[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3856 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3856

 To limit the congressional redistricting that States may do after an 
                             apportionment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2004

Mr. Green of Texas (for himself, Mr. Lampson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
of Texas, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Stenholm, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Frost, 
  Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Turner of 
Texas, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, Mr. Doggett, and Mr. Hinojosa) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To limit the congressional redistricting that States may do after an 
                             apportionment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Redistricting Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING AFTER AN APPORTIONMENT.

    The Act entitled ``An Act for the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo 
Samala and to provide for congressional redistricting'', approved 
December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``A State which has been redistricted in the manner provided 
by law after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act entitled 
`An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses 
and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress', 
approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted again 
until after the next apportionment of Representatives under such 
section, unless a Federal court requires the State to conduct such 
subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution or to enforce 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.).''.
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