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What do you call the process whereby congress redistributes the number of house seats as a result of the census?
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Reapportion
Article I of the Constitution directs Congress to reapportion-redistribute-the seats in the House after each decennial census.
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Which house of congress is responsible for the census?
If you're asking which house of Congress is effected by the census that would be the House of Representatives. If you're asking who controls the United States Census Bureau, it is neither of them. They created the census by the legislative process, but the enforcement of the law is headed by the President who chooses the agency director. It is a part of the Department of Commerce.
How does the census affect congress?
The census determines how many Congressional Representatives we have for the next decade.
Which has the final authority to determine the number of seats for each state?
The final authority to determine the number of seats for each state in the U.S. House of Representatives lies with the U.S. Congress. This decision is made through the process of apportionment using data from the decennial census.
What was the population when congress first took the first national census?
about 8 million.
What is called when the US congress officially counts people?
I think you mean the census.
The assignment of congress of congressional seats after each census is called?
reapportionment
Name the process by which people are counted in a country?
Census.
Which number was the population of the US when Congress took the first national census?
8 Million
How often must the congress conduct a census of the US population?
Every 10 years.
Which amendment changed the taxation process?
The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution altered the taxation process. This amendment allows the Congress to levy an income tax regardless of the number of representatives a state has in Congress or basing it on population.
For what reasons must seats in Congress be reaportioned every 10 years?
Seats in Congress are based on the results of the US Census, which occurs every ten years. That means that the population is represented if it has grown, or if a different area has become more populous and so on.
How many representives will Iowa have in the next term of the us congress?
Based on the 2010 Census, there are 4 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. That could change after the 2020 Census.
