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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION H. R. 6942 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prevent congressional reapportionment distortions by requiring that, in |
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| 6 | 6 | | the questionnaires used in the taking of any decennial census of popu- |
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| 7 | 7 | | lation, a checkbox or other similar option be included for respondents |
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| 8 | 8 | | to indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the United States. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY10, 2024 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. R |
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| 12 | 12 | | OSENDALE(for himself, Mr. HARRIS, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. GOODof Vir- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ginia, Mr. B |
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| 14 | 14 | | URLISON, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. FRY, Mr. DUNCAN, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. N |
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| 16 | 16 | | ORMAN, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. COLLINS, and Mr. WILSONof |
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| 17 | 17 | | South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Committee on Oversight and Accountability |
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| 19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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| 20 | 20 | | To prevent congressional reapportionment distortions by re- |
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| 21 | 21 | | quiring that, in the questionnaires used in the taking |
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| 22 | 22 | | of any decennial census of population, a checkbox or |
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| 23 | 23 | | other similar option be included for respondents to indi- |
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| 24 | 24 | | cate citizenship status or lawful presence in the United |
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| 25 | 25 | | States. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Count Only Citizens 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP OR LAWFUL PRESENCE STATUS ON 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRES. 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | In conducting the 2030 decennial census and every 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | decennial census thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | shall include, in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | used for the purpose of determining the total population 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | by States, a checkbox or other similar option for respond-7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ents to indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the United States. 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SEC. 3. PREVENTION OF CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTION-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | MENT DISTORTIONS. 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (a) A |
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| 45 | 45 | | DJUSTMENTS TOPREVENTDISTORTIONS.— 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | section (h); and 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | lowing: 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(g) The Secretary shall make such adjustments in 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | total population figures as may be necessary, using such 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | methods and procedures as the Secretary determines fea-20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | sible and appropriate, in order that those who are not 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | United States citizens or are not lawfully present in the 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | United States are not counted in tabulating population 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | under subsection (b) for the purposes of apportionment 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | of Representatives in Congress among the several States. 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to supersede 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | section 195 of this title.’’. 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) C |
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| 64 | 64 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 22(a) of 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | the Act entitled ‘‘An Act To provide for the fifteenth and 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for appor-5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, of June 18, 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘as 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ascertained under the seventeenth and each subsequent 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | decennial census of the population’’ and inserting ‘‘as 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ascertained and reported under section 141 of title 13, 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | United States Code, for each decennial census of popu-11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | lation’’. 12 |
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