On January, 18, 2024, the U.S. House and Senate passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government, which the President is expected to sign into law. As a result, the Census Bureau will continue to be funded at its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 level through early March.
The CR continues with staggered deadlines of March 1 and March 8 for funding all Federal agencies (the prior deadlines were January 19 and February 2). The Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill, which funds the U.S. Census Bureau, will run out on the second deadline, March 8.
That gives census stakeholders more time to advocate for as much funding as possible in any final FY 2024 funding deal, which would hopefully be completed before March 8.
Census Project stakeholders sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittees urging that they provide the Census Bureau with the highest possible level of funding in FY 2024. The letter also asked them to oppose the inclusion of any proposals in the final measure that would use the Census Bureau as a funding offset.
The Census Project will keep stakeholders updated on progress on the FY 2024 CJS bill.
FY 2024 Census Funding Deadline Extended Until March 8, 2024
On January, 18, 2024, the U.S. House and Senate passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government, which the President is expected to sign into law. As a result, the Census Bureau will continue to be funded at its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 level through early March.
The CR continues with staggered deadlines of March 1 and March 8 for funding all Federal agencies (the prior deadlines were January 19 and February 2). The Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill, which funds the U.S. Census Bureau, will run out on the second deadline, March 8.
That gives census stakeholders more time to advocate for as much funding as possible in any final FY 2024 funding deal, which would hopefully be completed before March 8.
Census Project stakeholders sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittees urging that they provide the Census Bureau with the highest possible level of funding in FY 2024. The letter also asked them to oppose the inclusion of any proposals in the final measure that would use the Census Bureau as a funding offset.
The Census Project will keep stakeholders updated on progress on the FY 2024 CJS bill.
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