Statistical Area Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-372
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-02-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Commuting

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Labor market

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Statistical Area Fairness Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Office of Management and Budget from including a county with a large federal installation in a core-based statistical area on the basis of employment in that county of residents of the central county or counties of the core-based statistical area. Core-based statistical areas are delineated based on census data and include metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 372 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 7, 2019 Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Crapo ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To appropriately limit the impact of the presence of large Federal installations in the delineation of core based statistical areas.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Statistical Area Fairness Act of 2019 . 2. Limits in delineation of core based statistical areas (a) Definition In this section, the term large Federal installation means a parcel of Federal land— (1) that has an area of not less than 500 miles; and (2) on which a Federal facility (as defined in section 930 of title 18, United States Code) is situated. (b) Purposes The purposes of this section are— (1) to account for the impact that large Federal installations have on rural counties in which they are based; and (2) to ensure that rural counties with large Federal installations within their borders are not negatively affected by core based statistical area designations. (c) Limitation In delineating core based statistical areas, the Office of Management and Budget shall not include a county in which a large Federal installation is located in a core based statistical area on the basis of the percentage of the employment in that county that is accounted for by workers who reside in the central county or counties of the core based statistical area, as determined by the Office of Management and Budget.