H.R. 6520House118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act

To exclude individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the number of persons used to determine the apportionment of Representatives and the number of electoral votes.

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The bill changes the way the population count used for congressional representation and electoral votes is calculated by removing non‑citizens from that count. It amends the Census Act so that only U.S. citizens (and those not taxed) are included when determining how many Representatives each state gets and how many electoral votes it receives. The change would start with the 2030 decennial census and apply to all future censuses, affecting the distribution of seats in the House and electoral college among the states.

Key Provisions

Amends the Census Act to exclude individuals who are not U.S. citizens from the population total used for apportioning Representatives and electoral votes.
The exclusion takes effect for the apportionment based on the 2030 census and all subsequent decennial censuses.
As a result, each state’s share of House seats and electoral votes will be calculated using only the citizen population, potentially altering the current distribution.

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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Oversight and Government Reform Committee

November 30, 2023

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Introduced in House

November 30, 2023

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Oversight and Government Reform Committee

November 30, 2023

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Introduced in HouseIssued November 30, 2023

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 6520

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 30, 2023

Mr. Edwards (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Rose) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability

A BILL

To exclude individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the number of persons used to determine the apportionment of Representatives and the number of electoral votes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act.

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 striking not taxed and inserting not taxed 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.