[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5084 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.5084
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
four
An Act
To amend title 13, United States Code, to improve the accuracy of
census address lists, 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 ``Census Address List Improvement Act
of 1994''.
SEC. 2. ADDRESS INFORMATION REVIEWED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 13, United States Code, is
amended by adding after section 15 the following new section:
``Sec. 16. Address information reviewed by States and local governments
``(a) The Secretary, to assist efforts to ensure the accuracy of
censuses and surveys under this title, shall--
``(1) publish standards defining the content and structure of
address information which States and local units of general purpose
government may submit to the Secretary to be used in developing a
national address list;
``(2)(A) develop and publish a timetable for the Bureau to
receive, review, and respond to submissions of information under
paragraph (1) before the decennial census date; and
``(B) provide for a response by the Bureau with respect to such
submissions in which the Bureau specifies its determinations
regarding such information and the reasons for such determinations;
and
``(3) be subject to the review process developed under section
3 of the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994 relating to
responses pursuant to paragraph (2).
``(b)(1) The Secretary--
``(A) shall provide officials who are designated as census
liaisons by a local unit of general purpose government with access
to census address information for the purpose of verifying the
accuracy of the address information of the Bureau for census and
survey purposes; and
``(B) together with such access, should provide an explanation
of duties and obligations under this title.
``(2) Access under paragraph (1) shall be limited to address
information concerning addresses within the local unit of general
purpose government represented by the census liaison or an adjacent
local unit of general purpose government.
``(3) The Bureau should respond to each recommendation made by a
census liaison concerning the accuracy of address information,
including the determination (and reasons therefor) of the Bureau
regarding each such recommendation.
``(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), in a case in which a local
unit of general purpose government is within another local unit of
general purpose government and is not independent of the enclosing
unit, the census liaison shall be designated by the local unit of
general purpose government which is within the enclosing local unit of
general purpose government.
``(5) A census liaison may not use information made available under
paragraph (1) for any purpose other than the purpose specified in
paragraph (1).
``(c) For the purposes of this section--
``(1) the term `local unit of general purpose government' has
the meaning given such term by section 184(1) of this title; and
``(2) the term `State' includes the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any
other territory or possession of the United States.''.
(b) Confidentiality.--Section 9(a) of such title is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or local government census liaison,'' after
``thereof,''; and
(2) by inserting ``or 16'' after ``section 8''.
(c) Penalty.--Section 214 of such title is amended by inserting
``or whoever, being or having been a census liaison within the meaning
of section 16 of this title,'' after ``title,'' the second place it
appears.
(d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 15 the following:
``16. Address information reviewed by local governments.''.
SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF APPEALS PROCESS BY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE OFFICE
OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS.
The Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, acting through the Chief Statistician and in consultation with
the Bureau of the Census, shall develop an appeals process for those
States and local units of general purpose government which desire to
appeal determinations of the Bureau of the Census pursuant to section
16(a)(2) or (b)(3) of title 13, United States Code. Appeals under such
process shall be resolved before the decennial census date. The Chief
Statistician shall publish the proposed appeals process for a period of
public comment before finalizing such process.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO SHARE ADDRESS
LISTS.
Section 412 of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking out ``Except'' and all that follows through
``law,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``(a) Except as specifically
provided by subsection (b) or other law,''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) The Postal Service shall provide to the Secretary of Commerce
for use by the Bureau of the Census such address information, address-
related information, and point of postal delivery information,
including postal delivery codes, as may be determined by the Secretary
to be appropriate for any census or survey being conducted by the
Bureau of the Census. The provision of such information under this
subsection shall be in accordance with such mutually agreeable terms
and conditions, including reimbursability, as the Postal Service and
the Secretary of Commerce shall deem appropriate.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.