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On the recordJune 15, 2021
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 2057 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Metropolitan Statistical Area Preservation Act''. SEC. 2. POPULATION OF URBAN AREAS. Section 3504 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(l) In implementing subsection (e)(3), the Director-- ``(1) shall not establish, for purposes of designating areas as metropolitan statistical areas, or any successor thereto, a minimum population for the urban area of such a metropolitan statistical area that is more than 50,000; and ``(2) may, only for statistical purposes, and in addition to the minimum population for urban areas described in paragraph (1), establish other statistical area designations with minimum population requirements for urban areas that are higher than the minimum population for an urban area described in paragraph (1).''. ______ By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Lankford): S. 2058. A bill to improve the safety and security of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
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Republican · South Dakota

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