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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2646 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redis- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tricting after a decennial census and apportionment, to require States |
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| 7 | 7 | | to conduct such redistricting through independent commissions, and for |
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| 8 | 8 | | other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL17, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | OHENintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congres- |
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| 16 | 16 | | sional redistricting after a decennial census and appor- |
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| 17 | 17 | | tionment, to require States to conduct such redistricting |
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| 18 | 18 | | through independent commissions, and for other pur- |
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| 19 | 19 | | poses. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | AUTHORITY. 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) S |
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| 25 | 25 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ‘‘John Tanner and Jim Cooper Fairness and Independ-6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ence in Redistricting Act’’. 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) FINDING.—Congress finds that it has the author-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ity to establish the terms and conditions States must fol-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | low in carrying out Congressional redistricting after an 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | apportionment of Members of the House of Representa-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tives because— 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) the authority granted to Congress under ar-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ticle I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | States gives Congress the power to enact laws gov-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | erning the time, place, and manner of elections for 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Members of the House of Representatives; and 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) the authority granted to Congress under 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Con-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | stitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Representatives to be apportioned among the several 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | States according to their number. 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SEC. 2. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING AFTER 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | AN APPORTIONMENT. 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | The Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the relief of Doctor Ri-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | cardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional re-20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | districting’’, approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘A State 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act en-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | titled ‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | of Representatives in Congress’, approved June 18, 1929 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted again until after 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the next apportionment of Representatives under such sec-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tion, unless a court requires the State to conduct such 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 10301 et seq.).’’. 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | SEC. 3. REQUIRING REDISTRICTING TO BE CONDUCTED 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | THROUGH PLAN OF INDEPENDENT STATE 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | COMMISSION OR PLAN OF HIGHEST STATE 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | COURT. 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (a) U |
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| 72 | 72 | | SE OFPLANREQUIRED.— 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (1) I |
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| 74 | 74 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | provision of law, any Congressional redistricting con-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ducted by a State shall be conducted in accordance 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | with— 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (A) the redistricting plan developed by the 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | independent redistricting commission estab-19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | lished in the State, in accordance with section 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | 4; or 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (B) if the plan developed by such commis-22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | sion is not enacted into law, the redistricting 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | plan selected by the highest court in the State 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | or developed by a United States district court, 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | in accordance with section 5. 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (2) T |
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| 91 | 91 | | REATMENT OF COMMISSIONS ESTAB -3 |
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| 92 | 92 | | LISHED PURSUANT TO LAWS ENACTED PRIOR TO EN -4 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ACTMENT.—If Congressional redistricting in a State 5 |
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| 94 | 94 | | is conducted in accordance with a redistricting plan 6 |
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| 95 | 95 | | developed by a commission which was established in 7 |
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| 96 | 96 | | the State pursuant to a law enacted prior to the 8 |
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| 97 | 97 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the redistricting 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | shall be deemed to meet the requirement of subpara-10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | graph (A) of paragraph (1). 11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (3) O |
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| 101 | 101 | | THER CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES PER -12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | MITTED.—Nothing in this Act or the amendments 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | made by this Act may be construed to prohibit a 14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | State from conducting Congressional redistricting in 15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | accordance with such criteria and procedures as the 16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | State considers appropriate, to the extent that such 17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | criteria and procedures are consistent with the appli-18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | cable requirements of this Act and the amendments 19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | made by this Act. 20 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (b) C |
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| 111 | 111 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 22(c) of 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an ap-23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | portionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(c)), is amended by striking 25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ‘‘in the manner provided by the law thereof’’ and insert-1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ing: ‘‘in the manner provided by the John Tanner and Jim 2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | Cooper Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act’’. 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | SEC. 4. INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION. 4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (a) A |
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| 124 | 124 | | DMINISTRATIVEMATTERS.— 5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (1) A |
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| 126 | 126 | | PPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS .—Each State 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | shall establish an independent redistricting commis-7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | sion composed of— 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (A) a chair, who shall be appointed by ma-9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | jority vote of the other members of the commis-10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | sion; and 11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (B) an equal number of members (but not 12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | fewer than one) from each of the following cat-13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | egories: 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (i) Members appointed by a member 15 |
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| 136 | 136 | | of the upper house of the State legislature 16 |
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| 137 | 137 | | who represents the political party with the 17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | greatest number of seats in that house. 18 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (ii) Members appointed by a member 19 |
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| 140 | 140 | | of the upper house of the State legislature 20 |
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| 141 | 141 | | who represents the political party with the 21 |
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| 142 | 142 | | second greatest number of seats in that 22 |
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| 143 | 143 | | house. 23 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (iii) Members appointed by a member 24 |
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| 145 | 145 | | of the lower house of the State legislature 25 |
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| 150 | 150 | | greatest number of seats in that house. 2 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (iv) Members appointed by a member 3 |
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| 152 | 152 | | of the lower house of the State legislature 4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | who represents the political party with the 5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | second greatest number of seats in that 6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | house. 7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (2) S |
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| 157 | 157 | | PECIAL RULE FOR STATES WITH UNICAM -8 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ERAL LEGISLATURE.—In the case of a State with a 9 |
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| 159 | 159 | | unicameral legislature, the independent redistricting 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | commission established under this subsection shall 11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | be composed of— 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (A) a chair, who shall be appointed by ma-13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | jority vote of the other members of the commis-14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | sion; and 15 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (B) an equal number of members (but not 16 |
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| 166 | 166 | | fewer than 2) from each of the following cat-17 |
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| 167 | 167 | | egories: 18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (i) Members appointed by a member 19 |
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| 169 | 169 | | of the legislature who shall be selected by 20 |
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| 170 | 170 | | the chair of the Government Affairs Com-21 |
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| 171 | 171 | | mittee of the legislature to represent the 22 |
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| 172 | 172 | | State political party whose candidate for 23 |
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| 173 | 173 | | chief executive of the State received the 24 |
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| 174 | 174 | | greatest number of votes on average in the 25 |
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| 179 | 179 | | fice. 2 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (ii) Members appointed by a member 3 |
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| 181 | 181 | | of the legislature who shall be selected by 4 |
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| 182 | 182 | | the chair of the Government Affairs Com-5 |
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| 183 | 183 | | mittee of the legislature to represent the 6 |
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| 184 | 184 | | State political party whose candidate for 7 |
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| 185 | 185 | | chief executive of the State received the 8 |
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| 186 | 186 | | second greatest number of votes on aver-9 |
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| 187 | 187 | | age in the 3 most recent general elections 10 |
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| 188 | 188 | | for that office. 11 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (3) E |
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| 190 | 190 | | LIGIBILITY.—An individual is eligible to 12 |
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| 191 | 191 | | serve as a member of an independent redistricting 13 |
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| 192 | 192 | | commission if— 14 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (A) as of the date of appointment, the in-15 |
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| 194 | 194 | | dividual is registered to vote in elections for 16 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Federal office held in the State, and was reg-17 |
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| 196 | 196 | | istered to vote in the 2 most recent general 18 |
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| 197 | 197 | | elections for Federal office held in the State; 19 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (B) the individual did not hold public office 20 |
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| 199 | 199 | | or run as a candidate for election for public of-21 |
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| 200 | 200 | | fice, or serve as an employee of a political party 22 |
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| 201 | 201 | | or candidate for election for public office, at 23 |
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| 202 | 202 | | any time during the 4-year period ending on the 24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | December 31 preceding the date of appoint-1 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ment; and 2 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (C) the individual certifies that he or she 3 |
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| 209 | 209 | | will not run as a candidate for the office of 4 |
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| 210 | 210 | | Representative in the Congress until after the 5 |
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| 211 | 211 | | next apportionment of Representatives under 6 |
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| 212 | 212 | | section 22(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 7 |
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| 213 | 213 | | provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decen-8 |
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| 214 | 214 | | nial censuses and to provide for an apportion-9 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 10 |
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| 216 | 216 | | June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a). 11 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (4) V |
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| 218 | 218 | | ACANCY.—A vacancy in the commission 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | shall be filled in the manner in which the original 13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | appointment was made. 14 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (5) D |
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| 222 | 222 | | EADLINE.—Each State shall establish a 15 |
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| 223 | 223 | | commission under this section, and the members of 16 |
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| 224 | 224 | | the commission shall appoint the commission’s chair, 17 |
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| 225 | 225 | | not later than the date on which the chief executive 18 |
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| 226 | 226 | | of a State receives the State apportionment notice. 19 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (6) A |
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| 228 | 228 | | PPOINTMENT OF CHAIR REQUIRED PRIOR 20 |
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| 229 | 229 | | TO DEVELOPMENT OF REDISTRICTING PLAN .—The 21 |
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| 230 | 230 | | commission may not take any action to develop a re-22 |
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| 231 | 231 | | districting plan for the State under subsection (b) 23 |
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| 232 | 232 | | until the appointment of the commission’s chair in 24 |
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| 233 | 233 | | accordance with paragraph (1)(E). 25 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (7) REQUIRING ALL MEETINGS TO BE OPEN TO 1 |
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| 238 | 238 | | PUBLIC.—The commission shall hold each of its 2 |
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| 239 | 239 | | meetings in public. 3 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (8) I |
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| 241 | 241 | | NTERNET SITE.—As soon as practicable 4 |
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| 242 | 242 | | after establishing the commission, the State shall es-5 |
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| 243 | 243 | | tablish and maintain a public internet site for the 6 |
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| 244 | 244 | | commission which meets the following requirements: 7 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (A) The site is updated continuously to 8 |
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| 246 | 246 | | provide advance notice of commission meetings 9 |
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| 247 | 247 | | and to otherwise provide timely information on 10 |
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| 248 | 248 | | the activities of the commission. 11 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (B) The site contains the most recent 12 |
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| 250 | 250 | | available information from the Bureau of the 13 |
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| 251 | 251 | | Census on voting-age population, voter registra-14 |
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| 252 | 252 | | tion, and voting in the State, including pre-15 |
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| 253 | 253 | | cinct-level and census tract-level data with re-16 |
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| 254 | 254 | | spect to such information, as well as detailed 17 |
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| 255 | 255 | | maps reflecting such information. 18 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (C) The site includes interactive software 19 |
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| 257 | 257 | | to enable any individual to design a redis-20 |
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| 258 | 258 | | tricting plan for the State on the basis of the 21 |
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| 259 | 259 | | information described in subparagraph (B), in 22 |
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| 260 | 260 | | accordance with the criteria described in sub-23 |
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| 261 | 261 | | section (b)(1). 24 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (D) The site permits any individual to sub-1 |
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| 266 | 266 | | mit a proposed redistricting plan to the com-2 |
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| 267 | 267 | | mission, and to submit questions, comments, 3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | and other information with respect to the com-4 |
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| 269 | 269 | | mission’s activities. 5 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (b) D |
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| 271 | 271 | | EVELOPMENT OF REDISTRICTINGPLAN.— 6 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (1) C |
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| 273 | 273 | | RITERIA.—The independent redistricting 7 |
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| 274 | 274 | | commission of a State shall develop a redistricting 8 |
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| 275 | 275 | | plan for the State in accordance with the following 9 |
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| 276 | 276 | | criteria: 10 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (A) Adherence to the ‘‘one person, one 11 |
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| 278 | 278 | | vote’’ standard and other requirements imposed 12 |
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| 279 | 279 | | under the Constitution of the United States. 13 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (B) To the greatest extent mathematically 14 |
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| 281 | 281 | | possible, ensuring that the population of each 15 |
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| 282 | 282 | | Congressional district in the State does not 16 |
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| 283 | 283 | | vary from the population of any other Congres-17 |
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| 284 | 284 | | sional district in the State (as determined on 18 |
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| 285 | 285 | | the basis of the total count of persons of the 19 |
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| 286 | 286 | | most recent decennial census conducted by the 20 |
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| 287 | 287 | | Bureau of the Census). 21 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (C) Consistency with any applicable re-22 |
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| 289 | 289 | | quirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 23 |
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| 290 | 290 | | and other Federal laws. 24 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (D) To the greatest extent practicable, the 1 |
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| 295 | 295 | | maintenance of the geographic continuity of the 2 |
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| 296 | 296 | | political subdivisions of the State which are in-3 |
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| 297 | 297 | | cluded in the same Congressional district, in the 4 |
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| 298 | 298 | | following order of priority: 5 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (i) The continuity of counties or par-6 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ishes. 7 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (ii) The continuity of municipalities. 8 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (iii) The continuity of neighborhoods 9 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (as determined on the basis of census 10 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tracts or other relevant information). 11 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (E) To the greatest extent practicable, 12 |
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| 306 | 306 | | maintaining compact districts (in accordance 13 |
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| 307 | 307 | | with such standards as the commission may es-14 |
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| 308 | 308 | | tablish). 15 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (F) Ensuring that districts are contiguous 16 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (except to the extent necessary to include any 17 |
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| 311 | 311 | | area which is surrounded by a body of water). 18 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (2) F |
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| 313 | 313 | | ACTORS PROHIBITED FROM CONSIDER -19 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ATION.—In developing the redistricting plan for the 20 |
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| 315 | 315 | | State, the independent redistricting commission may 21 |
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| 316 | 316 | | not take into consideration any of the following fac-22 |
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| 317 | 317 | | tors, except to the extent necessary to comply with 23 |
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| 318 | 318 | | the Voting Rights Act of 1965: 24 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (A) The voting history of the population of 1 |
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| 323 | 323 | | a Congressional district, except that the com-2 |
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| 324 | 324 | | mission may take such history into consider-3 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ation to the extent necessary to comply with 4 |
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| 326 | 326 | | any State law which requires the establishment 5 |
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| 327 | 327 | | of competitive Congressional districts. 6 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (B) The political party affiliation of the 7 |
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| 329 | 329 | | population of a district. 8 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (C) The residence of incumbent Members 9 |
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| 331 | 331 | | of the House of Representatives in the State. 10 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (3) S |
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| 333 | 333 | | OLICITATION OF PUBLIC INPUT IN DEVEL -11 |
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| 334 | 334 | | OPMENT OF PLANS .—The commission shall solicit 12 |
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| 335 | 335 | | and take into consideration comments from the pub-13 |
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| 336 | 336 | | lic in developing the redistricting plan for the State 14 |
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| 337 | 337 | | by holding meetings in representative geographic re-15 |
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| 338 | 338 | | gions of the State at which members of the public 16 |
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| 339 | 339 | | may provide such input, and by otherwise soliciting 17 |
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| 340 | 340 | | input from the public (including redistricting plans 18 |
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| 341 | 341 | | developed by members of the public) through the 19 |
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| 342 | 342 | | commission internet site and other methods. 20 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (4) P |
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| 344 | 344 | | UBLIC NOTICE OF PLANS PRIOR TO SUB -21 |
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| 345 | 345 | | MISSION TO LEGISLATURE .—Not fewer than 7 days 22 |
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| 346 | 346 | | prior to submitting a redistricting plan to the legis-23 |
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| 347 | 347 | | lature of the State under subsection (c)(1), the com-24 |
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| 348 | 348 | | mission shall post on the commission internet site 25 |
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| 353 | 353 | | eral circulation throughout the State a notice con-2 |
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| 354 | 354 | | taining the following information: 3 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (A) A detailed version of the plan, includ-4 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ing a map showing each Congressional district 5 |
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| 357 | 357 | | established under the plan and the voting age 6 |
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| 358 | 358 | | population by race of each such district. 7 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (B) A statement providing specific infor-8 |
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| 360 | 360 | | mation on how the adoption of the plan would 9 |
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| 361 | 361 | | serve the public interest. 10 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (C) Any dissenting statements of any 11 |
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| 363 | 363 | | members of the commission who did not ap-12 |
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| 364 | 364 | | prove of the submission of the plan to the legis-13 |
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| 365 | 365 | | lature. 14 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (c) S |
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| 367 | 367 | | UBMISSION OFPLANS TOLEGISLATURE.— 15 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (1) I |
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| 369 | 369 | | N GENERAL.—At any time prior to the 16 |
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| 370 | 370 | | first November 1 which occurs after the chief execu-17 |
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| 371 | 371 | | tive of the State receives the State apportionment 18 |
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| 372 | 372 | | notice, the commission may submit redistricting 19 |
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| 373 | 373 | | plans developed by the commission under this sec-20 |
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| 374 | 374 | | tion to the legislature of the State. 21 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (2) C |
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| 376 | 376 | | ONSIDERATION OF PLAN BY LEGISLA -22 |
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| 377 | 377 | | TURE.—After receiving any redistricting plan under 23 |
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| 378 | 378 | | paragraph (1), the legislature of a State may— 24 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (A) approve the plan as submitted by the 1 |
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| 383 | 383 | | commission without amendment and forward 2 |
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| 384 | 384 | | the plan to the chief executive of the State; or 3 |
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| 385 | 385 | | (B) reject the plan. 4 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (3) E |
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| 387 | 387 | | NACTMENT OF PLAN .— 5 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (A) I |
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| 389 | 389 | | N GENERAL.—A redistricting plan de-6 |
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| 390 | 390 | | veloped by the commission shall be considered 7 |
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| 391 | 391 | | to be enacted into law only if the plan is for-8 |
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| 392 | 392 | | warded to the chief executive of the State pur-9 |
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| 393 | 393 | | suant to paragraph (2)(A) and— 10 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (i) the chief executive approves the 11 |
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| 395 | 395 | | plan as forwarded by the legislature with-12 |
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| 396 | 396 | | out amendment; or 13 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (ii) the chief executive vetoes the plan 14 |
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| 398 | 398 | | and the legislature overrides the veto in ac-15 |
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| 399 | 399 | | cordance with the applicable law of the 16 |
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| 400 | 400 | | State, except that at no time may the plan 17 |
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| 401 | 401 | | be amended. 18 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (B) S |
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| 403 | 403 | | PECIAL RULE.—In the case of a 19 |
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| 404 | 404 | | State in which the chief executive is prohibited 20 |
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| 405 | 405 | | under State law from acting on a redistricting 21 |
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| 406 | 406 | | plan, a redistricting plan developed by the com-22 |
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| 407 | 407 | | mission shall be considered to be enacted into 23 |
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| 408 | 408 | | law if— 24 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (i) the plan is submitted to the legisla-1 |
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| 413 | 413 | | ture of the State; and 2 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (ii) the legislature approves the plan 3 |
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| 415 | 415 | | as submitted by the commission without 4 |
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| 416 | 416 | | amendment. 5 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (d) R |
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| 418 | 418 | | EQUIRINGMAJORITYAPPROVALFORAC-6 |
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| 419 | 419 | | TIONS.—The independent redistricting commission of a 7 |
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| 420 | 420 | | State may not submit a redistricting plan to the State leg-8 |
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| 421 | 421 | | islature, or take any other action, without the approval 9 |
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| 422 | 422 | | of at least a majority of its members given at a meeting 10 |
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| 423 | 423 | | at which at least a majority of its members are present. 11 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (e) T |
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| 425 | 425 | | ERMINATION.— 12 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (1) I |
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| 427 | 427 | | N GENERAL.—The independent redis-13 |
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| 428 | 428 | | tricting commission of a State shall terminate on the 14 |
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| 429 | 429 | | day after the date of the first regularly scheduled 15 |
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| 430 | 430 | | general election for Federal office which occurs after 16 |
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| 431 | 431 | | the chief executive of the State receives the State 17 |
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| 432 | 432 | | apportionment notice. 18 |
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| 433 | 433 | | (2) P |
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| 434 | 434 | | RESERVATION OF RECORDS .—The State 19 |
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| 435 | 435 | | shall ensure that the records of the independent re-20 |
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| 436 | 436 | | districting commission are retained in the appro-21 |
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| 437 | 437 | | priate State archive in such manner as may be nec-22 |
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| 438 | 438 | | essary to enable the State to respond to any civil ac-23 |
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| 439 | 439 | | tion brought with respect to Congressional redis-24 |
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| 440 | 440 | | tricting in the State. 25 |
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| 444 | 444 | | SEC. 5. SELECTION OF PLAN BY COURTS. 1 |
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| 445 | 445 | | (a) S |
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| 446 | 446 | | TATECOURT.— 2 |
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| 447 | 447 | | (1) S |
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| 448 | 448 | | UBMISSION AND SELECTION OF PLAN .—If 3 |
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| 449 | 449 | | a redistricting plan developed by the independent re-4 |
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| 450 | 450 | | districting commission of a State is not enacted into 5 |
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| 451 | 451 | | law under section 4(c)(3) by the first November 1 6 |
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| 452 | 452 | | which occurs after the chief executive of the State 7 |
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| 453 | 453 | | receives the State apportionment notice, the commis-8 |
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| 454 | 454 | | sion may submit redistricting plans developed by the 9 |
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| 455 | 455 | | commission in accordance with section 4 to the high-10 |
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| 456 | 456 | | est court of the State, which may select and publish 11 |
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| 457 | 457 | | one of the submitted plans to serve as the redis-12 |
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| 458 | 458 | | tricting plan for the State. 13 |
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| 459 | 459 | | (2) N |
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| 460 | 460 | | O MODIFICATION OF PLAN PERMITTED .— 14 |
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| 461 | 461 | | The highest court of a State may not modify any re-15 |
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| 462 | 462 | | districting plan submitted under this subsection. 16 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (b) F |
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| 464 | 464 | | EDERALCOURT.— 17 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (1) F |
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| 466 | 466 | | AILURE OF STATE COURT TO SELECT 18 |
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| 467 | 467 | | PLAN.— 19 |
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| 468 | 468 | | (A) N |
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| 469 | 469 | | OTICE TO COURT IF PLAN NOT SE -20 |
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| 470 | 470 | | LECTED BY STATE COURT .—If a State court to 21 |
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| 471 | 471 | | whom redistricting plans have been submitted 22 |
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| 472 | 472 | | under subsection (a) does not select a plan to 23 |
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| 473 | 473 | | serve as the redistricting plan for the State 24 |
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| 474 | 474 | | under such subsection on or before the first De-25 |
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| 475 | 475 | | cember 1 which occurs after the chief executive 26 |
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| 479 | 479 | | of the State receives the State apportionment 1 |
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| 480 | 480 | | notice, the State shall file a notice with the 2 |
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| 481 | 481 | | United States district court for the district in 3 |
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| 482 | 482 | | which the capital of the State is located. 4 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (B) D |
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| 484 | 484 | | EVELOPMENT AND SELECTION OF 5 |
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| 485 | 485 | | PLAN BY FEDERAL COURT .—Not later than 30 6 |
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| 486 | 486 | | days after receiving a notice from a State under 7 |
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| 487 | 487 | | subparagraph (A), the court shall develop and 8 |
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| 488 | 488 | | publish a final redistricting plan for the State. 9 |
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| 489 | 489 | | (2) F |
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| 490 | 490 | | AILURE OF STATE TO ESTABLISH COMMIS -10 |
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| 491 | 491 | | SION.— 11 |
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| 492 | 492 | | (A) I |
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| 493 | 493 | | N GENERAL.—If a State does not es-12 |
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| 494 | 494 | | tablish an independent redistricting commission 13 |
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| 495 | 495 | | under section 4 by the first September 1 which 14 |
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| 496 | 496 | | occurs after the chief executive of the State re-15 |
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| 497 | 497 | | ceives the State apportionment notice— 16 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (i) the State may not establish the 17 |
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| 499 | 499 | | commission; and 18 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (ii) the United States district court 19 |
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| 501 | 501 | | for the district in which the capital of the 20 |
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| 502 | 502 | | State is located shall develop and publish 21 |
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| 503 | 503 | | a final redistricting plan for the State not 22 |
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| 504 | 504 | | later than the first December 1 which oc-23 |
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| 505 | 505 | | curs after the chief executive of the State 24 |
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| 506 | 506 | | receives the State apportionment notice. 25 |
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| 510 | 510 | | (B) DETERMINATION OF FAILURE TO ES -1 |
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| 511 | 511 | | TABLISH COMMISSION .—For purposes of sub-2 |
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| 512 | 512 | | paragraph (A), a State shall be considered to 3 |
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| 513 | 513 | | have failed to establish an independent redis-4 |
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| 514 | 514 | | tricting commission by the date referred to in 5 |
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| 515 | 515 | | such subparagraph if a chair of the commission 6 |
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| 516 | 516 | | has not been appointed on or before such date. 7 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (3) C |
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| 518 | 518 | | RITERIA.—It is the sense of Congress 8 |
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| 519 | 519 | | that, in developing a redistricting plan for a State 9 |
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| 520 | 520 | | under this subsection, the district court should ad-10 |
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| 521 | 521 | | here to the same terms and conditions that applied 11 |
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| 522 | 522 | | to the development of the plan of the commission 12 |
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| 523 | 523 | | under section 4(b). 13 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (c) A |
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| 525 | 525 | | CCESS TOINFORMATION AND RECORDS OF 14 |
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| 526 | 526 | | C |
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| 527 | 527 | | OMMISSION.—A court which is required to select, pub-15 |
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| 528 | 528 | | lish, or develop a redistricting plan for a State under this 16 |
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| 529 | 529 | | section shall have access to any information, data, soft-17 |
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| 530 | 530 | | ware, or other records and material used by the inde-18 |
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| 531 | 531 | | pendent redistricting commission of the State in carrying 19 |
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| 532 | 532 | | out its duties under this Act. 20 |
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| 533 | 533 | | SEC. 6. SPECIAL RULE FOR REDISTRICTING CONDUCTED 21 |
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| 534 | 534 | | UNDER ORDER OF FEDERAL COURT. 22 |
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| 535 | 535 | | If a Federal court requires a State to conduct redis-23 |
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| 536 | 536 | | tricting subsequent to an apportionment of Representa-24 |
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| 537 | 537 | | tives in the State in order to comply with the Constitution 25 |
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| 542 | 542 | | and 5 shall apply with respect to the redistricting, except 2 |
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| 543 | 543 | | that— 3 |
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| 544 | 544 | | (1) the deadline for the establishment of the 4 |
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| 545 | 545 | | independent redistricting commission and the ap-5 |
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| 546 | 546 | | pointment of the commission’s chair (as described in 6 |
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| 547 | 547 | | section 4(a)(5)) shall be the expiration of the 30-day 7 |
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| 548 | 548 | | period which begins on the date of the final order of 8 |
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| 549 | 549 | | the Federal court to conduct the redistricting; 9 |
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| 550 | 550 | | (2) the deadline for the submission of redis-10 |
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| 551 | 551 | | tricting plans to the legislature by the commission, 11 |
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| 552 | 552 | | and the date of the termination of the commission 12 |
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| 553 | 553 | | (as described in section 4(c)(1) and section 4(e)) 13 |
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| 554 | 554 | | shall be the expiration of the 150-day period which 14 |
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| 555 | 555 | | begins on the date of the final order of the Federal 15 |
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| 556 | 556 | | court to conduct the redistricting; 16 |
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| 557 | 557 | | (3) the deadline for the selection and publica-17 |
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| 558 | 558 | | tion of the plan by the highest court of the State (as 18 |
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| 559 | 559 | | described in section 5(a)) shall be the expiration of 19 |
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| 560 | 560 | | the 180-day period which begins on the date of the 20 |
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| 561 | 561 | | final order of the Federal court to conduct the redis-21 |
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| 562 | 562 | | tricting; and 22 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (4) the deadline for the selection and publica-23 |
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| 564 | 564 | | tion of the plan by the district court of the United 24 |
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| 565 | 565 | | States (as described in section 5(b)) shall be the ex-25 |
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| 570 | 570 | | date of the final order of the Federal court to con-2 |
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| 571 | 571 | | duct the redistricting. 3 |
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| 572 | 572 | | SEC. 7. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CARRYING OUT REDIS-4 |
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| 573 | 573 | | TRICTING. 5 |
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| 574 | 574 | | (a) A |
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| 575 | 575 | | UTHORIZATION OFPAYMENTS.—Subject to sub-6 |
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| 576 | 576 | | section (d), not later than 30 days after a State receives 7 |
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| 577 | 577 | | a State apportionment notice, the Election Assistance 8 |
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| 578 | 578 | | Commission shall make a payment to the State in an 9 |
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| 579 | 579 | | amount equal to the product of— 10 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (1) the number of Representatives to which the 11 |
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| 581 | 581 | | State is entitled, as provided under the notice; and 12 |
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| 582 | 582 | | (2) $150,000. 13 |
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| 583 | 583 | | (b) U |
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| 584 | 584 | | SE OFFUNDS.—A State shall use the payment 14 |
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| 585 | 585 | | made under this section to establish and operate the 15 |
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| 586 | 586 | | State’s independent redistricting commission, to imple-16 |
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| 587 | 587 | | ment the State redistricting plan, and to otherwise carry 17 |
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| 588 | 588 | | out Congressional redistricting in the State. 18 |
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| 589 | 589 | | (c) N |
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| 590 | 590 | | OPAYMENT TOSTATESWITHSINGLEMEM-19 |
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| 591 | 591 | | BER.—The Election Assistance Commission shall not 20 |
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| 592 | 592 | | make a payment under this section to any State which 21 |
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| 593 | 593 | | is not entitled to more than one Representative under its 22 |
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| 594 | 594 | | State apportionment notice. 23 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (d) R |
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| 596 | 596 | | EQUIRINGESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION AS 24 |
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| 597 | 597 | | C |
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| 598 | 598 | | ONDITION OFPAYMENT.—The Election Assistance Com-25 |
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| 602 | 602 | | mission may not make a payment to a State under this 1 |
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| 603 | 603 | | section until the State certifies to the Commission that 2 |
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| 604 | 604 | | the State has established an independent redistricting 3 |
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| 605 | 605 | | commission, and that a chair of the commission has been 4 |
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| 606 | 606 | | appointed, in accordance with section 4. 5 |
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| 607 | 607 | | (e) A |
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| 608 | 608 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 6 |
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| 609 | 609 | | are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 7 |
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| 610 | 610 | | necessary for payments under this section. 8 |
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| 611 | 611 | | SEC. 8. STATE APPORTIONMENT NOTICE DEFINED. 9 |
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| 612 | 612 | | In this Act, the ‘‘State apportionment notice’’ means, 10 |
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| 613 | 613 | | with respect to a State, the notice sent to the State from 11 |
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| 614 | 614 | | the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 12 |
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| 615 | 615 | | 22(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fif-13 |
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| 616 | 616 | | teenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide 14 |
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| 617 | 617 | | for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress’’, ap-15 |
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| 618 | 618 | | proved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), of the number of 16 |
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| 619 | 619 | | Representatives to which the State is entitled. 17 |
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| 620 | 620 | | SEC. 9. NO EFFECT ON ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL 18 |
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| 621 | 621 | | OFFICE. 19 |
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| 622 | 622 | | Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by 20 |
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| 623 | 623 | | this Act may be construed to affect the manner in which 21 |
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| 624 | 624 | | a State carries out elections for State or local office, in-22 |
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| 625 | 625 | | cluding the process by which a State establishes the dis-23 |
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| 626 | 626 | | tricts used in such elections. 24 |
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| 631 | 631 | | This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 2 |
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| 632 | 632 | | apply with respect to any Congressional redistricting 3 |
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| 633 | 633 | | which occurs after the regular decennial census conducted 4 |
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| 634 | 634 | | during 2030. 5 |
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