House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
Relating to decennial censuses of population for purposes of Congressional apportionment, to exclude illegal aliens from the census count, to include in the census count members of the uniformed services and civilian employees of the Government and their dependents assigned to posts of duty outside the United States, and to include in the census count students who are citizens of the United States engaged in academic study in areas outside the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Goodling R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 1989
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 5, 1989 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
47 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 47 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Helen Bentley (R-MD), William Broomfield (R-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), William Clinger (R-PA), R. Coughlin (R-PA), Mickey Edwards (R-OK), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Ben Erdreich (D-AL), Harris Fawell (R-IL), William Frenzel (R-MN), Joseph Gaydos (D-PA), George Gekas (R-PA), Fred Grandy (R-IA), Steve Gunderson (R-WI), John Hammerschmidt (R-AR), Melton Hancock (R-MO), Claude Harris (D-AL), J. Hastert (R-IL), Joseph Kolter (D-PA), Martin Lancaster (D-NC), Thomas Lewis (R-FL), Joseph McDade (R-PA), Jan Meyers (R-KS), G. Montgomery (D-MS), Austin Murphy (D-PA), John Murtha (D-PA) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Goodling.
- H.R. 3248 (101st) To revise the boundary of Gettysburg National Military Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5759 (101st) To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify the application of such Act to employee group health plans.
- H.R. 1675 (101st) Educational Excellence Act of 1989
- H.Con.Res. 195 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress that illegal aliens should not be counted in the 1990 decennial census for purposes of Congressional…
- H.R. 2637 (101st) Living Wage Act of 1990
- H.R. 3344 (101st) Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1989
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.