US Congress House Bill 5046 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-05-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Census Clarification and Privacy Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to include on the front of the questionnaire used in the decennial census and on the American Community Survey a statement that constitutionally, the recipient is only required to provide the number of individuals living in his or her residence and that all other questions are optional. Applies penalties for failing or neglecting to answer census or Survey questions only to an individual who: (1) willfully gives a false answer; or (2) refuses or willfully neglects to answer a question regarding the number of persons living in such individual's residence.

Census Clarification and Privacy Act

Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-26		Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
2010-04-15		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5046/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr5046/BILLS-111hr5046ih.pdf