Census of population timing modifications and apportionment based only on number of citizens

(a) Census Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: The Secretary shall, on the date of the enactment of the Making American Elections Great Again Act and every 10 years thereafter, take a decennial census of population. The date on which such census is conducted shall be known as the decennial census date. Any such census may be conducted in such form and content as the Secretary may determine, including the use of sampling procedures and special surveys.; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking in the year 1985 and every 10 years thereafter and inserting in the year that is 5 years after the year a decennial census of population is conducted under subsection (a) and every 10 years thereafter; and (B) by striking the last sentence and inserting the following: The census under this subsection shall be taken on the date that is 5 years after the date a decennial census of population is conducted under subsection (a), as amended by the Making American Elections Great Again Act, and that date shall be known as the mid-decade census date.; (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: (g) In conducting the census required by subsection (a), as amended by the Making American Elections Great Again Act, and each decennial census thereafter, the Secretary shall 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.. (b) Apportionment (1) Exclusion of noncitizens from number of persons used to determine apportionment of representatives and number of electoral votes (A) Exclusion Section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by inserting after not taxed the following: and individuals who are not citizens of the United States. (B) Effective date The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to the apportionment of Representatives carried out pursuant to paragraph (2) and any decennial census thereafter. (2) Apportionment under new census For purposes of establishing the number of districts for the election of Representatives in a State with respect to the One Hundred Twentieth Congress, each State shall, immediately after the date of the completion of the first census required under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, begin to carry out redistricting pursuant to the apportionment of Members of the House of Representatives as a result of such census.