[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6520 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6520

 To exclude individuals who are not citizens of the United States from 
     the number of persons used to determine the apportionment of 
           Representatives and the number of electoral votes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2023

  Mr. Edwards (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Nehls, Mr. 
Moore of Alabama, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. 
Weber of Texas, and Mr. Rose) introduced the following bill; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
 To exclude individuals who are not citizens of the United States from 
     the number of persons used to determine the apportionment of 
           Representatives and the number of electoral votes.

    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 ``No Representation Without Legal 
Immigration Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF NONCITIZENS FROM NUMBER OF PERSONS USED TO 
              DETERMINE APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AND NUMBER OF 
              ELECTORAL VOTES.

    (a) Exclusion.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to 
provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress'', approved 
June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ``not taxed'' 
and inserting ``not taxed and individuals who are not citizens of the 
United States''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to the apportionment of Representatives carried out 
pursuant to the decennial census conducted during 2030 and any 
succeeding decennial census.
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