HR 7724 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

No Funds for Apportionment Exclusion Act

Introduced Jul 22, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Grace Meng D-NY

Latest action · Jul 22, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 22, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Funds for Apportionment Exclusion Act

This bill prohibits using federal funds to carry out the July 21, 2020, presidential memorandum ordering the exclusion of aliens without legal immigration status from being counted for the purposes of apportioning representation in the House of Representatives following the 2020 census.

Cosponsors 66

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2020 to Aug 7, 2020; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jul 22, 2020
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland	Original	Jul 22, 2020

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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jul 22, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 22, 2020Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H3693-H3694] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Ms. MENG: H.R. 7724. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 129, July 22, 2020, page H3694.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement, administer, or enforce the Presidential Memorandum on Excluding Illegal Aliens From the Apportionment Base Following the 2020 Census, issued on July 21, 2020.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: No Funds for Apportionment Exclusion Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 22, 2020Introduced in House

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