This bill authorizes the President to temporarily suspend activities relating to the 2020 decennial census of population. Specifically, the President may suspend census activities, including in-person interviews and reporting deadlines, until the earlier of the date on which the President determines that the threat of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) has subsided such that a suspension is no longer necessary; or the national emergency declared on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID-19 is terminated.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Government Operations and Politics
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCensus and government statisticsEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesInfectious and parasitic diseasesPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
To allow the President to temporarily suspend activities relating to the 2020 decennial census of population, and for other purposes.
USA116th CongressHR-6446| House
| Updated: 4/3/2020
This bill authorizes the President to temporarily suspend activities relating to the 2020 decennial census of population. Specifically, the President may suspend census activities, including in-person interviews and reporting deadlines, until the earlier of the date on which the President determines that the threat of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) has subsided such that a suspension is no longer necessary; or the national emergency declared on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID-19 is terminated.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCensus and government statisticsEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesInfectious and parasitic diseasesPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents