II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2366 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 5, 2018 Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Schatz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To provide an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits for appropriations for the 2020 decennial census.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Census Funding Cap Adjustment Act of 2018 . 2. Budget cap exemption for census funding Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (E) Decennial census during 2020 If a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted that specifies an amount of new budget authority for the decennial census to be conducted during 2020, then the adjustment for that fiscal year shall be the amount by which the new budget authority provided in that Act for that purpose exceeds $70,000,000. .