Correct the Census Count Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 794 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, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 25, 2019 Mr. CLAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decen- nial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘Correct the Census 4 Count Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. RESIDENCE OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 6 Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 7 amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:07 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H794.IH H794 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 794 IH (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub- 1 section (h); and 2 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol- 3 lowing: 4 ‘‘(g)(1) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial 5 census of population, in taking any tabulation of total pop- 6 ulation by States under subsection (a) for purposes of the 7 apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the 8 several States, the Secretary shall, with respect to an indi- 9 vidual incarcerated in a State, Federal, county, or munic- 10 ipal correctional center as of the date on which such cen- 11 sus is taken, attribute such individual to such individual’s 12 last place of residence before incarceration. 13 ‘‘(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 14 shall consult with each State department of corrections to 15 collect the information necessary to make the determina- 16 tion required under paragraph (1).’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:07 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H794.IH H794 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS