Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Citizen Only Updated National Tally Act directs the Department of Commerce and federal agencies to collect comprehensive data on citizenship status across the United States, aiming to count citizens, noncitizens, and undocumented immigrants. The bill requires agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and Department of State to share relevant administrative records with the Commerce Department, such as immigration files, visa information, and tax records. Additionally, it mandates that the Commerce Secretary add a citizenship question to the 2030 Census and expand citizenship data collection through other Census Bureau surveys. The legislation also establishes an interagency working group to coordinate these efforts and requires an annual report to Congress on states' compliance with data-sharing requests. Six months after enactment, the Census Bureau must stop using "differential privacy" techniques—a statistical method that obscures individual responses to protect privacy—and instead provide alternative privacy protections.
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