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 PUBLIC LAW 94-311—JUNE 16, 1976

90 STAT. 689

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that, in the Bureau of the Census data-collection activities, the needs and concerns of the Spanish-origin population are given full recognition through the use of Spanish language questionnaires, bilingual enumerators, and other such methods as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. SEC. 6. The Department of Commerce shall implement an affirmative action program within the Bureau of the Census for the employment of personnel of Spanish origin or descent and shall submit a report to Congress within one year of the enactment of this Act on the progress of such program.

13 USC 141 note,

Approved June 16, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-190 (Coram, on Post Office and Civil Service). SENATE REPORT No. 94-896 (Coram, on Post Office and Civil Service). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 121 (1975): Oct. 29, considered and passed House. Vol. 122 (1976): May 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. June 7, House concurred in Senate amendments. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: Vol. 12, No. 25 (1976): June 16, Presidential statement.

Affirmative action program, ^^P^rt to V3'n^r*22 note

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