# 115-hr-5359: 2020 Census IDEA Act

115-hr-5359, 2020 Census IDEA Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5359
- Congress: 115
- Title: 2020 Census IDEA Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Introduced: 2018-03-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 52
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

2020 Census Improving Data and Enhanced Accuracy Act or the 2020 Census IDEA Act This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce, in the 2020 decennial census and each decennial census thereafter, from: (1) implementing any major operational design that has not been researched, studied, and tested for at least three years before the date on which the applicable census occurs; or (2) including on the questionnaire for the census any subject, type of information, or question that was not submitted to Congress. The Government Accountability Office must certify to Congress that the subjects, types of information, and questions to be included in a decennial census have been adequately researched, studied, and tested to the same degree as in previous decennial censuses.

## Cosponsors (52)

- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] (D-TN), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2018-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2018-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2018-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2018-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2018-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY), 2018-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2018-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2018-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2018-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017
- 115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017
- 115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act
- 115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-5359 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5359)

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- [115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4240)
- [115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3440)
- [115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-502)
- [115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1235)
- [115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6033)
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