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 PUBLIC LAW 94-521—OCT. 17, 1976

90 STAT. 2461

(b) The table of sections of chapter 1 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by striking out— "8. Certified copies of certain returns; other data; restriction on use; disposition of fees received."

and inserting in lieu thereof— "8. Authenticated transcripts or copies of certain returns; other data; restriction on use; disposition of fees received."

SEC. 7. (a) Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, relating to censuses of population, unemployment, and housing, is amended to read as follows: "§ 141. Population and other census information " (a) The Secretary shall, in the year 1980 and every 10 years there- Decennial census. after, take a decennial census of population as of the first day of April of such year, which date shall be known as the 'decennial census date', in such form and content as he may determine, including the use of sampling procedures and special surveys. In connection with any such census, the Secretary is authorized to obtain such other census information as necessary. "(b) The tabulation of total population by States under subsection Report to (a) of this section as required for the apportionment of Representa- President. tives in Congress among the several States shall be completed within 9 months after the census date and reported by the Secretary to the President of the United States. "(c) The officers or public bodies having initial responsibility for the legislative appoitionment or districting of each State may, not later than 3 years before the decennial census date, submit to the Secretary a plan identifying the geographic areas for which specific tabulations of population are desired. Each such plan shall be developed in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary, which he shall furnish to such officers or public bodies not later than April 1 of the fourth year preceding the decennial census date. Such criteria shall include requirements which assure that such plan shall be developed in a nonpartisan manner. Should the Secretary find that a plan submitted by such officers or public bodies does not meet the criteria established by him, he shall consult to the extent necessary with such officers or public bodies in order to achieve the alterations in such plan that he deems necessary to bring it into accord with such criteria. Any issues with respect to such plan remaining unresolved after such consultation shall be resolved by the Secretary, and in all cases he shall have final authority for determining the geographic format of such plan. Tabulations of population for the areas identified in any plan approved by the Secretary shall be completed by him as expeditiously as possible after the decennial census date and reported to the Governor of the State involved and to the officers or public bodies having responsibility for legislative apportionment or districting of such State, except that such tabulations of population of each State requesting a tabulation plan, and basic tabulations of population of each other State, shall, in any event, be completed, reported, and transmitted to each respective State within one year after the decennial census date. "(d) Without regard to subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this sec- Mid-decade tion, the Secretary, in the year 1985 and every 10 years thereafter, census, shall conduct a mid-decade census of population in such form and content as he may determine, including the use of sampling procedures and special surveys, taking into account the extent to which information to be obtained from such census will serve in lieu of information

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