S.Amdt. 4073

SA 4073. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
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 end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. 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
residence at 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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