HR-6520 : Still Just a Bill

H.R. 6520, also known as the "No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act," proposes to change how the population is counted for the purpose of congressional apportionment and the allocation of electoral votes.

• Currently, the apportionment of Representatives in Congress is based on the total number of persons living in each state, as determined by the decennial census, excluding "Indians not taxed."
• This bill seeks to amend Title 2, Section 2a(a) of the U.S. Code to exclude "individuals who are not citizens of the United States" from the population count used for apportionment.
• The change would take effect with the 2030 decennial census and any subsequent censuses.
• In effect, this bill proposes that only U.S. citizens should be counted when determining how many representatives each state gets in Congress and, by extension, the number of electoral votes each state receives.