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League Urges Support for Census Bureau Funding in FY 2020 Budget

On July 17, the League joined the Census Project and other affiliates calling on Congress to support the funding levels for the Census Bureau appropriated in the FY 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill. The legislation allocates $8.45 billion for the Census Bureau including $7.5 billion in dedicated funding of the 2020 Census.

On July 24, the League joined another letter directed to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to support the same robust funding level supported in the House version of the bill  for the constitutionally required 2020 Census.

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