H.R. 868: To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census.
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H.R. 868: To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census.
112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-02 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census.
Plain summary
Requires the Secretary of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census of population, to take measures in tabulating total population by state for purposes of apportionment of Representatives in Congress to ensure that all Americans residing abroad on the census date are fully and accurately counted and properly attributed to their respective states. Requires such measures to include methods: (1) by which administrative records of a nongovernmental organization may be used to enumerate organization members residing overseas as of the census date if such records satisfy the Secretary's criteria, and (2) under which an international "Be Counted" form may be completed at a U.S. embassy by Americans residing overseas.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr868.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr868 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112