TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT
DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH
§ 2485. Censuses of Population and Housing and Other Special Censuses. (a) The Central Statistics Division shall be the agency responsible to plan, design and undertake the decennial censuses of population and housing in collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of the Census, or the federal agency charged with such responsibilities. In addition to the decennial censuses of population and housing, the Central Statistics Division shall plan, design and undertake the middecade censuses of population and housing in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on or around April 1 in the years ending with five, i.e., at exact midpoint of the decennial censuses. In such undertakings, the Central Statistics Division may ask and obtain technical and other assistance from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C., or other agencies. (b) The Central Statistics Division is empowered to plan, design and undertake other special censuses, including but not limited to censuses of agriculture, censuses of establishments, industrial censuses, censuses of manufacturing, censuses of wholesale and retail trade, etc., in collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of the Census or other authorized, appropriate agencies. In all such undertakings, the Central Statistics Division is to seek the advice of the Statistical Advisory Council concerning the scope, approach, funding and other requirements. Source: PL 7-35, § 6.