HR 237 — CENSUS: Memorializes Congress to enact a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act directing the Department of Defense to provide accurate on-base population counts for the decennial census

HLSENROLLED 26RS-3464 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

237 BY REPRESENTATIVES OWEN, BILLINGS, BRAUD, FARNUM, HORTON, LARVADAIN, NEWELL, SCHAMERHORN, THOMAS, WALTERS, AND WYBLE CENSUS:A RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress to enact a provision in the National Defense AuthorizationAct directingthe Departmentof Defenseto furnishofficialpersonnel counts directlyto the United States Census Bureau for military installations located in the contiguous United States.

Memorializes Congress to enact a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act directing the Department of Defense to provide accurateon-base population counts for the decennial census A RESOLUTION To memorialize the United States Congress to enact a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act directingtheDepartmentofDefenseto furnish official personnel counts directlyto the United States Census Bureau for militaryinstallations located in the contiguous United States.

Fort Polk, Barksdale Air Force Base, and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, that together house tens of thousands of active-dutymilitarypersonnel,active-dutymilitary personnel, civilian employees, and dependent family members;

and PageWHEREAS, 1the Department of 2Defense HLSand 26RS-3464each ENGROSSEDinstallation's HRgarrison NO.personnel offices maintain precise, daily counts of all soldiers, airmen, sailors, marines, civilian employees, and dependent familymembers physically residing on base;

237and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,requiringtheDepartmentofDefensetoprovidetheseverifiednumbers thedirectly Departmentto ofthe DefenseUnited andStates eachCensus installation'sBureau garrisonwould personneleliminate officesthe maintainneed precise,for dailydoor-to-door countscensus ofworkers allon soldiers,military airmen,installations, sailors,improve marines,accuracy, civiliancreate employees,administrative andPage dependent1 familymembersof physically2 residingHR onNO. base;

and237 WHEREAS,requiringtheDepartmentofDefensetoprovidetheseverifiednumbersENROLLED directly to the United States Census Bureau would eliminate the need for door-to-door census workers on military installations, improve accuracy, create administrative efficiencies, reduce costs, and allow census resources to be redirected to more complex enumeration challenges elsewhere.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does herebymemorialize the United States Congress to include in the National DefenseAuthorization Act a provision directingthe Department of Defenseto furnish to the United States Census BureautheBureau the exact number of militarypersonnel, civilian employees, and dependent family members residing on each military installation in the contiguous United States during each decennial census.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HR 237 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Owen Memorializes U.S.

Congress to enact provisions in the Nat'l.

Defense Authorization Act directingtheDept.ofDefensetofurnishofficialpersonnelcountsdirectlytotheU.S.Census Bureau for military installations located in the contiguous U.S.

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