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H.R. 3838 114th Congress House

Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act

Official title: To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration.

Introduced: October 27, 2015 Introduced by: Hakeem S. Jeffries Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Census and government statisticsCongressional districts and representationCorrectional facilities and imprisonment
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Oct 27, 2015
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 Latest action October 27, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act

This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute an individual who is incarcerated in a state, federal, county, or municipal correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken to such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 12
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 27, 2015
Bass, Karen
· Oct 27, 2015
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Oct 27, 2015
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 27, 2015
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 27, 2015
CLAY, WM.
· Oct 27, 2015
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Oct 27, 2015
Edwards, Donna
· Oct 27, 2015
Fudge, Marcia
· Oct 27, 2015
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Oct 27, 2015
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Oct 27, 2015
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Oct 27, 2015
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 27, 2015
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Oct 27, 2015
Lee, Barbara
· Oct 27, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 27, 2015
Payne, Donald
· Oct 27, 2015
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Oct 27, 2015
RANGEL, CHARLES
· Oct 27, 2015
Richmond, Cedric
· Oct 27, 2015
RUSH, BOBBY
· Oct 27, 2015
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Oct 27, 2015
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Oct 27, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3838: Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3838/
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"H.R. 3838: Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3838/.
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