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US HR1102

US HR1102
Redistricting Reform Act of 2017


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Introduced
02/16/2017
In Committee
03/06/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

Redistricting Reform Act of 2017 Redistricting Reform Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment of Members of the House of Representatives based on the results of the census from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct redistricting in order to comply with the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Redistricting must be conducted in accordance with a plan established by a state independent redistricting commission or, if such a plan is not established, in accordance with a redistricting plan established by a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This bill sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the establishment and procedures of state independent redistricting commissions, including requirements for commissions to hold their meetings in public and maintain a public website; (2) the development and publication of preliminary redistricting plans; (3) the establishment of a redistricting plan by a three-judge panel and redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (4) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting. This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to bring a civil action to enforce this bill. The action must be given expedited consideration.

AI Summary

This bill, the Redistricting Reform Act of 2017, proposes to require states to conduct congressional redistricting through independent commissions rather than by legislatures. The key provisions include: prohibiting states from being redistricted again after an apportionment of House seats unless ordered by a court, requiring redistricting to be done by an independent state commission or a federal court panel, setting criteria for the commissions and their redistricting plans, establishing a process for the commissions to develop and approve plans, providing for federal court involvement if states fail to meet the requirements, and authorizing federal payments to states to carry out the redistricting process. The bill aims to make the congressional redistricting process more independent and impartial.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (80)

Zoe Lofgren (D)* Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Michael Capuano (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Charlie Crist (D),  Joseph Crowley (WFP),  Susan Davis (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  John Delaney (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Keith Ellison (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Elizabeth Esty (D),  Bill Foster (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Steny Hoyer (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  John Larson (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  David Loebsack (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Richard Nolan (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Beto O'Rourke (D),  Bill Pascrell (D),  Nancy Pelosi (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Jared Polis (D),  David Price (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Brad Sherman (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Mike Thompson (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Peter Welch (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (on 03/06/2017)

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