[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 157 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 8
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 157
[Report No. 111-22]
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a
Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of
Representatives, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2009
Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
March 2, 2009
Additional sponsors: Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Ms. Pingree of Maine,
and Mr. Gutierrez
March 2, 2009
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January
6, 2009]
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A BILL
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a
Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of
Representatives, and for other purposes.
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 ``District of Columbia House Voting
Rights Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
District of Columbia shall be considered a Congressional district for
purposes of representation in the House of Representatives in the One
Hundred Twelfth Congress and each succeeding Congress.
(b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Apportionment of Members of
House of Representatives.--
(1) Inclusion of single district of columbia member in
reapportionment of members among states.--Section 22 of the Act
entitled ``An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent
decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of
Representatives in Congress'', approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C.
2a), is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(d) This section shall apply with respect to the District of
Columbia in the same manner as this section applies to a State.''.
(2) Clarification of determination of number of
presidential electors on basis of 23rd amendment.--Section 3 of
title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking ``come into
office;'' and inserting the following: ``come into office
(subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to the
Constitution of the United States in the case of the District
of Columbia);''.
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Permanent Increase in Number of Members.--Effective with
respect to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress and each succeeding
Congress, the House of Representatives shall be composed of 437
Members, including any Members representing the District of Columbia
pursuant to section 2(a).
(b) Reapportionment of Members Resulting From Increase.--
(1) In general.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act
to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses
and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in
Congress'', approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended
by striking ``the then existing number of Representatives'' and
inserting ``the number of Representatives established with
respect to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census
conducted for 2010 and each subsequent regular decennial
census.
(c) Special Rules for Period Prior to 2012 Reapportionment.--
(1) Transmittal of revised statement of apportionment by
president.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to Congress
the most recent statement of apportionment submitted under
section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the
fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for
apportionment of Representatives in Congress'', approved June
18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), revised to take into account this
Act and the amendments made by this Act.
(2) Report by clerk.--Not later than 15 calendar days after
receiving the revised version of the statement of apportionment
under paragraph (1), the Clerk of the House of Representatives,
in accordance with section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)),
shall send to the executive of each State a certificate of the
number of Representatives to which such State is entitled under
section 22 of such Act, and shall submit a report to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives identifying the State
(other than the District of Columbia) which is entitled to one
additional Representative pursuant to this section.
(3) Requirements for election of additional member.--During
the One Hundred Twelfth Congress--
(A) notwithstanding the final undesignated
paragraph of 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), the additional Representative to
which the State identified by the Clerk of the House of
Representatives in the report submitted under paragraph
(2) is entitled shall be elected from the State at
large; and
(B) the other Representatives to which such State
is entitled shall be elected on the basis of the
Congressional districts in effect in the State for the
One Hundred Eleventh Congress.
SEC. 4. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.
If any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, is
declared or held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of
this Act and any amendment made by this Act shall be treated and deemed
invalid and shall have no force or effect of law.
SEC. 5. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW.
If any action is brought to challenge the constitutionality of any
provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act, the following
rules shall apply:
(1) The action shall be filed in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia and shall be heard by a 3-
judge court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28,
United States Code.
(2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered promptly to
the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of
the Senate.
(3) A final decision in the action shall be reviewable only
by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Such appeal shall be taken by the filing of a notice of appeal
within 10 days, and the filing of a jurisdictional statement
within 30 days, of the entry of the final decision.
(4) It shall be the duty of the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the
United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the
greatest possible extent the disposition of the action and
appeal.
Union Calendar No. 8
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 157
[Report No. 111-22]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a
Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of
Representatives, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
March 2, 2009
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed