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2		-	Calendar No. 386
3	1		118THCONGRESS
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5	3		DSESSION H. R. 7109
6		-	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7		-	MAY9, 2024
8		-	Received; read the first time
9		-	M
10		-	AY14, 2024
11		-	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
12	4		AN ACT
13	5		To require a citizenship question on the decennial census,
14	6		to require reporting on certain census statistics, and
15	7		to modify apportionment of Representatives to be based
16	8		on United States citizens instead of all individuals.
17	9		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Representation 4
21		-	Act’’. 5
22		-	SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP STATUS ON DECENNIAL CENSUS. 6
23		-	Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 7
24		-	amended— 8
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28		-	(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-1
29		-	section (h); and 2
30		-	(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-3
31		-	lowing: 4
32		-	‘‘(g)(1) In conducting the 2030 decennial census and 5
33		-	each decennial census thereafter, the Secretary shall in-6
34		-	clude in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used 7
35		-	for the purpose of determining the total population by 8
36		-	States a checkbox or other similar option for the respond-9
37		-	ent to indicate, for the respondent and for each of the 10
38		-	members of the household of the respondent, whether that 11
39		-	individual is a citizen of the United States. 12
40		-	‘‘(2) Not later than 120 days after completion of a 13
41		-	decennial census of the population under subsection (a), 14
42		-	the Secretary shall make publicly available the number of 15
43		-	individuals per State, disaggregated by citizens of the 16
44		-	United States and noncitizens, as tabulated in accordance 17
45		-	with this section.’’. 18
46		-	SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF NONCITIZENS FROM NUMBER OF 19
47		-	PERSONS USED TO DETERMINE APPORTION-20
48		-	MENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AND NUMBER 21
49		-	OF ELECTORAL VOTES. 22
	10	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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	12	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	13	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Representation 2
	14	+	Act’’. 3
	15	+	SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP STATUS ON DECENNIAL CENSUS. 4
	16	+	Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 5
	17	+	amended— 6
	18	+	(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-7
	19	+	section (h); and 8
	20	+	(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-9
	21	+	lowing: 10
	22	+	‘‘(g)(1) In conducting the 2030 decennial census and 11
	23	+	each decennial census thereafter, the Secretary shall in-12
	24	+	clude in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used 13
	25	+	for the purpose of determining the total population by 14
	26	+	States a checkbox or other similar option for the respond-15
	27	+	ent to indicate, for the respondent and for each of the 16
	28	+	members of the household of the respondent, whether that 17
	29	+	individual is a citizen of the United States. 18
	30	+	‘‘(2) Not later than 120 days after completion of a 19
	31	+	decennial census of the population under subsection (a), 20
	32	+	the Secretary shall make publicly available the number of 21
	33	+	individuals per State, disaggregated by citizens of the 22
	34	+	United States and noncitizens, as tabulated in accordance 23
	35	+	with this section.’’. 24 3
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	37	+	SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF NONCITIZENS FROM NUMBER OF 1
	38	+	PERSONS USED TO DETERMINE APPORTION-2
	39	+	MENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AND NUMBER 3
	40	+	OF ELECTORAL VOTES. 4
50	41		(a) E
51		-	XCLUSION.—Section 22(a) of the Act entitled 23
52		-	‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decen-24
53		-	nial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Rep-25
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57		-	resentatives in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 1
58		-	U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by inserting after ‘‘not taxed’’ 2
59		-	the following: ‘‘and individuals who are not citizens of the 3
60		-	United States’’. 4
	42	+	XCLUSION.—Section 22(a) of the Act entitled 5
	43	+	‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decen-6
	44	+	nial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Rep-7
	45	+	resentatives in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 8
	46	+	U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by inserting after ‘‘not taxed’’ 9
	47	+	the following: ‘‘and individuals who are not citizens of the 10
	48	+	United States’’. 11
61	49		(b) E
62		-	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 5
63		-	subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the apportion-6
64		-	ment of Representatives carried out pursuant to the de-7
65		-	cennial census conducted during 2030 and any succeeding 8
66		-	decennial census. 9
67		-	SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. 10
68		-	If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 11
69		-	this Act, or the application thereof to any person or cir-12
70		-	cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 13
71		-	of the provisions of this Act and amendments made by 14
72		-	this Act, and the application of the provision or amend-15
73		-	ment to any other person or circumstance, shall not be 16
74		-	affected. 17
	50	+	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 12
	51	+	subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the apportion-13
	52	+	ment of Representatives carried out pursuant to the de-14
	53	+	cennial census conducted during 2030 and any succeeding 15
	54	+	decennial census. 16
	55	+	SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. 17
	56	+	If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 18
	57	+	this Act, or the application thereof to any person or cir-19
	58	+	cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 20
	59	+	of the provisions of this Act and amendments made by 21
	60	+	this Act, and the application of the provision or amend-22 4
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	62	+	ment to any other person or circumstance, shall not be 1
	63	+	affected. 2
75	64		Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2024.
76		-	Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
77		-	Clerk.
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	65	+	Attest:
	66	+	Clerk. 118
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89	74		H. R. 7109
90	75		AN ACT
91	76		To require a citizenship question on the decennial
92	77		census, to require reporting on certain census
93	78		statistics, and to modify apportionment of Rep-
94	79		resentatives to be based on United States citizens
95	80		instead of all individuals.
96		-	M
97		-	AY
98		-	14, 2024
99		-	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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