Redistricting Reform Act of 2019

H.R. 3572 · 116th Congress · Jun 27, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To require States to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with plans developed and enacted into law by independent redistricting commissions, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; finding of constitutional authority; table of contents

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Redistricting Reform Act of 2019”.

(b)

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.

(c)

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

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Jun 27, 2019viewing Introduced in House Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Peters, Mr. Thompson of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Vargas, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Correa, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Takano, Mr. Cox of California, Ms. Porter, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Bera, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Costa, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Speier, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. McNerney, and Mr. Levin of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Redistricting Reform Act of 2019

Section 1 Short title; finding of constitutional authority; table of contents

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