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US HB7167
Bill
Status
1/21/2026
Primary Sponsor
Tom Barrett
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AI Summary
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Requires the 2030 decennial census and all subsequent censuses to include a citizenship question with four response categories: U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful resident alien, or unlawful resident alien
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Mandates the Secretary to publicly release state-by-state population counts disaggregated by citizenship status within 120 days of census completion
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Changes Congressional apportionment to be based solely on U.S. citizens rather than total population, excluding non-citizens from the count used to allocate House seats and electoral votes, effective with the 2030 census
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Prohibits states from conducting more than one Congressional redistricting after each decennial census apportionment, unless required by a court to comply with the Constitution or Voting Rights Act
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Applies redistricting restrictions to Congressional elections occurring after November 2024, but does not affect state or local election redistricting processes
Legislative Description
Make It Count Act
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1/21/2026