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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt regular order in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations process. Throughout May, members of the House and Senate deliberated how to proceed. At press time, leaders in the House and Senate had announced their intentions to consider or “mark up” FY 2021 appropriations bills in late June through early July. No word yet on when the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, which funds the Census Bureau, will be considered within this time frame. (Read more)
Blogs
June 3, 2020 – Prominent Rapper Urges Rioters to Instead Respond to the 2020 Census
May 22, 2020 – Getting Out the Native American Count During the COVID-19 Crisis
May 21, 2020 – Census Bureau Transparency Urged to Help GOTC
May 20, 2020 – FY21 Funding “Top Doc”
May 19, 2020 – States Worried About 2020 Census Impact from Delays and Differential Privacy
May 8, 2020 – Senators Appeal to Leadership for Additional 2020 Census Funding
Press Releases
May 20, 2020 – Broad Array of Census Stakeholders Tell Congress Census Bureau Needs More Funding to Address COVID-19 Disruption
February 10, 2020 – New Study Identifies Each State’s Share of $1.5 Trillion in Annual Census-driven Federal Funding: Eleven Receive Over $40 Billion Apiece
December 17, 2019 – Final FY2020 Appropriations Legislation Includes $6.7 Billion for 2020 Census
December 9, 2019 – 200+ Organizations Implore Congress to Fully Fund the 2020 Census
November 26, 2019 – Americans Showing Higher Willingness to Be Counted in 2020 Census, But Distrust of Federal Government Creating Strong Headwinds
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