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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 6335 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information on citizenship |
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| 6 | 6 | | status through the decennial census, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | NOVEMBER9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. E |
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| 10 | 10 | | DWARDSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Oversight and Accountability |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information |
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| 14 | 14 | | on citizenship status through the decennial census, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voter Population Accu-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | racy Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP STATUS ON DECENNIAL CENSUS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | section (h); and 10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:34 Nov 20, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6335.IH H6335 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ssavage on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 6335 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | lowing: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(g) In conducting the 2030 decennial census and 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | each decennial census thereafter, the Secretary shall in-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | clude in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | for the purpose of determining the total population by 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | States a checkbox or other similar option for the respond-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ent to indicate, for the respondent and for each of the 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | members of the household of the respondent, whether such 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | individual is a citizen or national of the United States.’’. 10 |
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