118th Congress (2023–2025) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]
This page covers HR7109 in the 118th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so HR7109 in another Congress is a different bill.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 2 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2024-05-08: Passed |
| Latest action | 2024-05-14: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386. |
| Policy area | Government Operations and Politics |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Equal Representation ActThis bill 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 a U. S. citizen. The Department of Commerce must make public the number of citizens and noncitizens in each state. The bill also requires that the statement sent by the President to Congress indicating the number of persons in each state (related to the reapportionment of U. S. Representatives) exclude noncitizens.
Subjects: Census and government statistics, Citizenship and naturalization, Congressional districts and representation, Government information and archives, Immigration status and procedures
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-08 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 177 | 174 | 16 | Official tally |
| 2024-05-08 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Failed | 175 | 178 | 14 | Official tally |
HR7109 (Equal Representation Act) was introduced in the 118th Congress (2023–2025) by Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11].
On 2024-05-14: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.
2 recorded votes in the 118th Congress. The most recent, on 2024-05-08, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.