To provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tabulation of total population by the Secretary of Commerce.

SA 1678. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. IMPROVED ENUMERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
IN ANY TABULATION OF TOTAL POPULATION BY
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.

(a) In General.--Section 141 of title 13, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial census of
population, in taking any tabulation of total population by
States, the Secretary shall take appropriate measures to
ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that all members
of the Armed Forces deployed abroad on the date of taking
such tabulation are--
``(1) fully and accurately counted; and
``(2) properly attributed to the State in which their
permanent duty station or homeport is located on such
date.''.
(b) Construction.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall not be construed to affect the residency status of any
member of the Armed Forces under any provision of law other
than title 13, United States Code.
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