No Funds for Apportionment Exclusion Act

Bill: 116-hr-7724
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2020-07-22
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Border security and unlawful immigration

Census and government statistics

Congressional districts and representation

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Immigration status and procedures

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Funds for Apportionment Exclusion Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits using federal funds to carry out the July 21, 2020, presidential memorandum ordering the exclusion of aliens without legal immigration status from being counted for the purposes of apportioning representation in the House of Representatives following the 2020 census.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7724 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2020 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Vela , Ms. Shalala , Mr. Payne , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Gallego , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Rush , Ms. Norton , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Haaland , Mr. McGovern , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Mr. Lowenthal , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Welch , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. Kennedy , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Courtney , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Pascrell , Ms. Pressley , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Takano , Mr. Perlmutter , Ms. Titus , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Soto , Ms. Adams , Mr. Sires , Mr. Panetta , and Ms. Garcia of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement, administer, or enforce the Presidential Memorandum on Excluding Illegal Aliens From the Apportionment Base Following the 2020 Census, issued on July 21, 2020.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Funds for Apportionment Exclusion Act . 2. Prohibition on use of Federal funds No Federal funds, resources, or fees made available to any Federal agency may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance of any regulations) any of the policy changes set forth in the Presidential Memorandum on Excluding Illegal Aliens From the Apportionment Base Following the 2020 Census, issued on July 21, 2020.