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The bill would improve federal and state understanding of dual citizenship for policy and resource decisions, but at the potential cost of privacy risks, lower census participation and undercounts, and higher administrative/compliance expenses.
Residents (including immigrants and dual citizens) can report foreign citizenship on the census, giving federal and state governments, researchers, and policymakers more accurate data on dual citizenship to inform representation, resource allocation, and policy analysis.
Adding a question about foreign citizenship could reduce census response rates and increase undercounts, raising follow-up costs and producing less accurate federal funding and representation allocations for states and communities.
Individuals—particularly immigrants and dual citizens—may face privacy and security risks from reporting another country's citizenship, which could deter participation and raise concerns about misuse of sensitive information.
Collecting and storing foreign-citizenship data will increase legal, data-protection, and administrative compliance costs for the Census Bureau and Department of Commerce, potentially requiring additional funding.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Census Bureau to add a dual-citizenship checkbox and a field to identify the other country on the 2030 and future decennial census forms for each person.
Introduced December 5, 2025 by Abraham J. Hamadeh · Last progress December 5, 2025
Requires the Census Bureau to add a checkbox (or similar option) to the 2030 decennial census and every decennial census after that so respondents can indicate if an individual is a dual citizen of the United States and another country and identify the other country of citizenship. Also provides a short title for the Act and makes a minor statutory redesignation.