H.R. 7109 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Equal Representation Act
Cosponsors: 114 (0 D, 114 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2024-01-29
Latest action (2024-05-14): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.
What H.R. 7109 does, in plain terms
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 a U.S. citizen. The Department of Commerce must make public the number of citizens and noncitizens in each state. 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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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