US SB1084 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 20 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-09 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to include in any questionnaire used in a decennial census to determine state populations an option for respondents to indicate Dominican extraction or descent.

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Title

A bill to require that, in the questionnaires used in the taking of any decennial census of population, a checkbox or other similar option be included so that respondents may indicate Dominican extraction or descent.

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-06-09 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
2009-05-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Same As/Similar To

HB1504 (Same As) 2009-05-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
HB2071 (Related) 2009-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
SB1083 (Related) 2009-06-09 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.

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