HR0190 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Bureau of the Census is charged by the United States Constitution to make an actual enumeration of all persons in the United States within every term of ten years; and

WHEREAS, The apportionment of Representatives among the several States to the Congress of the United States is charged by the U.S. Constitution to be determined by the number of persons established by the actual enumeration conducted by the Bureau of the Census; and

WHEREAS, The apportionment of electors among the several States that elect the President, together with the Vice President of the United States, is charged by the Constitution to be equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; and

WHEREAS, Congress has delegated authority to the Bureau of the Census to conduct the decennial census and has established that the Bureau of the Census is to be administered within and under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce; and

WHEREAS, Congress has further established that the executive branch is limited to providing support for the Bureau of the Census in the form of information and resources; and

WHEREAS, Policy makers and planners of all levels of government rely on these data to make important decisions regarding government services, including the allocation of federal funding; and

WHEREAS, The public has an interest in having an accurate and unbiased census count that must be operated above the suspicion of politics or presidential meddling; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the President of the United States to keep the administration of the United States census within the Department of Commerce and not under the direct management of the White House; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the President of the United States.