Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994
PL 103-430 (H.R.5084), enacted 10/31/1994

PUBLIC LAW 103-430—OCT. 31, 1994 
108 STAT. 4393 
Public Law 103-430 
103d Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to improve the accuracy of census address 
lists, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Census Address List Improvement 
Act of 1994". 
SEC. 2. ADDRESS 
INFORMATION REVIEWED BY LOCAL 
GOVERN-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 13, United States Code, 
is amended by adding sifter section 15 the following new section: 
"§16. Address information reviewed by States and local 
governments 
"(a) The Secretary, to assist efforts to ensure the accuracy 
of censuses and surveys under this title, shall— 
"(1) pubUsh standards defining the content and structure 
of address information which States and local imits of general 
purpose government may submit to the Secretary to be used 
in developing a national address Ust; 
"(2)(A) develop and pubUsh a timetable for the Bureau 
to receive, review, and respond to submissions of information 
under paragraph (1) before the decennial census date; and 
"(B) provide for a response by the Bureau with respect 
to such submissions in which the Biu^au specifies its deter-
minations regarding such information and the reasons for such 
determinations; andf 
"(3) be subject to the review process developed under section 
3 of the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994 relating 
to responses piu*suant to pEiragraph (2). 
"(b)(1) The Secretary— 
"(A) shall provide ofiicials who are designated as census 
haisons by a local unit of general purpose government with 
access to census address information for the purpose of verifying 
the accuracy of the address information of the Bureau for 
census and survey purposes; and 
"(B) together with such access, should provide an expla-
nation of duties and obUgations under this titie. 
"(2) Access imder paragraph (1) shall be hmited to address 
information concerning addresses within the local unit of general 
purpose government represented by the census haison or an adja-
cent localunit of general purpose government. 
Oct. 31, 1994 
[H.R. 5084] 
Census Address 
List 
Improvement 
Act of 1994. 
13 u s e 1 note. 
Publication. 
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"(3) The Bureau should respond to each recommendation made 
by a census lisiison concerning the accuracy of address information, 
including the determination (and reasons therefor) of the Bureau 
regarding each such recommendation. 
"(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), in a case in which 
a local unit of general purpose government is within another local 
unit of general purpose government and is not independent of 
the enclosing unit, the census Uaison shall be designated by the 
local unit of general purpose government which is within the enclos-
ing local unit of general purpose government. 
"(5) A census liaison may not use information made available 
under paragraph (1) for any purpose other than the purpose speci-
fied in paragraph (1). 
"(c) For the purposes of this section— 
"(1) the term local unit of general purpose government' 
has the meaning given such term by section 184(1) of this 
title; and 
"(2) the term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the CommonweEilth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin 
Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United 
States.". 
13 use 9. 
(b) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Section 9(a) of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting "or local government census haison," after 
"thereof, ; and 
(2) by inserting "or 16" after "section 8". 
13 use 214. 
(c) PENALTY.—Section 214 of such titie is amended by inserting 
"or whoever, being or having been a census Uaison within the 
meaning of section 16 of this titie," after "titie," the second place 
it appe£irs. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 1 of such titie is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 15 the following: 
"16. Address information reviewed by local governments.". 
13 u s e 16 note. 
SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF APPEALS PROCESS BY ADMINISTRATOR OF 
TEIE OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS. 
The Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, acting through the Chief Statistician and in consultation 
with the Bureau of me Census, shall develop an appeals process 
for those States and local units of general purpose government 
which desire to appeal determinations of the Bureau of the Census 
pursuant to section 16(a)(2) or (b)(3) of titie 13, United States 
Code. Appeals under such process shall be resolved before the 
Publication. 
decennial census date. The Chief Statistician shall pubUsh the 
E
reposed appeals process for a period of pubHc comment before 
nalizing such process. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO SHARE 
ADDRESS LISTS. 
Section 412 of titie 39, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "Except" and all that foUows through 
"law," and inserting in lieu mereof "(a) Except as specifically 
provided by subsection (b) or other law,"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(b) The Postal Service shall provide to the Secretary of Com-
merce for use by the Bureau of the Census such address informa-
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tion, address-related information, and point of postal delivery 
information, including postal delivery codes, as may be determined 
by the Secretary to be appropriate for any census or survey being 
conducted by tne Bureau oi the Census. The provision of such 
information under this subsection shall be in accordance with such 
mutuEilly agreeable terms and conditions, including reimbursability, 
as the Postal Service and the Secretary of Commerce shall deem 
appropriate.". 
Approved October 31, 1994. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5084: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 140 (1994): 
Oct. 3, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 6, considered and passed Senate.