Census FACTS Act

The Census FACTS Act would establish a nonpartisan advisory committee to evaluate the 2020 Census, specifically looking at how operational decisions and external factors like the COVID-19 pandemic affected the accuracy of the population count. The bill also mandates that states use total population data—counting every person regardless of citizenship or voter status—when drawing new congressional district boundaries. For citizens, this means the bill aims to ensure that federal representation and the distribution of resources are based on a complete and transparent accounting of everyone living in their communities.