119-s265

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 265 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 265

 To provide that participation in the American Community Survey is 
 voluntary.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 28, 2025

 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Daines, and 
 Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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 A BILL

 To provide that participation in the American Community Survey is 
 voluntary.

 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 ``Freedom from Government Surveys 
Act''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY NATURE OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.

    (a) No Penalty for Failure To Respond.--

Section 221 of title 13, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (d) Voluntary Nature of American Community Survey.--Subsection

    (a) shall not apply to any person who refuses or neglects to answer any 
question on the American Community Survey (or any successor survey).''.

    (b) Clarification of Voluntary Nature on Survey.--

Section 193 of 
title 13, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) by striking ``In advance'' and inserting the following:
 ``

    (a) In General.--In advance''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (b) Clarification of Voluntary Nature of American Community 
Survey.--The Secretary shall include on the American Community Survey 
(or any successor survey) a statement that participation in the survey 
is voluntary.''.
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