Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act

Bill: 114-hr-3838
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2015-10-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Congressional districts and representation

Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act </strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute an individual who is incarcerated in a state, federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3838 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 27, 2015 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Ms. Norton , Mr. Rangel , Mr. Clay , Ms. Lee , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Bass , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Fudge , Mr. Al Green of Texas , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Richmond , Mr. Payne , Ms. Adams , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Cleaver , Ms. Edwards , Ms. Plaskett , and Mr. Rush ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act . 2. Residence of incarcerated individuals 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) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial census of population, in taking any tabulation of total population by States under subsection (a) for purposes of the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, the Secretary shall, with respect to an individual incarcerated in a State, Federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken, attribute such individual to such individual’s last place of residence before incarceration. (2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with each State department of corrections to collect the information necessary to make the determination required under paragraph (1). .