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[CITE: 13USC196]

 
                            TITLE 13--CENSUS
 
                           CHAPTER 5--CENSUSES
 
SUBCHAPTER V--GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE, PRELIMINARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL STATISTICS, 
                           AND USE OF SAMPLING
 
Sec. 196. Special censuses

    The Secretary may conduct special censuses for the government of any 
State, or of any county, city, or other political subdivision within a 
State, for the government of the District of Columbia, and for the 
government of any possession or area (including political subdivisions 
thereof) referred to in section 191(a) of this title, on subjects 
covered by the censuses provided for in this title, upon payment to the 
Secretary of the actual or estimated cost of each such special census. 
The results of each such special census shall be designated ``Official 
Census Statistics''. These statistics may be used in the manner provided 
by applicable law.

(Added Pub. L. 94-521, Sec. 11(a), Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2464.)


                             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.


Special Census When Major Population Changes Occur Due to Large Numbers 
 of Legal Immigrants Within Six Months of Regular Decennial Census Date

    Pub. L. 96-369, Sec. 118, Oct. 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 1357, provided 
that: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the President 
determines that a State, county, or local unit of general purpose 
government is significantly affected by a major population change due to 
a large number of legal immigrants within six months of a regular 
decennial census date, he may order a special census, pursuant to 
section 196 of title XIII of the United States Code [this section], or 
other method of obtaining a revised estimate of the population, of such 
jurisdiction or subsections of that jurisdiction in which the immigrants 
are concentrated. If the President decides to conduct a special census, 
it may be conducted solely at Federal expense.''

                        Executive Order No. 12256

    Ex. Ord. No. 12256, Dec. 15, 1980, 45 F.R. 83189, which required the 
Bureau of the Census to supply estimates of the number of legal 
immigrants within certain jurisdictions, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 
12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.
