HR 7109 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Equal Representation Act
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EnactedLatest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.(2024-05-14)
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Equal Representation Act This bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national but not a citizen, (3) a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) lawfully residing in the United States, or (4) a non-U.S. national unlawfully residing in the United States. The Department of Commerce must make public the number of persons in each state, disaggregated by each of these four categories. The bill also requires that the statement sent by the President to Congress indicating the number of persons in each state (related to the reapportionment of U.S. Representatives) exclude noncitizens.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 7109, Equal Representation Act
May 6, 2024As reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on April 29, 2024
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Cosponsors (20)
20 Republicans