13 U.S.C. § 222 — Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population

This section makes it a crime to try to mess up a population count. It applies to anyone — acting directly or indirectly — who offers or gives suggestions, advice, information, or any kind of help to an officer or employee of the Department of Commerce (or one of its bureaus or agencies) who is conducting a population count. This applies to counts done under subchapters II, IV, or V of chapter 5 of this title. The crime only happens if the person's purpose or intent was to cause an inaccurate population count. Anyone who does this can be fined up to $1,000, imprisoned for up to one year, or both.