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13 U.S.C. § 102 — Religion
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The Secretary may collect decennially statistics relating to religious bodies.
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**(a)** In connection with any survey conducted by the Secretary or other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 5 of this title, the provisions of sections 221, 222, 223 and 224 of this title shall apply—
(1) with respect to the answering of questions and furnishing of information, only to such inquiries as are within the scope of the schedules and questionnaires and of the type and character heretofore used in connection with the taking of complete censuses under subchapters I and II of chapter 5 of this title, or in connection with any censuses hereafter taken pursuant to such subchapters;
(2) only after publication of a determination with reasons therefor certified by the Secretary, or by some other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof with the approval of the Secretary, that the information called for is needed to aid or permit the efficient performance of essential governmental functions or services, or has significant application to the needs of the public, business, or industry and is not publicly available from nongovernmental or other governmental sources;
(3) in the case of any new survey, only after public notice, given by the Secretary or other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof at least thirty days in advance of requesting a return, that such survey is under consideration.
**(b)** The provisions for imprisonment provided by [section 222 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title13-section222&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply in connection with any survey conducted pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 3 of this title, or
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TITLE 13—CENSUS
§ 102
1 Item 163 editorially inserted because section 163 is still in ex-
istence. Item 163 was eliminated in the general amendment of
analysis by Pub. L. 85–207, § 7, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 482.
the preparation of schedules, and which authorized the
appointment of special agents, are set out in chapter 1
of this title. See Distribution Table.
The proviso in section 111 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed.,
which prohibited the collection of statistics relating to
religious or church membership when the disclosure of
such information was prohibited by religious or church
doctrine, teaching or discipline, has been incorporated
in chapter 7 of this title. See Distribution Table.
§ 102. Religion
The Secretary may collect decennially statis-
tics relating to religious bodies.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1018.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., § 111 (Mar. 6, 1902,
ch. 139, § 7, 32 Stat. 52; June 7, 1906, ch. 3048, 34 Stat. 218;
June 18, 1929, ch. 28, § 3, 46 Stat. 21; 1939 Reorganization
Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat.
1431; 1940 Reorganization Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30,
1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1232; June 25, 1947, ch. 124, 61
Stat. 163; Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 910, § 4, 64 Stat. 785).
Section was taken from that part of section 111 of
title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., which related to statistics on
religion. For remainder of such section 111, see this
subchapter and Distribution Table.
Changes were made in phraseology.
§ 103. Designation of reports
All reports covering any of the statistics col-
lected under the provisions of this subchapter
shall be designated as ‘‘Special Reports’’ fol-
lowed by the name of whatever bureau or agency
of the Department of Com
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