Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States.
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What This Bill Does
This bill proposes a change to the U.S. Constitution about how House Representatives are divided among states. The proposal would require that Representatives be apportioned (divided up) based only on the number of U.S. citizens living in each state.
Who It Affects
States and the House of Representatives would be directly affected by how many representatives each state receives.
Key Provisions
• House Representatives shall be apportioned among the states according to the number of U.S. citizens in each state (Proposed Article)
• This constitutional amendment becomes valid once three-fourths of state legislatures ratify (approve) it within seven years after submission (Proposed Article)
What Changes
If approved, this amendment would change the current method of apportioning House Representatives. Currently, representatives are based on total population counts. Under this proposal, only U.S. citizens would be counted to determine how many representatives each state receives.
Important Definitions
Apportioned: divided or distributed among states
Ratified: officially approved
Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
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