# 2026-22322: Census Seeks Comments on Its Familiar Nationwide Survey Forms

2026-22322, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Census Bureau published 2026-11-02, effective To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before January 4, 2027.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22322
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22322
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Census Bureau
- Citation: 91 FR 68928
- Published: 2026-11-02
- Effective: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before January 4, 2027.
- Comments close: 2027-01-04
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Census Seeks Comments on Its Familiar Nationwide Survey Forms

## Summary

The Census Bureau is updating the American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey and wants your feedback by January 4, 2027. These surveys help gather important info about people and communities, affecting everyone who lives in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The goal is to keep the surveys useful while making them easier and less time-consuming for folks to complete.

## Abstract

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the revision of the American Community Survey and the Puerto Rico Community Survey, prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.

## Effects PRIA read

- Two ACS Questions Proposed for Removal in 2028: benefit, low. The Census Bureau proposes removing two American Community Survey questions—Solar Panels and Veterans Period of Military Service—from the ACS in 2028. These questions were identified as no longer having a mandatory or required federal use following the 2026 content review.
- Expansion of Using Administrative Data to Skip Questions: benefit, low. Beginning as early as 2028, the Census Bureau intends to expand use of administrative data to replace or skip certain ACS/PRCS questions for sampled addresses. Questions that may be skipped when suitable administrative data are available include Agricultural Sales, Year Built, Number of Rooms, Numb…
- Mandatory Survey Participation and Time Burden: cost, low. The ACS and Puerto Rico Community Survey are mandatory for sampled households. The ACS samples about 3.54 million U.S. housing unit addresses and about 36,000 in Puerto Rico each year; the average household questionnaire takes 40 minutes. The total estimated annual respondents are 3,779,185 with an…

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## Sources
- [2026-22322 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/02/2026-22322/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2026-22322 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-02/pdf/2026-22322.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22322 (as of 2026-11-03).