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HR151119th Congress

Equal Representation Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]

In Committee

Summary

This bill would require the decennial census to collect citizenship status and would exclude noncitizens from the population counts used to apportion Representatives and electoral votes. It also mandates public release of state-level citizen and noncitizen totals after each census.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Noncitizens Not Counted for Apportionment

This bill would change apportionment rules so people who are not U.S. citizens are not counted when allocating House seats and electoral votes. The change would apply to the apportionment carried out using the 2030 decennial census and any later decennial census.

Census citizenship question and counts

This bill would require the Commerce Secretary to add a citizenship checkbox to the 2030 census and every decennial census after. The checkbox must let the respondent indicate whether they and each household member are U.S. citizens. The Secretary would publish, within 120 days after each census is completed, state totals broken down into citizens and noncitizens as tabulated under the census.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]

NC • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Bean, Aaron [R-FL-4]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]

    WY • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2025

  • Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2025

  • Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2025

  • Rep. Knott, Brad [R-NC-13]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large]

    ND • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 1/15/2025

  • Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]

    WA • R

    Sponsored 1/22/2025

  • Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 1/23/2025

  • Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/5/2025

  • Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/5/2025

  • Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/7/2025

  • Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 5/6/2025

  • Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 5/23/2025

  • Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 6/23/2025

  • Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 6/23/2025

  • Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]

    MN • R

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 8/5/2025

  • Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 8/8/2025

  • Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 8/8/2025

  • Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/25/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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