End Prison Gerrymandering Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The End Prison Gerrymandering Act amends census law so, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, people incarcerated in state, federal, county, municipal, youth correctional, or detention facilities are attributed to their last usual residence before incarceration rather than to the facility location. It also amends the congressional apportionment statute so when a state tabulation includes incarcerated people under that rule, the state must use the individual's last usual in-state residence for congressional redistricting.
Who Benefits and How
Incarcerated people and their home communities benefit because representation is tied to the communities where people lived before incarceration rather than to prison locations. Urban neighborhoods and other communities that send more residents to correctional facilities can receive more accurate population credit. Civil-rights advocates benefit from a federal rule aimed at reducing prison-based population distortion in redistricting.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Census Bureau must change census residence attribution beginning in 2030. State redistricting officials must use last usual residence for congressional districts when applying covered state tabulations. Prison-hosting communities may lose population credit they previously received from incarcerated people housed in local facilities. Correctional agencies may face data-coordination demands if the Census Bureau needs residence information.
Key Provisions
- Requires the 2030 census and later censuses to attribute incarcerated people to their last usual residence before incarceration.
- Applies to people in state, federal, county, municipal, youth correctional, and detention facilities.
- Requires states to use the last usual in-state residence for congressional redistricting when covered census tabulations include incarcerated people.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Census Bureau to count incarcerated people at their last usual residence for the 2030 census and later censuses, including congressional redistricting uses.
Key Policy Areas
Civil Rights, Government
Primary Purpose
Requires the Census Bureau to count incarcerated people at their last usual residence for the 2030 census and later censuses, including congressional redistricting uses.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Incarcerated people
- Home communities
- Civil rights advocates
- Census Bureau
Identified Costs
- Census Bureau
- State redistricting officials
- Prison-hosting communities
- Correctional agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and …
Introduced in House
Ms. Ross (for herself, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Sykes, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Prison-hosting communities, State redistricting officials
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "census"
- → Census Bureau
- "secretary"
- → Commerce Secretary
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