House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Equal Representation Act of 2025
Official title: To require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require reporting on certain census statistics, and to modify apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all persons.
Sponsor: Rep. Chuck Edwards R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee actionDec 2, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 151.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 151, Equal Representation Act of 2025” on April 22, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 21, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62374
- CBO publication date
- April 22, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 151, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-619 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 21, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/619
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 151, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
140ba9aa57320bb92136f711eff2c4af4246b3496fb36ea035e3ca31303d5a7f
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H41):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``Regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Requires a citizenship question on the decennial census, reporting on certain census statistics, and modifies apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all persons.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 380 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 151, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
140ba9aa57320bb92136f711eff2c4af4246b3496fb36ea035e3ca31303d5a7f
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
66 cosponsors — 66 Republicans
0 of 66 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mike Collins (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Troy Downing (R-MT), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chuck Edwards.
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- H.R. 1245 (119th) Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 7356 (119th) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot…
- H.R. 1119 (119th) Unemployment Integrity Act of 2025
- H.R. 3627 (119th) Justice for America’s Veterans and Survivors Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 7167 (119th) Make It Count ActRelated bill
- S. 2205 (119th) Equal Representation ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.