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.
Latest action · Mar 1, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| R-GA | Marjorie Taylor Greene | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Jan 5, 2024 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Jan 9, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Jan 17, 2024 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Mar 19, 2024 |
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 Mar 1, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2976 | Warren Davidson R-OH | May 8, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 39, March 1, 2023, page H1052.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 24 | 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. | Reintroduction of | Apr 23, 2021 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
