# 119-hr-5156: COUNT Act

119-hr-5156, COUNT Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5156
- Congress: 119
- Title: COUNT Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Require a complete federal count of citizens, lawful residents, and unauthorized immigrants.** The COUNT Act would push the Census Bureau to use federal administrative records and to pursue a citizenship question on the 2030 census. - Residents and families: The bill would aim to establish citizenship status for 100% of the U.S. population by linking administrative records, to provide more complete citizenship data to inform immigration policy. - Federal agencies and states: It would direct each agency to give the Department of Commerce maximum assistance and create a Census-led interagency working group. Commerce would seek access to seven specific record streams, including USCIS lawful permanent resident and naturalization files, Customs arrival/departure data, passport applications, Social Security Master Beneficiary Records, and Medicaid and CHIP records, and report annually which States refuse to comply. - Privacy and researchers: The bill would bar the Census Bureau from using the differential privacy process six months after enactment and require the Director to publish public guidance explaining how individual responses will be protected without that method.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6] (R-OH), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Census to collect more citizenship data: mixed, high. If enacted, the Census Bureau would lead a federal working group to get more records for the count. Federal agencies would have to share, as allowed by law, named files like green card and naturalization records, student visas, travel entry/exit data, refugee and asylum records, passport applicatio…
- Census would stop using differential privacy: mixed, high. Starting 6 months after enactment, the Census Bureau would be barred from using the differential privacy process. The Census Director would have to publish how individual responses will be kept private without it. This could make some statistics more detailed but could raise privacy risks.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- 119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-22: SAVE Act
- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250
- 119-hr-1919: Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5156 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5156)

## Related
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-22: SAVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-22)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
- [119-hr-1919: Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1919)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5156 (as of 2026-04-21).