# 114-hr-3838: Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act

114-hr-3838, Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3838
- Congress: 114
- Title: Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Introduced: 2015-10-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute an individual who is incarcerated in a state, federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.

## Cosponsors (23)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] (D-VI), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
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## Sources
- [114-hr-3838 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3838)

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