MACA Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6486 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6486

  To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information on dual 
            citizenship status through the decennial census.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2025

    Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information on dual 
            citizenship status through the decennial census.

    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 ``Make Allegiances Clear Again Act'' 
or the ``MACA Act''.

SEC. 2. DUAL 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 of both the United States and another country and of which 
other country such individual is a citizen.''.
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