Correct the Census Count Act

Bill: 115-hr-5454
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-10
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Congressional districts and representation

Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Correct the Census Count Act </strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute to an individual who is incarcerated in a correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5454 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2018 Mr. Clay introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Correct the Census Count Act . 2. Residence of incarcerated individuals Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: (g) (1) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial census of population, in taking any tabulation of total population by States under subsection (a) for purposes of the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, the Secretary shall, with respect to an individual incarcerated in a State, Federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken, attribute such individual to such individual’s last place of residence before incarceration. (2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with each State department of corrections to collect the information necessary to make the determination required under paragraph (1). .