Bill would shift House seats based on noncitizen population counts.
H.R. 10377 — MAGA Act · Filed by Andrew Clyde (R-GA) · 42 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 15, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill says noncitizens should not be counted for House seats. It tells the Commerce Secretary to redo the 2020 census by January 2027. Noncitizens must be removed from that count. All future censuses must ask if people are citizens. States with fewer people after this change will lose House seats.
Who it affects
Citizens in states with many noncitizens would lose House seats. Citizens in states with fewer noncitizens would gain House seats. Courts would find it hard to stop these seat changes.
One thing to notice
The bill removes noncitizens from the population count for House seats. Only citizens can vote, but noncitizens are counted out anyway.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
42 cosponsors: 42 Republicans.
- Sep 15, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 15, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- noncitizens — people who live in the United States but are not U.S. citizens.
- census — an official count of all people living in the country.
- Commerce Secretary — the government official in charge of business and trade matters.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (8,309 characters) on Sep 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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