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                                                 Union Calendar No. 395
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7109

                          [Report No. 118-476]

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2024

  Mr. Edwards (for himself and Mr. Davidson) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                             Accountability

                             April 29, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Ogles, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Fry, Mr. 
   Grothman, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Self, Mr. Curtis, Mrs. 
   Miller of Illinois, Mr. Posey, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Moore of 
Alabama, Mr. Rose, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Lesko, 
   Mr. Collins, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Babin, Mr. Mooney, Mrs. 
Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. 
 Hern, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Tony Gonzales of 
 Texas, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Cline, Mr. LaMalfa, 
Mr. Mills, Mr. Bost, Mr. Banks, Mr. Strong, Mr. Burlison, Mrs. Houchin, 
Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Guest, Mr. Latta, Mr. McCormick, Mr. 
  Biggs, Mr. Crane, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
   Norman, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mrs. Bice, Mr. 
 Moolenaar, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Jordan, 
Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Brecheen, 
  Mr. Mann, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. 
   Allen, Mr. Moran, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Fallon, Mrs. 
 Hinson, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, 
Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mrs. McClain, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Graves of Missouri, 
  Mr. Palmer, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Flood, Mrs. 
  Harshbarger, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mrs. 
   Wagner, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Steube, Ms. Boebert, Mr. 
  Meuser, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Rosendale, Ms. Mace, Mr. 
   Cloud, Mr. Estes, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Owens, Mr. Comer, Mr. 
    Huizenga, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Roy, Ms. Tenney, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. 
Loudermilk, Mr. Barr, Mr. Harris, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Steil, Mr. LaHood, 
                             and Mr. Murphy

                             April 29, 2024

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                               29, 2024]

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                                 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.


 


    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 ``Equal Representation Act''.

SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP STATUS ON DECENNIAL CENSUS.

    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) In conducting the 2030 decennial census and each decennial 
census thereafter, the Secretary shall include in any questionnaire 
distributed or otherwise used for the purpose of determining the total 
population by States a checkbox or other similar option for the 
respondent to indicate, for the respondent and for each of the members 
of the household of the respondent, whether that individual is a 
citizen of the United States.
    ``(2) Not later than 120 days after completion of a decennial 
census of the population under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make 
publicly available the number of individuals per State, disaggregated 
by citizens of the United States and noncitizens, as tabulated in 
accordance with this section.''.

SEC. 3. 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 apportionment of Representatives in Congress'', approved 
June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by inserting after ``not 
taxed'' the following: ``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.

SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

    If any provision of this Act or amendment made by this Act, or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act and 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provision or 
amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``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 individuals.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 395

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7109

                          [Report No. 118-476]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 29, 2024

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed