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[CITE: 13USC222]

 
                            TITLE 13--CENSUS
 
                    CHAPTER 7--OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--OTHER PERSONS
 
Sec. 222. Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause 
        inaccurate enumeration of population
        
    Whoever, either directly or indirectly, offers or renders to any 
officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency 
thereof engaged in making an enumeration of population under subchapter 
II, IV, or V of chapter 5 of this title, any suggestion, advice, 
information or assistance of any kind, with the intent or purpose of 
causing an inaccurate enumeration of population to be made, shall be 
fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or 
both.

(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1023; Pub. L. 85-207, Sec. 16, Aug. 
28, 1957, 71 Stat. 484.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., Secs. 122, 209 (June 18, 1929, 
ch. 28, Sec. 9, 46 Stat. 23; June 19, 1948, ch. 502, Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 
479).
    Section consolidates the second paragraph of section 209 of title 
13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., which was a part of chapter 4 of that title 
relating to censuses of population, agriculture, etc., with that part of 
section 122 of such title which made such section 209 applicable to the 
interim surveys provided for by section 121(b) of such title (see 
subchapter IV of chapter 5 of this revised title). For remainder of such 
sections 122 and 209, see Distribution Table.
    Section 122 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., made section 209 of such 
title applicable to the quinquennial censuses of manufactures, the 
mineral industries, and other businesses provided for by section 121(a) 
thereof (subchapter I of chapter 5 of this revised title), and 
applicable, with certain qualifications and exceptions, to the interim 
surveys, which section 121(b) thereof provided for, not only with 
respect to those censuses but also the censuses provided for in ``other 
Acts'' (chapter 5 of this title). However, the particular provisions of 
such section 209 that have been carried into this revised section 
related only to population enumerations, and this section has 
accordingly been restricted to the population censuses authorized under 
subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title, and to the interim surveys 
authorized under subchapter IV of such chapter only in so far as they 
relate to population enumerations. The exceptions and qualifications 
with respect to the application of this section to such interim surveys 
are set out elsewhere in this subchapter.
    Reference to ``any officer or employee'' was substituted for ``any 
supervisor, supervisor's clerk, enumerator, interpreter, special agent, 
or other officer or employee'', as the latter enumeration of the types 
of employees is unnecessary and redundant; and ``Department of Commerce 
or bureau or agency thereof'' was substituted for ``Census Office'', to 
conform with 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 5, Secs. 1, 2, effective May 
24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263. See Revision Note to section 4 of 
this title.
    Subsection (b) of section 1442 of title 42, U.S.C., 1952 ed., The 
Public Health and Welfare (which section has been transferred in its 
entirety to this revised title), made section 209 of title 13, U.S.C., 
1952 ed., applicable to the censuses of housing (subchapter II of 
chapter 5 of this revised title). However, the particular provisions of 
such section 209 that have been carried into this revised section, could 
not, by their terms, be relevant to housing censuses, hence no reference 
is made in this section to such censuses.
    Words in section 209 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., ``either as to 
the number of persons resident in any district or community, or in any 
other respect'', were omitted from the revised section as unnecessary 
and superfluous.
    Reference to the offense described as a ``misdemeanor'' was omitted 
as covered by section 1 of title 18, U.S.C., Crimes and Criminal 
Procedure, classifying offenses; and words ``and upon conviction 
thereof'' were omitted as surplusage.
    Changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1957--Pub. L. 85-207 substituted ``II, IV, or V'' for ``II or IV''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 225 of this title.
