HR 151reported119th Congress

Equal Representation Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2025House billPolicy area: Government Operations and PoliticsLast action Dec 2, 2025Sponsor: Chuck Edwards(R-NC)

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Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Dec 2, 2025

What the bill does

Equal Representation Act This bill requires that the statement sent by the President to Congress after the decennial census indicating the number of persons in each state exclude noncitizens. (This statement is the basis for reapportionment of U.S. Representatives.) The bill also requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent and each household member is (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national but not a citizen, (3) a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) lawfully residing in the United States, or (4) a non-U.S. national unlawfully residing in the United States. The Department of Commerce must make public the number of persons in each state, disaggregated by each of these four categories.

Latest official action

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 19.

Lobbying Filings

$632.8M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Jun 5, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC

Jan 3, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jan 28, 2025trade

Julie Johnson sold ALE

Feb 28, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC

Feb 28, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC

Feb 28, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Dec 2, 2025Committee

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 19.

Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Dec 2, 2025Committee

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Jan 13, 2025IntroReferral

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E21)

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Jan 3, 2025IntroReferral

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.	GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC	$64.9M	Jun 5, 2024	2024Q1	FIR
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION	AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION	$64.0M	Jul 18, 2025	2025Q2	CIV
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.	GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC	$60.0M	Feb 28, 2025

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Julie Johnson	D	ALE	ALE	Sell	Jan 28, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	25d after	NALEO EDUCATIONAL FUND	1%

Conflict Summary

1 trade by 1 member of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on HR 151. The average conflict score is 1%.

Julie Johnson (1 trade)

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.