If you receive the ACS / PRCS questionnaire, you are required to respond and provide accurate information to the best of your ability.
The American Community Survey is conducted under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193, and response is mandatory. According to Section 221, persons who do not respond shall be fined not more than $100. Title 18 U.S.C. Section 3571 and Section 3559, in effect amends Title 13 U.S.C. Section 221 by changing the fine for anyone over 18 years old who refuses or willfully neglects to complete the questionnaire or answer questions posed by census takers from a fine of not more than $100 to not more than $5,000.
I'm not impressed.
I don't see where it ever says anything about how timely my response needs to be? I mean shucks, I wouldn't to inconvenience the poor slob. But I don't see were I get fined for "nope...haven't gotten around to it YET".
I can’t find an official statement of the increase to $5000. Online copies of US code, referenced at us.gov, still only mention the $100 fine.