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13 USC Sec. 221 01/08/2008
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TITLE 13 - CENSUS
CHAPTER 7 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
SUBCHAPTER II - OTHER PERSONS
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Sec. 221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers
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(a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or
willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any
other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce
or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the
Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his
knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in
connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I,
II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to
the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or
farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not
more than $100.
(b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a)
of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances
described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is
false, shall be fined not more than $500.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person
shall be compelled to disclose information relative to his
religious beliefs or to membership in a religious body.
Complete txt here:
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/13C7.txt
Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer,
Bammy IS NOT an authorized officer! He is NOT under the Department of Commerce OR the Secretary. Bammy decided HE would move the census to the White House without the approval of Congress.
BUT..... since the codes have NOT changed, Bammy and his ACORN nuts are not in compliance with the law, and NO ONE is obligated to knowingly participate in an illegal act.
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From earlier this year:
GOP Threatens Legal Action Against Obama for Plan to Oversee 2010 Census
House Republican leaders said Thursday they're ready to go to court against President Obama if he doesn't scuttle his plan to move the census into the purview of the Oval Office, saying it's an unconstitutional abuse of power.