§ 183. — Use of most recent population data.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC183]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 5--CENSUSES
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERIM CURRENT DATA
Sec. 183. Use of most recent population data
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), for the purpose of
administering any law of the United States in which population or other
population characteristics are used to determine the amount of benefit
received by State, county, or local units of general purpose government,
the Secretary shall transmit to the President for use by the appropriate
departments and agencies of the executive branch the data most recently
produced and published under this title.
(b) This section shall not apply with respect to any law of the
United States which, for purposes of determining the amount of benefit
received by State, county, or local units of general purpose government,
provides that only population or population characteristics data
obtained in the most recent decennial census may be used in such
determination.
(Added Pub. L. 94-521, Sec. 8(a), Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2463.)
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 17, 1976, see section 17 of Pub. L. 94-521,
set out as a note under section 1 of this title.