---
kind: "unit"
title: "13"
title_heading: "Census"
key: "ch1/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/13/ch1-schI"
sections_count: 16
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions

Title 13 — Census › Chapter 1 — Administration

## Sections

- [§1. Definitions](/usc/13/1.md)
- [§2. Bureau of the Census](/usc/13/2.md)
- [§3. Seal](/usc/13/3.md)
- [§4. Functions of Secretary; regulations; delegation](/usc/13/4.md)
- [§5. Questionnaires; number, form, and scope of inquiries](/usc/13/5.md)
- [§6. Information from other Federal departments and agencies; acquisition of reports from other governmental and private sources](/usc/13/6.md)
- [§7. Printing; requisitions upon Director of the Government Publishing Office; publication of bulletins and reports](/usc/13/7.md)
- [§8. Authenticated transcripts or copies of certain returns; other data; restriction on use; disposition of fees received](/usc/13/8.md)
- [§9. Information as confidential; exception](/usc/13/9.md)
- [§10. Repealed.](/usc/13/10.md)
- [§11. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/13/11.md)
- [§12. Mechanical and electronic development](/usc/13/12.md)
- [§13. Procurement of professional services](/usc/13/13.md)
- [§14. Repealed.](/usc/13/14.md)
- [§15. Leases for 1980 decennial census](/usc/13/15.md)
- [§16. Address information reviewed by States and local governments](/usc/13/16.md)