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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. 

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, 


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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] 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Representation 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP STATUS ON DECENNIAL CENSUS. 

7 Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

10 (h); and 

11 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

12 ‘‘(g)(1) In conducting the 2030 decennial census and 

13 each decennial census thereafter, the Secretary shall include 

14 in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used for the 

15 purpose of determining the total population by States a 

16 checkbox or other similar option for the respondent to indi17 cate, for the respondent and for each of the members of the 

18 household of the respondent, whether that individual is a 

19 citizen of the United States. 

20 ‘‘(2) Not later than 120 days after completion of a de21 cennial census of the population under subsection (a), the 

22 Secretary shall make publicly available the number of indi23 viduals per State, disaggregated by citizens of the United 

24 States and noncitizens, as tabulated in accordance with this 

25 section.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF NONCITIZENS FROM NUMBER OF 

2 PERSONS USED TO DETERMINE APPORTION3 MENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AND NUMBER 

4 OF ELECTORAL VOTES. 

5 (a) EXCLUSION.—Section 22(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An 

6 Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial 

7 censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representa8 tives in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 

9 2a(a)), is amended by inserting after ‘‘not taxed’’ the fol10 lowing: ‘‘and individuals who are not citizens of the United 

11 States’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub13 section (a) shall apply with respect to the apportionment 

14 of Representatives carried out pursuant to the decennial 

15 census conducted during 2030 and any succeeding decennial 

16 census. 

17 SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. 

18 If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 

19 this Act, or the application thereof to any person or cir20 cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of 

21 the provisions of this Act and amendments made by this 

22 Act, and the application of the provision or amendment to 

23 any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected. 

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portionment of Representatives to be based on United 

States citizens instead of all individuals.’’. 


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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 

instead of all persons. resentatives to be based on United States citizens statistics, and to modify apportionment of Repcensus, to require reporting on certain census 

APRIL 29, 2024 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:38 Apr 30, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H7109.RH H7109

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