Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States.
Summary
H.J.Res. 24 proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would change how seats in the House of Representatives are distributed among the states. Currently, congressional districts are allocated based on the total population of each state, which includes all residents regardless of legal status; this bill would require that only U.S. citizens be counted for that purpose. If enacted, this change could shift political representation and federal funding levels between states based on the size of their non-citizen populations.
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