Executive Order 13986
| "Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census" | |
| Type | Executive order |
|---|---|
| Number | 13986 |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Signed | January 20, 2021 |
| Federal Register details | |
| Federal Register document number | 2021-01755 |
| Publication date | January 20, 2021 |
| Summary | |
| Requires the counting of non-citizens in the U.S. Census and for the apportionment of congressional representatives | |
Executive Order 13986, officially titled Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census, is the second executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021. The order reverses Executive Order 13880 and other Trump administration policies that had excluded non-citizens from the census count for the 2020 census. Executive Order 13986 requires non-citizens to be counted in the 2020 census, both for the purposes of enumeration and determining congressional apportionment.