[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7167 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7167
To require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require
reporting on certain census statistics, to modify apportionment of
Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all
persons, to prohibit States from carrying out more than one
Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 21, 2026
Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require
reporting on certain census statistics, to modify apportionment of
Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all
persons, to prohibit States from carrying out more than one
Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Make It Count Act''.
SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP STATUS ON DECENNIAL CENSUS.
(a) In General.--Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g)(1) In conducting the 2030 decennial census and each decennial
census thereafter, the Secretary shall include in any questionnaire
distributed or otherwise used for the purpose of determining the total
population by States a checkbox or other similar option for the
respondent to indicate, for the respondent and for each of the members
of the household of the respondent, whether that individual is--
``(A) a citizen of the United States;
``(B) a national of the United States but not a
citizen of the United States;
``(C) an alien lawfully residing in the United
States; or
``(D) an alien unlawfully residing in the United
States.
``(2) Not later than 120 days after completion of a decennial
census of the population under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make
publicly available the number of persons per State, disaggregated by
each of the 4 categories described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of
paragraph (1), as tabulated in accordance with this section.''.
SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF NONCITIZENS FROM NUMBER OF PERSONS USED TO
DETERMINE APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AND NUMBER OF
ELECTORAL VOTES.
(a) Exclusion.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to
provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to
provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress'', approved
June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by inserting after ``not
taxed'' the following: ``and individuals who are not citizens of the
United States''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to the apportionment of Representatives carried out
pursuant to the decennial census conducted during 2030 and any
succeeding decennial census.
SEC. 4. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING AFTER AN APPORTIONMENT.
(a) In General.--The Act entitled ``An Act for the relief of Doctor
Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional
redistricting'', approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), is amended
by adding at the end the following: ``A State which has been
redistricted in the manner provided by law after an apportionment under
section 22(a) of the Act entitled `An Act to provide for the fifteenth
and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment
of Representatives in Congress', approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a),
may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment of
Representatives under such section, unless a court requires the State
to conduct such subsequent redistricting to comply with the
Constitution or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
1973 et seq.).''.
(b) No Effect on Elections for State and Local Office.--Nothing in
this section or in any amendment made by this section may be construed
to affect the manner in which a State carries out elections for State
or local office, including the process by which a State establishes the
districts used in such elections.
(c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendment made by this
section shall apply with respect to any Congressional redistricting
which occurs after the November 2024 election.
SEC. 5. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
If any provision of this Act or amendment made by this Act, or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be
unconstitutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act and
amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provision or
amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected.
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