I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6942 
To prevent congressional reapportionment distortions by requiring that, in 
the questionnaires used in the taking of any decennial census of popu-
lation, a checkbox or other similar option be included for respondents 
to indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 10, 2024 
Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. HARRIS, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. GOOD of Vir-
ginia, Mr. BURLISON, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. FRY, Mr. DUNCAN, 
Mr. NORMAN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. COLLINS, and Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To prevent congressional reapportionment distortions by re-
quiring that, in the questionnaires used in the taking 
of any decennial census of population, a checkbox or 
other similar option be included for respondents to indi-
cate citizenship status or lawful presence in the United 
States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Count Only Citizens 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP OR LAWFUL PRESENCE STATUS ON 
CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRES. 
In conducting the 2030 decennial census and every 
decennial census thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce 
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 respond-
ents to indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in 
the United States. 
SEC. 3. PREVENTION OF CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTION-
MENT DISTORTIONS. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVENT DISTORTIONS.— 
Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) The Secretary shall make such adjustments in 
total population figures as may be necessary, using such 
methods and procedures as the Secretary determines fea-
sible and appropriate, in order that those who are not 
United States citizens or are not lawfully present in the 
United States are not counted in tabulating population 
under subsection (b) for the purposes of apportionment 
of Representatives in Congress among the several States. 
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Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to supersede 
section 195 of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 22(a) of 
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act To provide for the fifteenth and 
subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for appor-
tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, of June 18, 
1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘as 
ascertained under the seventeenth and each subsequent 
decennial census of the population’’ and inserting ‘‘as 
ascertained and reported under section 141 of title 13, 
United States Code, for each decennial census of popu-
lation’’. 
Æ 
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