1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Territories Statistics Collection Equity Act . 2. Including U.S. Territories in Federal statistical programs (a) Assessment Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy shall publish a list and assessment of existing Federal statistical programs that collect and publish data for the U.S. Territories comparable to the several States. The assessment under this subsection shall include the following: (1) For each statistical program where a comparable program for the U.S. Territories does not exist, an explanation as to why the program does not include the U.S. Territories. (2) Impediments to data collection, analysis, and publishing with respect to the U.S. Territories. (3) A detailed description of the level of local government participation required in Federal statistical programs. (b) Plan Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a plan to collect and publish statistics regarding the U.S. Territories in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported by Federal agencies for the several States. The plan shall include— (1) recommendations for including the U.S. Territories in Federal statistical programs