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Redesignates existing subsection (g) as subsection (h) and inserts a new subsection (g) requiring that, beginning with the 2030 decennial census and every census thereafter, the Secretary attribute individuals incarcerated as of the census date to their last usual place of residence before incarceration.
Adds a new subsection (d) to Section 22 (2 U.S.C. 2a) specifying that if a State's tabulation includes an incarcerated individual who is attributed to the individual's last usual place of residence before incarceration under 13 U.S.C. 141(g), the State shall treat that last usual place of residence in the State as the individual's place of residence for purposes of congressional redistricting.
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.
Introduced February 4, 2026 by Deborah K. Ross · Last progress February 4, 2026
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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