House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
One Citizen, One Seat Act
Official title: To require the Bureau of the Census to revise the tabulation of the total population by State for the 2020 decennial census counting only citizens of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Beth Van Duyne R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5743.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 168, October 10, 2025, Page H4533):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5743, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5743
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beth Van Duyne.
- H.R. 2965 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 8873 (119th) Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act
- H.R. 2966 (119th) American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025
- H.R. 6903 (119th) Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
- H.R. 5498 (119th) Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026
- H.R. 8883 (119th) Protecting Seniors and Stopping Fraudsters Act
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.