A dozen U.S. business groups warned Congressional leaders of the dangers from a provision in federal funding legislation that would "would crater response rates to all Census Bureau surveys and result in the decennial census and the American Community Survey (ACS) counting barely a third of the country," while having "negative ripple effects across the U.S. economy" and particularly hurting rural areas and small population groups.
The September 8, 2025 letter, led by the Insights Association, the leading nonprofit association representing the market research and analytics industry, was joined by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), American Planning Association, Association of National Advertisers (ANA), Claritas, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Business Economics (NABE), National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), National Association of REALTORS®, and Nielsen.
Section 605 of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill, which will be considered by the House Appropriations Committee on September 10, states: "None of the funds in this Act may be used to enforce involuntary compliance, or to inquire more than twice for voluntary compliance with any survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census."
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https://www.insightsassociation.org/News-Updates/Articles/ArticleID/1786/U-S-Business-Groups-Worried-By-Census-Impact-of-FY26-House-CJS-Appropriations-Policy-Rider
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