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H.R. 3765 116th Congress House

Citizens Count Census Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that any questionnaire used for a decennial census of population contains a question regarding citizenship, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 16, 2019 Introduced by: James Comer Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Census and government statisticsCitizenship and naturalization
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Jul 16, 2019
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 Latest action July 16, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Citizens Count Census Act of 2019

This bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent is a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 1358 Identical bill Citizens Count Census Act of 2019
  • HR 1320 Census Accuracy Act of 2019
  • HR 9064 Refurbishing the Pillars of American Exceptionalism Act of 2020
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Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Jul 16, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3765: Citizens Count Census Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3765/
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"H.R. 3765: Citizens Count Census Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3765/.
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H.R. 3765, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3765/.
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