The American Planning Association is keeping tabs on a bill making its way through Congress that would cut funding for the U.S. Census Bureau.
"Late Tuesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2016 Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2578), severely cutting the Census Bureau’s budget," reports Abigail Zenner.
"The House included one amendment that would make the American Community Survey voluntary and another that cuts the Census budget by more than 30 percent. The bill passed 242-183."
The bill will now go to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The American Planning Association, as part of The Census Project, "has signed on to a letter to the Senate asking the appropriations committee to restore funding to the Census Bureau and the ACS," according to Zenner.
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