Bill Text: IL HR0190 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the President of the United States to keep the administration of the United States census within the Department of Commerce and not under the direct management of the White House.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0190 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HR0190-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Bureau of the Census is charged by the United
States Constitution to make an actual enumeration of all
persons in the United States within every term of ten years;
and
WHEREAS, The apportionment of Representatives among the
several States to the Congress of the United States is charged
by the U.S. Constitution to be determined by the number of
persons established by the actual enumeration conducted by the
Bureau of the Census; and
WHEREAS, The apportionment of electors among the several
States that elect the President, together with the Vice
President of the United States, is charged by the Constitution
to be equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives
to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; and
WHEREAS, Congress has delegated authority to the Bureau of
the Census to conduct the decennial census and has established
that the Bureau of the Census is to be administered within and
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce; and
WHEREAS, Congress has further established that the
executive branch is limited to providing support for the Bureau

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of the Census in the form of information and resources; and
WHEREAS, Policy makers and planners of all levels of
government rely on these data to make important decisions
regarding government services, including the allocation of
federal funding; and
WHEREAS, The public has an interest in having an accurate
and unbiased census count that must be operated above the
suspicion of politics or presidential meddling; therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
urge the President of the United States to keep the
administration of the United States census within the
Department of Commerce and not under the direct management of
the White House; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the President of the United States.