A Bill: 114 Congress 1 S
A Bill: 114 Congress 1 S
114TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1347
To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, to require States
to conduct such redistricting through independent commissions, and for
other purposes.
A BILL
To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, to require States to conduct such redistricting
through independent commissions, and for other purposes.
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AUTHORITY.
7 ity to establish the terms and conditions States must fol8 low in carrying out Congressional redistricting after an
9 apportionment of Members of the House of Representa10 tives because
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AN APPORTIONMENT.
25 cardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional re26 districting, approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c),
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1 is amended by adding at the end the following: A State
2 which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law
3 after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act en4 titled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent
5 decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment
6 of Representatives in Congress, approved June 18, 1929
7 (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted again until after
8 the next apportionment of Representatives under such sec9 tion, unless a court requires the State to conduct such
10 subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution
11 or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C.
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COURT.
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(1) IN
GENERAL.Notwithstanding
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(2) OTHER
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(1) APPOINTMENT
OF MEMBERS.Each
sion composed of
sion; and
egories:
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house.
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house.
(2) SPECIAL
ERAL LEGISLATURE.In
be composed of
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commission if
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ment; and
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apportionment notice.
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(6) APPOINTMENT
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(7) REQUIRING
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PUBLIC.The
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meetings in public.
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(8) INTERNET
SITE.As
soon as practicable
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section (b)(1).
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missions activities.
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criteria:
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tablish).
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(2) FACTORS
PROHIBITED
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population of a district.
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(3) SOLICITATION
OPMENT OF PLANS.The
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(4) PUBLIC
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MISSION TO LEGISLATURE.Not
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lature.
(1) IN
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(2) CONSIDERATION
OF
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TURE.After
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(3) ENACTMENT
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(A) IN
OF PLAN.
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out amendment; or
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be amended.
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(B) SPECIAL
the case of a
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law if
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amendment.
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1 of at least a majority of its members given at a meeting
2 at which at least a majority of its members are present.
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(e) TERMINATION.
(1) IN
independent redis-
apportionment notice.
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(2) PRESERVATION
OF RECORDS.The
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(2) NO
(1) FAILURE
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PLAN.
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(A) NOTICE
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(B) DEVELOPMENT
a State court to
AND SELECTION OF
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later than 30
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(2) FAILURE
SION.
(A) IN
GENERAL.If
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commission; and
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(B) DETERMINATION
OF FAILURE TO ES-
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(c) ACCESS
TO
INFORMATION
AND
RECORDS
OF
8 COMMISSION.A court which is required to select, pub9 lish, or develop a redistricting plan for a State under this
10 section shall have access to any information, data, soft11 ware, or other records and material used by the inde12 pendent redistricting commission of the State in carrying
13 out its duties under this Act.
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17 tricting subsequent to an apportionment of Representa18 tives in the State in order to comply with the Constitution
19 or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965, sections 4
20 and 5 shall apply with respect to the redistricting, except
21 that
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TRICTING.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
PAYMENTS.Subject to sub-
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1 a State apportionment notice, the Election Assistance
2 Commission shall make a payment to the State in an
3 amount equal to the product of
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(2) $150,000.
(b) USE
OF
(c) NO PAYMENT
BER.The
TO
OF
COMMISSION
AS
18 CONDITION OF PAYMENT.The Election Assistance Com19 mission may not make a payment to a State under this
20 section until the State certifies to the Commission that
21 the State has established an independent redistricting
22 commission, and that a chair of the commission has been
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(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.There
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OFFICE.
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