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HR151FEDERALSession 119Federal Billon floor

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Equal Representation Act of 2025

Last action · April 21, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.Sponsors: Chuck Edwards and 66 others

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What This Bill Would Do

This bill requires the U.S. Census Bureau to ask about citizenship status on the 2030 census and mandates that congressional seats be apportioned based only on the number of U.S. citizens rather than the total population. It also requires the government to publicly report census data broken down by citizenship status.

Why it matters

This change would alter how congressional districts and electoral votes are distributed among states, potentially shifting political representation away from states with higher non-citizen populations starting with the 2030 census.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

U.S. Citizens

Their citizenship status will be recorded on the census, and their state's congressional representation will be calculated based on the citizen population.

Directly affected

Non-citizens

Their status will be recorded on the census, and they will be excluded from the population count used for congressional apportionment.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Will this change how many people are counted in the census?

The census will still count all people, but the bill requires the government to report the number of citizens and non-citizens separately and use only the citizen count to determine how many representatives each state gets in Congress.

When does this take effect?

The changes apply to the 2030 and all subsequent censuses.

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Where This Stands

Currently on floor. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Passed.

Procedural history

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Apr 21, 2026House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.
Apr 21, 2026House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-619.
Dec 2, 2025HouseCommittee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 19.
Dec 2, 2025House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 13, 2025Library of Congress
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E21)
Jan 3, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Jan 3, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduced in House

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Shift in Apportionment Basis

The bill explicitly moves the basis for congressional apportionment from 'all persons' to 'United States citizens', a significant departure from historical census practice.

U.S. Census Bureau