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119th Congress

H.R. 151

Equal Representation Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Chuck Edwards(R-NC)
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Committees
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Official text
Reported in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (66)

Original cosponsors (16)

Added later (50)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

Equal Representation Act This bill requires that the statement sent by the President to Congress after the decennial census indicating the number of persons in each state exclude noncitizens. (This statement is the basis for reapportionment of U.S. Representatives.) The bill also requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national but not a citizen, (3) a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) lawfully residing in the United States, or (4) a non-U.S. national unlawfully residing in the United States. The Department of Commerce must make public the number of persons in each state, disaggregated by each of these four categories.

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No recorded votes on this bill.

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