S.677: A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of certain overseas Americans in the decennial census, and for other purposes.

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about government operations and politics
  • Introduced March 30, 2011
  • Latest Major Action March 30, 2011

Bill Summary

Requires the Secretary of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census of population, to take measures in tabulating total population by state for purposes of apportionment of Representatives in Congress to ensure that all U.S. citizens temporarily living abroad on the census date are fully and accurately counted and properly attributed to the last state in which they were domiciled before leaving the United States. Requires such...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
March 30, 2011

Introduced in the Senate by Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

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