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US HR151

Equal Representation Act

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Introduced
01/03/2025
In Committee
01/03/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

119th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require reporting on certain census statistics, and to modify apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all persons.

AI Summary

This bill, called the "Equal Representation Act," proposes three main changes to how the U.S. Census and representation are conducted. First, it would require the 2030 decennial census (and future censuses) to include a checkbox on census questionnaires that asks respondents to specify their citizenship status, with four categories: U.S. citizen, U.S. national (but not citizen), lawful alien resident, and unlawful alien resident. The Census Bureau would then be required to publicly release population counts for each state broken down by these citizenship categories within 120 days of completing the census. Second, the bill would modify how congressional representation and Electoral College seats are apportioned by excluding non-citizens from the population count used to determine the number of Representatives and electoral votes each state receives. This means that only U.S. citizens would be counted for purposes of political representation, potentially shifting the distribution of congressional seats among states with different immigrant populations. The bill includes a severability clause, which means that if any part of the law is found unconstitutional, the rest of the law would remain in effect. The changes would first be implemented in the 2030 census and subsequent decennial censuses.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (58)

Chuck Edwards (R)*,  Mark Alford (R),  Rick Allen (R),  Brian Babin (R),  Michael Baumgartner (R),  Aaron Bean (R),  Nicholas Begich (R),  Sheri Biggs (R),  Mike Bost (R),  Josh Brecheen (R),  Kat Cammack (R),  Ben Cline (R),  Tom Cole (R),  Mike Collins (R),  Dan Crenshaw (R),  Warren Davidson (R),  Troy Downing (R),  Neal Dunn (R),  Ron Estes (R),  Mike Ezell (R),  Pat Fallon (R),  Julie Fedorchak (R),  Scott Fitzgerald (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Scott Franklin (R),  Russell Fry (R),  Brandon Gill (R),  Glenn Grothman (R),  Michael Guest (R),  Harriet Hageman (R),  Mark Harris (R),  Diana Harshbarger (R),  Clay Higgins (R),  Ashley Hinson (R),  Erin Houchin (R),  Darrell Issa (R),  Brad Knott (R),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Laurel Lee (R),  Tom McClintock (R),  Mark Messmer (R),  Mary Miller (R),  Max Miller (R),  Cory Mills (R),  Felix Moore (R),  Troy Nehls (R),  Ralph Norman (R),  Gary Palmer (R),  John Rose (R),  David Rouzer (R),  Adrian Smith (R),  Chris Smith (R),  Marlin Stutzman (R),  Claudia Tenney (R),  Tom Tiffany (R),  Beth Van Duyne (R),  Randy Weber (R),  Joe Wilson (R), 

Last Action

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E21) (on 01/13/2025)

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