Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC-02) introduced the End Prison Gerrymandering Act (H.R. 7375), legislation that would require that people in prison, for purposes of a decennial census, would be counted at their last usual place of residence before incarceration.
The bill would add the following provision to Title 13:
“(d) If the tabulation of the number of persons in a State under subsection (a) includes an individual incarcerated in a State, Federal, county, or municipal correctional facility, or in a youth correctional facility or detention center, who is treated as a resident of the State because the tabulation attributes the individual to the individual’s last usual place of residence before incarceration, as provided under section 141(g) of title 13, United States Code, the State shall treat the individual’s last usual place of residence in the State before incarceration as the individual’s place of residence for purposes of congressional redistricting.”
H.R. 7375 has been referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Judiciary Committee. It has 11 Democrat cosponsors.
The End Prison Gerrymandering Act – H.R. 7375
Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC-02) introduced the End Prison Gerrymandering Act (H.R. 7375), legislation that would require that people in prison, for purposes of a decennial census, would be counted at their last usual place of residence before incarceration.
The bill would add the following provision to Title 13:
“(d) If the tabulation of the number of persons in a State under subsection (a) includes an individual incarcerated in a State, Federal, county, or municipal correctional facility, or in a youth correctional facility or detention center, who is treated as a resident of the State because the tabulation attributes the individual to the individual’s last usual place of residence before incarceration, as provided under section 141(g) of title 13, United States Code, the State shall treat the individual’s last usual place of residence in the State before incarceration as the individual’s place of residence for purposes of congressional redistricting.”
H.R. 7375 has been referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Judiciary Committee. It has 11 Democrat cosponsors.
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