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MI HR0278
Resolution
Status
Introduced
5/23/2012
Primary Sponsor
Ed McBroom
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AI Summary
- Memorializes Congress to enact legislation making participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except for basic information.
- Notes the American Community Survey replaced the long-form decennial census questionnaire and collects detailed information on residents' finances, health, education, housing conditions, and household relationships.
- States current law requires full responses to the survey with penalties for noncompliance, which some view as a privacy invasion.
- References pending congressional legislation H.R. 931 that would establish voluntary participation while maintaining the survey program.
- Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
A resolution to memorialize Congress to enact legislation to make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary.
Congress
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Oversight, Reform, And Ethics
5/23/2012
Committee Referrals
Oversight, Reform, And Ethics5/23/2012
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