Correct the Census Count Act

Bill: 116-hr-794
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-25
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Congressional districts and representation

Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-25
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 an individual incarcerated in a correctional center to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 794 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 25, 2019 Mr. Clay introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 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). .