[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3838 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3838

 To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in 
prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to 
           the last place of residence before incarceration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2015

 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Clay, Ms. Lee, 
 Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Bass, 
Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Payne, Ms. Adams, Mr. Veasey, 
  Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Edwards, Ms. 
   Plaskett, and Mr. Rush) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in 
prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to 
           the last place of residence before incarceration.

    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 ``Fairness in Incarcerated 
Representation Act''.

SEC. 2. RESIDENCE OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g)(1) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial census of 
population, in taking any tabulation of total population by States 
under subsection (a) for purposes of the apportionment of 
Representatives in Congress among the several States, the Secretary 
shall, with respect to an individual incarcerated in a State, Federal, 
county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such 
census is taken, attribute such individual to such individual's last 
place of residence before incarceration.
    ``(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult 
with each State department of corrections to collect the information 
necessary to make the determination required under paragraph (1).''.
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