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On Thursday, July 25, the Senate Appropriations Committee, by a vote of 26-3, approved its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill. (S. 4795) which funds, among other Federal agencies, the U.S. Census Bureau. In a Census Project blog, we reported that the bill recommends the Census Bureau receive $1,577,691,000, which, in an accompanying report, the Committee notes is $195.2 million above the agency�s FY 2024 enacted level and equal to the President�s budget request. The Committee�s recommended level is substantially higher than the level approved by the House Appropriations Committee, $1.354 billion, which is $28.5 million below the agency�s FY 2024 funding level. (Read more)
Blogs
August 7 – Business Community Rallies in Support of Census Survey Response
July 30 – Senate Appropriations Committee Advances FY 2025 Bill to Fund Census Bureau
July 29, 2024 – 2030 Census Advisory Committee Convenes Inaugural Meeting
July 18, 2024 – Congress Advances Legislation to Fund Census Bureau in Fiscal Year 2025
Press Releases
May 2, 2024 – Census Experts Release Plan to Enhance Nation’s Most Essential Data: Seven Actions to Save the American Community Survey
March 26, 2024 – The Census Project’s Co-Director Mary Jo Hoeksema Selected to 2030 Census Advisory Committee
March 12, 2024 – National Census Coalition Reacts to President Biden’s FY 2025 Budget for Census Bureau
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