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The Census Project is concerned about additional funding needed to complete Census 2010 planning. The Census Bureau has indicated that it is returning to a more costly paper-and-pencil census. Shortly, Congress and the Administration will have to reach an agreement regarding several hundred million dollars in additional costs needed this fiscal year to begin that process. First, the Census Bureau and the Administration have to tally up the extra costs required this year and submit a supplemental budget request to Congress. Then, Congress and the Administration have to agree on how to pay for the additional funds.

The Census Project is recommending that an “emergency” appropriation, similar to Census Bureau requests made and approved by the GOP- controlled Congress and the Clinton Administration in 1999 for the previous census, be approved. Timing is important. Census 2010 planning cannot be modified at this late date. The Census Bureau must meet its constitutionally mandated obligations and have the decennial census forms in the mail by the spring of 2010.

The Census Project is concerned about a fair and accurate Census 2010. Congress and the Administration must act quickly to meet these latest challenges.