US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 57 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-08-29 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Pending: Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Encourages: (1) the people of the United States to respond to all census surveys conducted by the Bureau of the Census; and (2) the Bureau of the Census to provide households and businesses with information regarding the community, economic, and fiscal benefits to be gained from participation in the American Community Survey and the Economic Census, to use the most current methodologies and technologies to reduce the burden of responding to the Census, and to continue to innovate its methods, processes, and products.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the census surveys and the information derived from those surveys are crucial to the national welfare.

Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-08-29	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
2012-08-02	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5994-5995)

HCR136 (Same As) 2012-08-03 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1443)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/57/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/sconres57/BILLS-112sconres57is.pdf