3.0.0 7948 2022-12-29T17:03:52Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z House HR 2022-06-03 117 [Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 95 (Friday, June 3, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TORRES of New York:H.R. 7948.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8.[Page H5234]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2022-11-01T23:08:51Z Referred to 2022-06-03T13:02:50Z 2022-11-01 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2022-06-03 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2022-06-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2022-06-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000486 Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] Ritchie Torres D NY 15 N J000294 Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] Hakeem Jeffries D NY S. 8 2022-06-03 True Congress Congress 00 2022-06-03 Introduced in House 2022-11-17T17:37:14Z This bill requires any entity other than the legislature of a state that develops a congressional redistricting plan for a state, including an independent redistricting commission, to

  • hold multiple public hearings prior to the development of a final plan,
  • ensure that individuals may attend such hearings virtually,
  • hold such hearings in locations which are within a reasonable distance of the locations of communities of interest, and
  • ensure that members of communities of interest have meaningful opportunities to express their views on any of the entity's plans.

For purposes of this bill, communities of interest may include political subdivisions such as counties, municipalities, tribal lands and reservations, or school districts, but shall not include common relationships with political parties or political candidates.

]]> To require any entity established to develop congressional redistricting plans for a State to hold public hearings at which individuals who are members of communities of interest have a meaningful opportunity to express their views on proposed redistricting plans, and for other purposes. Display Title To require any entity established to develop congressional redistricting plans for a State to hold public hearings at which individuals who are members of communities of interest have a meaningful opportunity to express their views on proposed redistricting plans, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To require any entity established to develop congressional redistricting plans for a State to hold public hearings at which individuals who are members of communities of interest have a meaningful opportunity to express their views on proposed redistricting plans, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr7948ih/xml/BILLS-117hr7948ih.xml 2022-11-01 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.