House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Make It Count Act
Official title: To require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require reporting on certain census statistics, to modify apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all persons, to prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Barrett R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 21, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7167.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 14, January 21, 2026, Page H1172):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7167, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7167
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 16, 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 April 16, 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. Tom Barrett.
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- H.R. 1364 (119th) Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3055 (119th) TRANSPORT Jobs Act
- H.R. 3481 (119th) Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 3482 (119th) Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act
Related bills
- H.R. 151 (119th) Equal Representation Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 2205 (119th) Equal Representation ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.