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H.R. 7167 119th Congress House

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 … Show full official titleShow less

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.

Introduced: January 21, 2026 Introduced by: Tom Barrett Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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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.
Jan 21, 2026
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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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7167: Make It Count Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7167/
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"H.R. 7167: Make It Count Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7167/.
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H.R. 7167, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7167/.
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[H.R. 7167: Make It Count Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7167/)
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