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ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bowman, the Board unanimously tabled <br />this item until the meeting of February 2, 1988. <br />DISCUSSION RE REQUEST FROM NACo RE LEGISLATION TO CORRECT CENSUS <br />UNDERCOUNT <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 1/11/88: <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />NACO Alert <br />4-1 <br />NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIESEN <br />44O First St. N.W., Washington, D.G 20001 202/393422C% <br />Staff Contact: Heron > tittle <br />Chief Elected Officials in Select States R• 144/g8 <br />NACo Board of Directors <br />State Association Executives <br />Intergovernmental Relations Steering <br />Washington County Representatives <br />John Thomas, Executive Director <br />January 11, 1988 <br />Legislation to Correct Census Undercount <br />$Y' c j a <br />Committee <br />DISTRIBUTION LIST <br />Commissioners <br />Administrator — i7— <br />Attorney <br />Personnel <br />Public Works <br />-------------------------------��--��-------Lcssuat++ttEy-8etir. <br />Utilities <br />Finance <br />Please urge your Representative and Senators to cosponsor A.R.' <br />3511 and S.1942 which would require the Census Bureau to correct <br />the undercount and overcount in the 1990 decennial census. <br />IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED <br />BACKGROUND <br />Legislation has been introduced in the House and Senate to <br />require the Census Bureau to correct the 1990 census for the <br />undercount of minorities, rural populations and other groups <br />that historically are hard to enumerate and to adjust the <br />overcount. Even though the Census Bureau acknowledges the <br />problem and statistical experts agree that technology to improve <br />the accuracy of the census exists, the Commerce Department <br />recently announced that it would not correct the 1990 census. <br />H.R. 3511 and S.1942 would require a correction, but give the <br />Census Bureau discretion in selecting the statistical method. <br />Rep. Mervyn Dymally (D -Calif.), is the sponsor of H.R. 3511 which <br />has 57 cosponsors. Rep. Dymally is circulating a "Dear <br />Colleague" this week in order to gain more House cosponsors. The <br />House Subcommittee on Census and Population is expected to mark- <br />up H.R. 3511 in February. It then will be marked -up by the House <br />Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. • <br />Senator Daniel Moynihan (D-N.Y.) is joined by Senators <br />Lautenberg, Bradley, Cranston, Dixon, Simon, Riegle and D'Amato <br />as cosponsors of S.1942. <br />ACTION <br />Urge your Representative and Senators to cosponsor H.R. 3511 and <br />S.1942. Urge members of the House Committee on Post Office and <br />Civil Service to support H.R. 3511 ween the bill is marked up by <br />the Subcommittee on Census and Population and by the full <br />55 <br />JAN 2E 1988 <br />goon 70 FAST 713 <br />