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H.R. 4720 (100th)
A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of members of the uniformed services and civilian employees of the Government assigned to posts of duty outside the United States, and their dependents, in censuses of population for purposes of the apportionment of Representatives in Congress.
Introduced
1 June 1988
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Status
Failed of Passage in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 93 - 317 (Record Vote No: 361).
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Summary
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that no member of the armed forces, civilian employee of the United States, or dependent of such member or employee is excluded from any decennial census based on such member or employee being assigned to a post outside the United States.
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1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 1 June 1988
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4720
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/hr/4720