HRES 877 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Of inquiry directing the Secretary of Commerce to provide certain documents in the Secretary's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the decision to include a question on citizenship in the 2020 decennial census of population.

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 24, 2018 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 149.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 8, 2018
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Directs the Department of Commerce to transmit to the House of Representatives, by 14 days after the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, correspondence, or other communication that refers or relates to: (1) the addition of a question on citizenship to the 2020 decennial census of population; and (2) the December 12, 2017, letter from Arthur E. Gary, General Counsel, Justice Management Division, Department of Justice, to Ron Jarmin, Acting Director, Bureau of the Census.

Cosponsors 79

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2018 to May 18, 2018, with 70 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMay 8, 2018
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalMay 8, 2018

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 24, 2018Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
  2. May 24, 2018Reported adversely by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-705.
  3. May 23, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  4. May 23, 2018Ordered to be Reported Adversely by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 16.
  5. May 8, 2018Introduced in House

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  1. May 24, 2018Reported in House
  2. May 8, 2018Introduced in House

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