§ 16. — Address information reviewed by local governments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC16]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 1--ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 16. Address information reviewed by States and local
governments
(a) The Secretary, to assist efforts to ensure the accuracy of
censuses and surveys under this title, shall--
(1) publish standards defining the content and structure of
address information which States and local units of general purpose
government may submit to the Secretary to be used in developing a
national address list;
(2)(A) develop and publish a timetable for the Bureau to
receive, review, and respond to submissions of information under
paragraph (1) before the decennial census date; and
(B) provide for a response by the Bureau with respect to such
submissions in which the Bureau specifies its determinations
regarding such information and the reasons for such determinations;
and
(3) be subject to the review process developed under section 3
of the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994 relating to
responses pursuant to paragraph (2).
(b)(1) The Secretary--
(A) shall provide officials who are designated as census
liaisons by a local unit of general purpose government with access
to census address information for the purpose of verifying the
accuracy of the address information of the Bureau for census and
survey purposes; and
(B) together with such access, should provide an explanation of
duties and obligations under this title.
(2) Access under paragraph (1) shall be limited to address
information concerning addresses within the local unit of general
purpose government represented by the census liaison or an adjacent
local unit of general purpose government.
(3) The Bureau should respond to each recommendation made by a
census liaison concerning the accuracy of address information, including
the determination (and reasons therefor) of the Bureau regarding each
such recommendation.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), in a case in which a local
unit of general purpose government is within another local unit of
general purpose government and is not independent of the enclosing unit,
the census liaison shall be designated by the local unit of general
purpose government which is within the enclosing local unit of general
purpose government.
(5) A census liaison may not use information made available under
paragraph (1) for any purpose other than the purpose specified in
paragraph (1).
(c) For the purposes of this section--
(1) the term ``local unit of general purpose government'' has
the meaning given such term by section 184(1) of this title; and
(2) the term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any
other territory or possession of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 103-430, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4393.)
References in Text
Section 3 of the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994,
referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is section 3 of Pub. L. 103-430, set out
below.
Development of Appeals Process by Administrator of Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs
Section 3 of Pub. L. 103-430 provided that: ``The Administrator of
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, acting through the
Chief Statistician and in consultation with the Bureau of the Census,
shall develop an appeals process for those States and local units of
general purpose government which desire to appeal determinations of the
Bureau of the Census pursuant to section 16(a)(2) or (b)(3) of title 13,
United States Code. Appeals under such process shall be resolved before
the decennial census date. The Chief Statistician shall publish the
proposed appeals process for a period of public comment before
finalizing such process.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 9, 214 of this title.
