Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “American Community Survey Choice Act” or the “ACS Choice Act”.
American Community Survey Choice Act
A BILL
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that response to the American Community Survey shall be voluntary, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Voluntary response to American Community Survey
Section 221 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d) The penalty under subsection (a) shall not apply to any individual who refuses or willfully neglects to answer or otherwise respond to any question in the survey conducted by the Secretary of Commerce commonly referred to as the “American Community Survey” (or any successor survey).”