifecycle cost estimate, as updated by this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(3) COMMITTEES.—The committees described in 
this paragraph are the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 353 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8326 
[Report No. 117–456] 
A BILL 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to improve 
the operations of the Bureau of the Census, and 
for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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