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HR 3855 111th Congress House

Every Person Counts Act

Official title: To amend title 13, United States Code, to make clear that each decennial census, as required for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the sev… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 13, United States Code, to make clear that each decennial census, as required for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State, and to provide that no information regarding United States citizenship or immigration status may be elicited in any such census.

Introduced: October 29, 2009 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Census and government statisticsCitizenship and naturalizationImmigration status and procedures
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
Oct 20, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Oct 20, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 1, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Every Person Counts Act - Requires the decennial census to tabulate the total number of persons in each state. Prohibits such census from including any question or otherwise eliciting any information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 14
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Dec 10, 2009
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Dec 9, 2009
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Dec 9, 2009
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Nov 19, 2009
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 3, 2009
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Nov 3, 2009
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Nov 3, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 29, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 29, 2009
Sablan, Gregorio
· Oct 29, 2009
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Oct 22, 2009
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Oct 22, 2009
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Oct 22, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 22, 2009
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Oct 21, 2009
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Oct 21, 2009
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Oct 21, 2009
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3855: Every Person Counts Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3855/
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"H.R. 3855: Every Person Counts Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3855/.
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H.R. 3855, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3855/.
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