3.0.0 2483 2023-01-11T13:32:02Z 2023-01-11T13:32:02Z Senate S 2016-02-02 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-02T22:43:50Z Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2015 114 75 HR 2015-01-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act 114 219 HR 2015-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act 114 1347 HR 2015-03-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS 2016-02-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-02-02 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2016-02-02 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2016-02-02 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2016-02-02 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2016-02-02 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-02-09 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2016-05-18 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-07-13 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2016-07-14 False Congress Congressional districts and representation Constitution and constitutional amendments Government information and archives House of Representatives Members of Congress State and local courts State and local government operations Voting rights Congress 00 2016-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-03T22:39:05Z Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

This bill 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.

Redistricting must 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.

The bill 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 website); (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 Display Title Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act Introduced in Senate 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2483is/xml/BILLS-114s2483is.xml 2016-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.