[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9239 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9239

To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that response to the 
 American Community Survey shall be voluntary, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2024

 Mr. Bergman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that response to the 
 American Community Survey shall be voluntary, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Community Survey Choice 
Act'' or the ``ACS Choice Act''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY RESPONSE TO AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.

    Section 221 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) The penalty under subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
individual who refuses or willfully neglects to answer or otherwise 
respond to any question in the survey conducted by the Secretary of 
Commerce commonly referred to as the `American Community Survey' (or 
any successor survey).''.
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