Title 13 — Census
70 sections across 6 chapters.
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Ch. 1— Bureau of the Census2 inactive20 sections
- § 1Definitions
- § 2Bureau of the Census
- § 3Seal
- § 4Functions of Secretary; regulations; delegation
- § 5Questionnaires; number, form, and scope of inquiries
- § 6Information from other Federal departments and agencies; acquisition of reports from other governmental and private sources
- § 7Printing; requisitions upon Director of the Government Publishing Office; publication of bulletins and reports
- § 8Authenticated transcripts or copies of certain returns; other data; restriction on use; disposition of fees received
- § 9Information as confidential; exception
- § 10Repealed. Pub. L. 86–682, § 12(a) , Sept. 2, 1960 , 74 Stat. 708 , eff. Sept. 1, 1960 ]Repealed
- § 11Authorization of appropriations
- § 12Mechanical and electronic development
- § 13Procurement of professional services
- § 14Repealed. Pub. L. 89–473, § 2(a) , June 29, 1966 , 80 Stat. 221 ]Repealed
- § 15Leases for 1980 decennial census
- § 16Address information reviewed by States and local governments
- § 21Director of the Census; duties
- § 22Qualifications of permanent personnel
- § 23Additional officers and employees
- § 24Special employment provisions
- § 25Duties of supervisors, enumerators, and other employees
- § 26Transportation by contract
Ch. 3— Collection and publication13 sections
- § 41Collection and publication
- § 42Contents of reports; number of bales of linter; distribution; publication by Department of Agriculture
- § 43Records and reports of cotton ginners
- § 44Foreign cotton statistics
- § 45Simultaneous publication of cotton reports
- § 61Collection and publication
- § 62Additional statistics
- § 63Duplicate collection of statistics prohibited; access to available statistics
- § 81Statistics on apparel and textile industries
- § 91Collection and publication
- § 101Defective, dependent, and delinquent classes; crime
- § 102Religion
- § 103Designation of reports
Ch. 5— Collection and publication3 inactive13 sections
- § 131Collection and publication; five-year periods
- § 132Controlling law; effect on other agencies
- § 141Population and other census information
- § 142Repealed. Pub. L. 105–113, § 3(a) , Nov. 21, 1997 , 111 Stat. 2275 ]Repealed
- § 146Repealed. Pub. L. 85–207, § 11 , Aug. 28, 1957 , 71 Stat. 483 ]Repealed
- § 161Quinquennial censuses; inclusion of certain data
- § 162Repealed. Pub. L. 85–207, § 13 , Aug. 28, 1957 , 71 Stat. 483 ]Repealed
- § 163Authority of other agencies
- § 181Population
- § 182Surveys
- § 183Use of most recent population data
- § 184Definitions
- § 191Geographic scope of censuses
- § 193Preliminary and supplemental statistics
- § 195Use of sampling
- § 196Special censuses
Ch. 7— Receiving or securing compensation for appointment of employ10 sections
- § 211Receiving or securing compensation for appointment of employees
- § 212Refusal or neglect of employees to perform duties
- § 213False statements, certificates, and information
- § 214Wrongful disclosure of information
- § 221Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers
- § 222Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population
- § 223Refusal, by owners, proprietors, etc., to assist census employees
- § 224Failure to answer questions affecting companies, businesses, religious bodies, and other organizations; false answers
- § 225Applicability of penal provisions in certain cases
- § 241Evidence
Ch. 9— Collection and publication7 sections
- § 301Collection and publication
- § 302Rules, regulations, and orders
- § 303Secretary of Treasury functions
- § 304Filing export information, delayed filings, penalties for failure to file
- § 305Penalties for unlawful export information activities
- § 306Delegation of functions
- § 307Relationship to general census law