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TITLE 13-CENSUS

Chap.Sec.
1.Administration1
3.Collection and Publication of Statistics41
5.Censuses131
7.Offenses and Penalties211
9.Collection and Publication of Foreign Trade Statistics 1301
10.Exchange of census 2 information 2401
Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 13
Title 13 Former SectionsTitle 13 New Sections
12
221
3, 4Rep.
522
622
7–9Rep.
21–41Rep.
41aRep.
42–55Rep.
61–69Rep.
7141
7242
72a42
739, 214
7443, 224, 241
7544
7645
77Rep.
8161
825
839, 214
84224, 241
8562
8663
91–98Rep.
101T. 42 § 244a
106Rep.
106 noteRep.
107Rep.
1115, 24, 101, 102, 103, 225
112Rep.
113101
114Rep.
121131, 181
1226, 9, 24, 25, 211, 212, 213, 214, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225
1235, 132
201141
202143
20323, 24
2045, 144
20525
206145
207211
2089, 212, 213
209221, 222, 223
210224
2119
212Rep.
2137
21410
2156
2165, 23, 146
217Rep.
2188
219, 220Rep.
2515, 161, 163
2526, 9, 24, 162, 211, 212, 213, 214
253Rep.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1990⁠—Pub. L. 101-533, § 5(b)(1), Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2348, added item for chapter 10.

1962⁠—Pub. L. 87-826, § 1, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 951, added item for chapter 9.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Positive Law; Citation

This title has been made positive law by act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 1, 68 Stat. 1012, which provided in part “That title 13 of the United States Code, entitled ‘Census’, is revised, codified, and enacted into law, and may be cited as ‘Title 13, United States Code, section⁠—’ ”.

References to Census Office

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 3, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that:

“Whenever reference is made in any other law or in any regulation or order to the Census Office, such reference shall be held and considered to mean the Bureau of the Census referred to in section 2 of Title 13, United States Code, as set out in section 1 of this Act. This section shall not be construed as affecting historical references to the Census Office which could have no present or future application to the Bureau of the Census.”

Separability

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 4, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that:

“If any part of Title 13, United States Code, as set in section 1 of this Act, is held invalid, the remainder of such title shall not be affected thereby.”

Legislative Construction

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 5, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that:

“No inference of a legislative construction is to be drawn by reason of the chapter in Title 13, United States Code, as set out in section 1 of this Act, in which any section is placed, nor by reason of the captions or catchlines used in such title.”

Effective Date

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 6, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that:

“The provisions of this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1955.”

Repeals

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 7, 68 Stat. 1025, provided that:

“The sections of the Acts, and the Acts or parts of Acts, enumerated in the following schedule, are hereby repealed. Any rights or liabilities now existing under such statutes or parts thereof, and any proceedings instituted under, or growing out of, any of such statutes or parts thereof, shall not be affected by this repeal.”

1 So in original. Does not conform to chapter heading.

2 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

2 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.