Congress·In Committee·H.R. 7167

Make It Count Act

New Bill Proposes Using Only U.S. Citizens to Decide How Many Seats States Get in Congress

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Key Points

This bill would add a new question to the 2030 Census asking every household to identify the citizenship status of each person living there. Respondents would have to check a box indicating if someone is a U.S. citizen, a legal resident, or an undocumented immigrant.
The proposal changes how the government decides how many seats each state gets in the House of Representatives. Currently, seats are based on the total number of people living in a state, but this bill would change the rules to only count U.S. citizens for this purpose.
Because the number of House seats also determines how many Electoral College votes a state has, this change would likely shift political power and influence between different states during presidential elections.
The bill also limits how often states can redraw their Congressional district maps. It would prohibit states from redrawing these lines more than once every ten years unless a court specifically orders a change to follow the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.
If passed, the government would be required to publicly report the number of citizens and noncitizens living in each state within 120 days of finishing the census count.

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Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

This bill would require the census to ask whether each person in a household is an undocumented immigrant, which could discourage undocumented people from responding to the census at all. More importantly, by excluding noncitizens from apportionment counts, communities with large undocumented populations would lose political representation in Congress and the Electoral College, reducing their ability to advocate for resources and services.

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Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Milestones

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Jan 21, 2026House

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.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

Votes

No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.

News

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'Equal Representation' Should Mean Equal Representation for American Citizens | National Review

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Make It Count Act

Bill NumberHR 7167

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred 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.

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