HR 2084 United States House · 117th Congress

Common-Sense Census Act of 2021

Summary

Common-Sense Census Act of 2021 This bill provides for the collection of citizenship status information for the population of the United States. Specifically, the bill directs the Census Bureau to collect statistics on the citizenship status of persons permanently residing in the United States. Further, beginning with the questionnaire for the 2020 decennial census and thereafter, the Census Bureau must include a checkbox or other similar option for the respondent to indicate whether such individual, and each member of that individual's household, is a U.S. citizen or national. Additionally, the Department of Commerce must establish the Citizenship Data Interagency Working Group to develop and submit recommendations to maximize the percentage of the U.S. population about which Commerce has citizenship status information.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2021

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Introduced Mar 19, 2021 Last action Oct 19, 2021

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Committee

Oct 19, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

lower

Mar 19, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Mar 19, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors