Metropolitan Statistical Area Preservation Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2057 To appropriately limit the size of the population required for urban areas of metropolitan statistical areas. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 15, 2021 Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. KELLY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To appropriately limit the size of the population required for urban areas of metropolitan statistical areas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Metropolitan Statis- 4 tical Area Preservation Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. POPULATION OF URBAN AREAS. 6 Section 3504 of title 44, United States Code, is 7 amended by adding at the end the following: 8 ‘‘(l) In implementing subsection (e)(3), the Direc- 9 tor— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2057.IS S2057 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2057 IS ‘‘(1) shall not establish, for purposes of desig- 1 nating areas as metropolitan statistical areas, or any 2 successor thereto, a minimum population for the 3 urban area of such a metropolitan statistical area 4 that is more than 50,000; and 5 ‘‘(2) may, only for statistical purposes, and in 6 addition to the minimum population for urban areas 7 described in paragraph (1), establish other statistical 8 area designations with minimum population require- 9 ments for urban areas that are higher than the min- 10 imum population for an urban area described in 11 paragraph (1).’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2057.IS S2057 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS