HR 151 ยท Equal Representation Act of 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.
- Introduced
- Jan 3, 2025
- Latest action
- Apr 21, 2026
- Sponsor
- Rep. Chuck Edwards [R-NC-11]
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Cosponsors
- 66
Summary
Equal Representation Act This bill requires that the statement sent by the President to Congress after the decennial census indicating the number of persons in each state exclude noncitizens. (This statement is the basis for reapportionment of U.S. Representatives.) The bill also requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national but not a citizen, (3) a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) lawfully residing in the United States, or (4) a non-U.S. national unlawfully residing in the United States. The Department of Commerce must make public the number of persons in each state, disaggregated by each of these four categories.
Recent actions
- Dec 2, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 19.
- Dec 2, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jan 13, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E21)
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.