No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act

Bill: 118-hr-6520
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2023-11-30
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6520 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 30, 2023 Mr. Edwards (for himself, Mr. Duncan , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Nehls , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Palmer , Mr. Rosendale , Mr. Jackson of Texas , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mr. Rose ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability A BILL To exclude individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the number of persons used to determine the apportionment of Representatives and the number of electoral votes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act . 2. 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 an apportionment of Representatives in Congress , approved June 18, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a(a) ), is amended by striking not taxed and inserting not taxed 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.