118 HR 6520 IH: No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-11-30 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 6520IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 30, 2023Mr. 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 AccountabilityA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act.

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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.