Voter Population Accuracy Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6335 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6335

     To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information on 
    citizenship status through the decennial census, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2023

 Mr. Edwards introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information on 
    citizenship status through the decennial census, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Population Accuracy Act''.

SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP STATUS ON DECENNIAL CENSUS.

    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) 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 such individual is a 
citizen or national of the United States.''.
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