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2025-02-06 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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2025-02-06
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This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that would change how House seats are divided among the states. Instead of using the total number of people living in each state, the new rule would count only U.S. citizens in each state when deciding how many Representatives each state gets. If approved by Congress, the amendment would still need ratification by three-fourths of the states within seven years to become part of the Constitution.
- It would change the basis for apportioning seats in the House of Representatives.
- Only citizens of the United States would be counted for this purpose.
- The amendment would take effect only if three-fourths of the states ratify it.
- States would have seven years from submission to complete ratification.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to require that the seats in the House of Representatives be divided among the states based on their share of U.S. citizens rather than their share of the total U.S. population.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 37 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 37
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Mr. Davidson (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Massie, Mr.
Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Perry, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Roy) submitted the
following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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JOINT RESOLUTION
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.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
``Article--
``Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States
according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by
counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the
United States.''.
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