H.R. 1537 · 113th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Hakeem Jeffries
- Introduced
- 2013-04-12
- Latest action
- 2013-04-12 · Introduced in House
Summary
Requires the Secretary of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute an individual who is incarcerated in a state, federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.