[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR101.1]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
         CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 101--RELEASE OF DECENNIAL CENSUS POPULATION INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 101.1  Report of tabulations of population to states and localities pursuant to 13 U.S.C. 141(c).

    (a)(1) The Director of the Census shall make the final determination 
regarding the methodology to be used in calculating the tabulations of 
population reported to States and localities pursuant to 13 U.S.C. 
141(c). The determination of the Director will be published in the 
Federal Register.
    (2) All relevant authority of the Secretary of Commerce under 13 
U.S.C. 141(c) and other applicable provisions of title 13 of the U.S. 
Code with respect to the decision to be made pursuant to paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section is hereby conferred upon the Director of the 
Census.
    (3) The Director of the Census shall not make the determination 
specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section until after he or she 
receives the recommendation of the Executive Steering Committee for 
A.C.E. Policy (ESCAP) in accordance with paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section.
    (4) The determination of the Director of the Census shall not be 
subject to review, reconsideration, or reversal by the Secretary of 
Commerce.
    (5) Nothing in this section diminishes the authority of the 
Secretary of Commerce to revoke or amend this delegation of authority or 
relieves the Secretary of Commerce of responsibility for any decision 
made by the Director of the Census pursuant to this delegation. This 
section shall remain in effect unless or until amended or revoked by the 
Secretary of Commerce.
    (b)(1) The Executive Steering Committee for A.C.E. Policy shall 
prepare a written report to the Director of the Census recommending the 
methodology to be used in making the tabulations of population reported 
to States and localities pursuant to 13 U.S.C. 141(c).
    (2) The report of the Executive Steering Committee for A.C.E. Policy 
described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall be released to the 
public at the same time it is delivered to the Director of the Census. 
This release to the public shall include, but is not limited to, posting 
of the report on the Bureau of the Census website and publication of the 
report in the Federal Register.
    (3) The ``Executive Steering Committee for A.C.E. Policy'' (ESCAP) 
is composed of the following employees of the Bureau of the Census:
    (i) Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer;
    (ii) Principal Associate Director and Chief Financial Officer;
    (iii) Principal Associate Director for Programs;

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    (iv) Associate Director for Decennial Census (Chair);
    (v) Assistant Director for Decennial Census;
    (vi) Associate Director for Demographic Programs;
    (vii) Associate Director for Methodology and Standards;
    (viii) Chief; Planning, Research, and Evaluation Division;
    (ix) Chief; Decennial Management Division;
    (x) Chief; Decennial Statistical Studies Division;
    (xi) Chief; Population Division; and
    (xii) Senior Mathematical Statistician.