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H.R. 1537

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To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration.
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Committee
Latest Action · April 12, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Congress
113th (2013–2015)
Introduced
April 12, 2013
Sponsor
Rep. Hakeem JeffriesD
Cosponsors (6)
6D 0R
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Requires the Secretary of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute an individual who is incarcerated in a state, federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.

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