Authorizing Moderated Enumeration Responses Including Citizenship Acquisition Act or the AMERICA Act
This bill makes the penalty for refusing or neglecting to answer a decennial census question apply only to the extent necessary to allow the federal government to obtain the information needed for its enumeration of: (1) the population, as required by the Constitution; and (2) its citizen and noncitizen populations.
Only questions included on a decennial census short form regarding enumeration of household and citizenship status shall be considered necessary to permit such an enumeration.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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