3.0.0 3025 2023-01-11T13:18:45Z 2023-01-11T13:18:45Z House H HR 2009-06-24 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-23T13:51:22Z Referred to 2009-06-24T14:00:44Z Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2009 111 1332 S 2009-06-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2009-07-23 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2009-06-24 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000038 Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8] JOHN TANNER D TN 8 N C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2009-06-24 True B000716 Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2] ALLEN BOYD D FL JR. 2 2009-06-24 True C000754 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] JAMES COOPER D TN H. 5 2009-06-24 True H001030 Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9] BARON HILL D IN P. 9 2009-06-24 True H001037 Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D SD 0 2009-06-26 False B001252 Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] John Barrow D GA 12 2009-06-26 False S001171 Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] Heath Shuler D NC 11 2009-06-26 False D000599 Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4] Lincoln Davis D TN 4 2009-06-26 False M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2009-06-26 False M001140 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] DENNIS MOORE D KS 3 2009-06-26 False M001161 Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] Charlie Melancon D LA 3 2009-06-26 False C001074 Rep. Childers, Travis [D-MS-1] Travis Childers D MS 1 2009-06-26 False C001058 Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6] Ben Chandler D KY 6 2009-07-07 False M001146 Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8] Jim Marshall D GA 8 2009-07-07 False N000183 Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2] Glenn Nye D VA C. 2 2009-07-13 False R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2009-07-13 False D000607 Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2] Joe Donnelly D IN 2 2009-07-13 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2009-07-13 False C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2009-07-14 False D000608 Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3] Kathleen Dahlkemper D PA A. 3 2009-07-15 False G000554 Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] Gabrielle Giffords D AZ 8 2009-07-22 False F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14] Bill Foster D IL 14 2009-07-31 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2009-11-06 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2009-12-02 False G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2010-01-13 False M001178 Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20] Scott Murphy D NY 20 2010-02-02 False B001229 Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] BRIAN BAIRD D WA 3 2010-02-24 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2010-06-08 False B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2010-06-16 False H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2010-06-16 False V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2010-06-28 False P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2010-07-19 False E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 2010-11-18 False Congress Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation House of Representatives Members of Congress Political representation State and local government operations Voting rights Congress 00 2009-06-24 Introduced in House 2009-10-02T18:07:41Z Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2009 - 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 through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or 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.

Prescribes requirements for: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission (including provisions for holding each of its meetings in public and maintaining a public Internet site); (2) development of a redistricting plan (including soliciting and considering public comments) and its submission to the state legislature (with public notice of plans at least seven days prior to such submission); (3) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (4) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (5) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.

]]> Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2009 Display Title Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2009 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 Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3025ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3025ih.xml 2009-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. 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.