[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 794 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 794

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2019

   Mr. Clay introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 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.

    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 ``Correct the Census Count Act''.

SEC. 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).''.
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