This bill would require the U.S. Census Bureau to add a citizenship status question to the decennial census starting with the 2030 census and continuing for all future decennial censuses. Specifically, the census questionnaire would include a checkbox or similar option allowing respondents to indicate whether they or members of their household are U.S. citizens or nationals. The bill affects all households participating in the decennial census, which occurs every ten years and is used to count the total population by state for purposes like congressional representation and federal funding allocation. There is no specific funding amount or timeline mentioned in the legislation beyond the requirement to implement the citizenship question beginning with the 2030 census.
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