H.R. 151: Equal Representation Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-03 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.

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Equal Representation Act of 2025

Plain summary

Equal Representation Act This bill requires that the statement sent by the President to Congress after the decennial census indicating the number of persons in each state exclude noncitizens. (This statement is the basis for reapportionment of U.S. Representatives.) The bill also 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 (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national but not a citizen, (3) a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) lawfully residing in the United States, or (4) a non-U.S. national unlawfully residing in the United States. The Department of Commerce must make public the number of persons in each state, disaggregated by each of these four categories.

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Equal Representation Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] · 66 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 151, Equal Representation Act of 2025 (2026-04-22)

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Warren Davidson (R-OH), Aaron Bean (R-FL), David Rouzer (R-NC), Troy E. Nehls (R-TX), Mike Collins (R-GA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Michael Guest (R-MS), Max L. Miller (R-OH), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Barry Moore (R-AL), John W. Rose (R-TN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Brad Knott (R-NC), Troy Downing (R-MT), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Ron Estes (R-KS), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Mark B. Messmer (R-IN), Russell Fry (R-SC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Mark Harris (R-NC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Brian Babin (R-TX), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Cory Mills (R-FL), Laurel M. Lee (R-FL), Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David J. Taylor (R-OH), Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY), Richard McCormick (R-GA) and 6 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr151.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr151 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills