Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2026

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Democrat · DC · Representative

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

2026-03-24

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This bill aims to increase participation rates in the decennial census by making it easier and more accessible for all Americans to respond. The legislation likely includes measures such as extending response deadlines, improving outreach to hard-to-count populations, or simplifying the census form itself. Higher census participation directly affects how federal funding and congressional representation are distributed among states and communities.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8062 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8062 To amend title 13, United States Code, to prohibit the use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in any decennial census, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2026 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 13, United States Code, to prohibit the use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in any decennial census, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CENSUS QUESTIONS ON CITIZENSHIP, NATIONALITY, OR IMMIGRATION STATUS. Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: ``(g)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a questionnaire or survey used to carry out, or in connection with, any decennial census of population may not include any question regarding citizenship, nationality, or immigration status of the respondent, any family member of the respondent, or any individual living in the respondent's household. ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the survey, conducted by the Secretary, commonly referred to as the `American Community Survey'.''. <all>

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