3.0.0 4094 2023-01-13T04:49:53Z 2023-01-13T04:49:53Z House H HR 2005-10-20 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2006-02-06T16:26:49Z Referred to 2005-10-20T13:58:10Z Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2005 109 2642 HR 2005-07-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Related bill CRS Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2006 109 2350 S 2006-03-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2006-02-06 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Committee 2005-10-20 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2005-10-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 N C001050 Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] Dennis Cardoza D CA A. 18 2005-10-28 False C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20] Jim Costa D CA 20 2005-10-28 False H000213 Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36] JANE HARMAN D CA 36 2005-10-28 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2005-10-28 False L000090 Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] TOM LANTOS D CA 12 2005-10-28 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2005-10-28 False S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 2005-10-28 False S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 29 2005-10-28 False S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 27 2005-10-28 False S001153 Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] HILDA SOLIS D CA L. 32 2005-10-28 False M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 2005-10-28 False R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 34 2005-10-28 False T000057 Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] ELLEN TAUSCHER D CA O. 10 2005-10-28 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2005-10-28 False C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 2005-10-28 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2005-10-28 False D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2005-10-28 False M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2005-10-28 False W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2005-10-28 False T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 1 2005-10-28 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2005-10-28 False S000030 Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA 47 2005-10-28 False M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2005-10-28 False F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] SAM FARR D CA 17 2005-10-28 False P000197 Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8] NANCY PELOSI D CA 8 2005-11-07 False Congress Administrative remedies Census Citizen participation Civil actions and liability Congressional districts Congressional elections Congressional powers District courts Economics and Public Finance Federal-state relations Gerrymandering Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Grievance procedures Injunctions Judicial review Law Legal fees Public meetings State courts State laws State legislatures Voting rights Congress 00 2005-10-20 Introduced in House 2005-12-01T15:47:44Z Redistricting Reform Act of 2005 - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Requires such redistricting to be conducted according to: (1) a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state; or (2) if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.

Provides for: (1) establishment of a state independent bi-partisan redistricting commission; (2) development of a redistricting plan; (3) its submission to the state legislature; (4) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court; (5) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; (6) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting; (7) civil enforcement to carry out this Act; and (8) the right of action for a person who is aggrieved by a violation of this Act.

]]> Redistricting Reform Act of 2005 Display Title Redistricting Reform Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Redistricting Reform Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2005-10-20T04:00:00Z 2006-02-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.