S.Amdt. 1527

SA 1527. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed the bill H.R. 815, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

DIVISION C--EQUAL REPRESENTATION ACT

SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.

This division may be cited as the ``Equal Representation
Act''.

SEC. 4002. CITIZENSHIP STATUS ON DECENNIAL CENSUS.

(a) In General.--Section 141 of title 13, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g)(1) In conducting the 2030 decennial census and each
decennial census thereafter, the Secretary shall include in
any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used for the
purpose of determining the total population by States a
checkbox or other similar option for the respondent to
indicate, for the respondent and for each of the members of
the household of the respondent, whether that individual is--
``(A) a citizen of the United States;
``(B) a national of the United States but not a citizen of
the United States;
``(C) an alien lawfully residing in the United States; or
``(D) an alien unlawfully residing in the United States.
``(2) Not later than 120 days after completion of a
decennial census of the population under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall make publicly available the number of persons
per State, disaggregated by each of the 4 categories
described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1),
as tabulated in accordance with this section.''.

SEC. 4003. EXCLUSION OF NONCITIZENS FROM NUMBER OF PERSONS
USED TO DETERMINE APPORTIONMENT OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES.

(a) Exclusion.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act
to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial
censuses and to provide for an apportionment of
Representatives in Congress'', approved June 18, 1929 (2
U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by inserting after ``not taxed''
the following: ``and individuals who are not citizens of the
United States''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to the apportionment of
Representatives carried out pursuant to the decennial census
conducted during 2030 and any succeeding decennial census.

SEC. 4004. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

If any provision of this division or amendment made by this
division, or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder
of the provisions of this division and amendments made by
this division, and the application of the provision or
amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall not be
affected.
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