HR8062-119

In Committee

Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Mar 24, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Social Welfare, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H49E81CFAAB6A400C8C6AACB1103DD532: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2026.
  • Section HB071062FD5904FF8AFAC2523712C4BAD: 2. Prohibiting census questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Social Welfare, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Social Welfare Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 24, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 24, 2026

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E254)

Mar 24, 2026

Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Social Welfare Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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