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119-hr-6486119th Congress

MACA Act

Sponsored By: Representative Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]

Introduced

Summary

Collects dual-citizenship status on the decennial census. This bill would require the decennial census questionnaire to include a checkbox for each person in every household to indicate dual U.S. and another-country citizenship and to identify that other country.

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  • Families and households: Every household would see a question for each member asking if they hold U.S. citizenship and citizenship of another country and to name that country.
  • Researchers and state planners: Federal and state data users would gain systematic, nationwide dual-citizenship data linked to state population totals for the 2030 census and every decennial census after.
  • Census operations: The census questionnaire framework used to determine state population counts would be changed to add this checkbox beginning with the 2030 decennial census.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New census dual citizenship question

This bill would require the 2030 census and every decennial census after to add a question about dual citizenship. The census form would ask if you and each person in your household are citizens of the United States and another country. If you answer yes, it would ask you to name the other country. The bill would not include funding, enforcement, or rules about how the collected data could be used or protected.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]

AZ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/4/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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