Redistricting Reform Act of 2017

H.R. 1102 · 115th Congress · Feb 16, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To require States to conduct Congressional redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short Title— This Act may be cited as the “Redistricting Reform Act of 2017”.

(b)

Table of Contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Finding of constitutional authority

Congress finds that it has the authority to establish the terms and conditions States must follow in carrying out Congressional redistricting after an apportionment of Members of the House of Representatives because—

(1)

the authority granted to Congress under article I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws governing the time, place, and manner of elections for Members of the House of Representatives; and

(2)

the authority granted to Congress under section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires Representatives to be apportioned among the several States according to their number.

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Feb 16, 2017viewing Introduced in House Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Esty, Mr. Foster, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Rourke, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Welch, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Brown of Maryland, and Mr. Nolan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Redistricting Reform Act of 2017

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Finding of constitutional authority

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