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H.R. 92 (eh) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 251 North Main Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the ``Hiram H. Ward Federal Building and United States Courthouse''. [Engrossed in House] ...
Union Calendar No. 53
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 929
[Report No. 106-96]
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that the
questionnaire used in taking the 2000 decennial census be made
available in certain languages besides English.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 2, 1999
Mr. Miller of Florida (for himself, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Davis of
Virginia, and Mr. Souder) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Government Reform
April 19, 1999
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that the
questionnaire used in taking the 2000 decennial census be made
available in certain languages besides English.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``2000 Census Language Barrier Removal
Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 13, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 17. Requirement relating to census questionnaires
``(a) The Secretary shall design and carry out a program under
which--
``(1) the short form used in taking the 2000 decennial
census shall, in addition to being printed in English, be
prepared in each of the alternative versions described in
subsection (b);
``(2) upon request, a household shall, instead of receiving
the printed English version of that short form, be sent the
alternative version (described in subsection (b)) specified in
its request; and
``(3) those alternative versions shall otherwise be made
available to the public in such manner as will, in the judgment
of the Secretary, most effectively enhance response rates in
the 2000 decennial census.
``(b) The versions described in this subsection are Arabic,
Armenian, Bengali, Cambodian, Chinese, Creole, Czech, Dutch, Farsi,
French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,
Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian,
Vietnamese, Yiddish, and such other languages as the Secretary
considers appropriate, as well as braille (for at least English).
``(c) For purposes of this Act--
``(1) the term `decennial census' means a decennial census
of population conducted under section 141(a); and
``(2) the term `short form' refers to the short form of the
questionnaire used in taking a decennial census.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 5 of title
13, United States Code, is amended by striking ``title.'' and inserting
``title, subject to section 17.''.
(2) The table of sections for subchapter I of chapter 1 of title
13, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to
section 16 the following:
``17. Requirement relating to census questionnaires.''.
Union Calendar No. 53
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 929
[Report No. 106-96]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that the
questionnaire used in taking the 2000 decennial census be made
available in certain languages besides English.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 19, 1999
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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