Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL-06) introduced the Correct the Count Act (H.R. 4884), legislation that would authorize a new census of only U.S. citizens, facilitated by a citizenship question on that new census, presumably driven by President Trump’s recent social media commentary on the issue.
The Act would task “the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the Bureau of the Census,” to “on the date of the enactment of this Act… conduct a census of population in accordance with section 141 of title 13, United States Code, except that such census of population shall count in any tabulation of population only individuals who are citizens of the United States.”
The “census required” by this bill would need to “include in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used for the purpose of determining the total population by States a checkbox or other similar option for the respondent to indicate, for the respondent and for each of the members of the household of the respondent, whether such individual is a citizen of the United States.”
The Correct the Count Act has no cosponsors. It was referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
As Rep. Fine commented on X, “Only AMERICANS should be represented in Congress. We’re not going to let blue states inflate their representation in Congress with criminal illegals and cartel terrorists. That’s why I’m introducing a bill that would call for a new, Americans-only census.”
