1.Short title, finding of
constitutional authority
(a)This Act may be cited as the National Commission for Independent Redistricting Act of
2012
.
(b)Congress
finds that it has the authority to establish the terms and conditions in
carrying out Congressional redistricting after an apportionment of Members of
the House of Representatives because—
(1)the authority
granted to Congress under article I, section 4 of the Constitution of the
United States gives Congress the power to enact laws governing the time, place,
and manner of elections for Members of the House of Representatives; and
(2)the authority
granted to Congress under section 5 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
gives Congress the power to enact laws to enforce section 2 of such amendment,
which requires Representatives to be apportioned among the several States
according to their number.
<enum>I</enum><header>National
commission for independent redistricting</header>
<section id="H76B41A07393741F1B8A418C7E37A7202"><enum>101.</enum><header>Establishment
of commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
established in the legislative branch with respect to each regular decennial
census (beginning with the regular decennial census conducted during 2020) a
commission to be known as the <quote>National Commission for Independent
Redistricting</quote> (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
<quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</section><section id="HCEED4844034A4873BFEE3F7322D22102"><enum>102.</enum><header>Preparation and
Submission of State Redistricting Plans</header>
<subsection id="H4453469AC874403EA6ABD1FAEE68F413"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preparation of
Congressional Redistricting Plan for Each State</header>
<paragraph id="H5CF6DE94B1C04E17AD4F63C8677EB595"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2
years after receiving the statement of the number of Representatives to which
each State is entitled, as transmitted to the Commission by the President under
section 22(a) of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth
and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of
Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)),
as amended by subsection (d), the Commission shall establish and approve a
Congressional redistricting plan for each State that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54C6241B9AEC4F46B7D28B9C0BFAAACB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a map showing each
Congressional district established under the plan for the State, consistent
with the criteria described in paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4658AFFCA0E406C9E735EDBDEA6FE37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a detailed
statement of the findings and conclusions of the Commission and the reasons why
the adoption of the plan will best serve the public interest; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79084B558F974C1D888F7C61263620C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the assumptions,
scenarios, and alternatives considered in reaching such findings and
conclusions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C2400C2DA0047A68D705EE722C8D558"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria
considered</header><text>The Commission shall develop the redistricting plan
for a State in accordance with the following criteria:</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE640D77F74F44949750E323DDE2FAAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Adherence to the
<quote>one person, one vote</quote> standard and other requirements imposed
under the Constitution of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86A77BDA0BAB4991BD47A40ADA2D55EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To the greatest
extent mathematically possible, ensuring that the population of each
Congressional district in the State does not vary from the population of any
other Congressional district in the State (as determined on the basis of the
total count of persons of the most recent decennial census conducted by the
Bureau of the Census).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB40B35F816F04627A73E9C4DB3FEA973"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Consistency with
any applicable requirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other Federal
laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7950CB38003B4210935D29A59AD176D7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To the greatest
extent practicable, the maintenance of the geographic continuity of the
political subdivisions of the State which are included in the same
Congressional district, in the following order of priority:</text>
<clause id="H90F9B3F710A74F4E95D035059D1F61E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
continuity of counties or parishes.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9186DE541CF4C7AA7BD666C96CBB64D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The
continuity of municipalities.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A9DA9C6B45849C1993A9BA3E8B473B1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The continuity
of neighborhoods (as determined on the basis of census tracts or other relevant
information).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09EB5752359548B1BA431F6CAE38ABAC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To the greatest
extent practicable and consistent with the criteria set forth above,
encouraging the geographical compactness of districts so that nearby population
areas are not bypassed for more distant population areas (in accordance with
such standards as the Commission may establish).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFD6B0BE04254B069327CA9EF6C9378F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Ensuring that
districts are contiguous (except to the extent necessary to include any area
which is surrounded by a body of water).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AAE2AC9FBDB4B6B9EA9EA0D725C12CF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Factors
prohibited from consideration</header><text>In developing the redistricting
plan for a State, the Commission may not take into consideration any of the
following factors, except to the extent necessary to comply with the Voting
Rights Act of 1965:</text>
<subparagraph id="H612A66D133564F45AD09E8FE065842BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The voting history
of the population of a Congressional district, except that the commission may
take such history into consideration to the extent necessary to comply with any
law of the State which requires the establishment of competitive Congressional
districts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C57B327EA3E4FA7B7D554F2A7FCA1D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The political
party affiliation of the population of a district.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2B73EE395F64F9AAFDB65AB14A90C8D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The residence of
incumbent Members of the House of Representatives, or of potential candidates
for the House of Representatives, in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E3BC13CA3244654911BAC69AC1063AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Development and
approval of plans through transparent process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with section 104, the
Commission shall develop interim redistricting plans for a State, and shall
develop and approve a final redistricting plan for a State, through a
transparent process that takes into account public comments.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF5533CEEC8B54186B8DB99305BA87AB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Approval of
plan</header><text>The Commission may not approve a redistricting plan for a
State under this section unless the plan is approved by not fewer than 8 of its
members.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4F0F136D3A734E388A28D50854BD9665"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requiring
President To Transmit Statement of Number of Representatives for
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 22(a) of the
Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent
decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in
Congress</quote>, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by
striking <quote>to the Congress</quote> and inserting <quote>to the Congress
and to the National Commission for Independent Redistricting established with
respect to the decennial census involved</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H33DDB7BBCD4741AA91E75FDC116DA3EF"><enum>103.</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subsection id="HF52AB85A95D4408E853C279381AF866C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment</header>
<paragraph id="H55F8A901176B458C9E163D0C1EECA3F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall be composed of 14 members, of whom
no more than 7 may be members of or affiliated with the same political party,
who are appointed as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HC9BE279982E343DE94FEE51A7E751119"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall appoint 4 members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EB9E5AB71394B6994FC65AEF5F1CFC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The minority
leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint 4 members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C81BD68371C4C7A8653493CE663849B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The majority
leader of the Senate shall appoint 3 members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07FCB2D9BB01439FBA4D56F5483A542A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The minority
leader of the Senate shall appoint 3 members.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC1E449372D1C465E91248C6FED8F1054"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Members
of the Commission shall be appointed on the basis of relevant experience,
integrity, impartiality, and good judgment and members, subject to the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCA6EE0EB811491E92C17F4A6E62334B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An individual may
not be appointed as a Member if, at the time of appointment, the individual is
elected or appointed officer or employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H101E25C4FA6742869F5D6FDA02A459D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who is appointed as a Member
shall certify in writing, under penalty of perjury, to each of the officers
referred to in paragraph (1) that the individual shall not seek election or
appointment to any public office until the expiration of the 3-year period
which begins on the date the Commission terminates.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E85BD21F96D4A38A14781D19E5E134A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Members
of the Commission shall be appointed by not later than October 1 of the year in
which the regular decennial census is conducted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H044EFC05088F4E4894F7BFC18A1A17BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Co-Chairs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Co-Chairs of the Commission shall be
elected from among the members of the Commission. The Co-Chairs may not be
members or affiliated with the same political party.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCAF7760967DD46C9A94E821A73659893"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Term of Service;
Vacancies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Member shall
be appointed for the life of the Commission. A vacancy in the Commission shall
be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made, but shall
be filled not later than 14 days after the vacancy occurs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEA51768ECA34DE28AEFA8068817BBEE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compensation:
Travel Expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members shall
each be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level IV of the
Executive Schedule for each day (including travel time) during which they are
engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission. Each
Member shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H373BBA75484C447EA87699821B3252FE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="H131E471449AA42E49B409A11E3F55A0B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to
establish rules and regulations</header><text>The Co-Chairs, in consultation
with the other members of the Commission, shall establish rules and regulations
for the conduct of Commission business, if such rules and regulations are not
inconsistent with this section or other applicable law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0604C3FDB7ED4B2B84877BF0C9486F90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>Not
fewer than 9 members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for purposes
of voting, meeting, and holding hearings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BF98CEB00684D2496BE82C948272CE2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<subparagraph id="HBCE68CB3A4794F56AD82557136D9BDFA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial
meeting</header><text>Not later than 30 days after all of the Commission’s
members have been appointed, the Commission shall hold its first
meeting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA20ED88C8B8E4D54AC2D44A647538BFA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent
meetings</header><text>After the first meeting, the Commission shall meet upon
the call of the Co-Chairs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE1FBEA8480B644AF99ED6971A5EC261B"><enum>104.</enum><header>Transparency</header>
<subsection id="H51F3E5D3FD7B4CFE92D841510C7D5A8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Open meetings
and hearings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each meeting and
hearing held by the Commission shall be open to the public, and a notice of the
date, time, and location of the meeting and hearing shall be posted on the
Internet site established and operated under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H028A693874BC47969B00F2ADCE001BE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Development and
approval of plans through participation of public</header>
<paragraph id="H4BE38CE254204F99985F1D92A0F8CF4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Outreach to
public</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
establish a public outreach program to notify members of the public of the work
about the Commission and to encourage to the greatest extent practicable the
participation of the public in the development and review of redistricting
plans. Under such program, the Commission shall solicit comments from the
public for each proposed redistricting plan for a State it develops, and shall
take such comments into consideration prior to developing any subsequent
plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A28435F4F0742C5BE9CCB8A7B05D47B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final
plan</header><text>The Commission may not vote on a final redistricting plan
for a State until the expiration of the 14-day period which begins on the date
the Commission first makes the plan available for public comment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F341B83FA2B49A99D590F33BF21CA55"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Internet</header>
<paragraph id="H07497853DE1E4282BFBB3FC7BD07AC3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 30 days after all of the Commission’s members have been appointed,
the Commission shall establish and operate an Internet site through which
members of the public may obtain the information described in paragraph (2) and
may submit comments to the Commission regarding any of the information posted
on the site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEECC3D7B920C4ADFA4B4498ED8EE092F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>On
the Internet site established under paragraph (1), the Commission shall post
and continuously updated the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA31EB59C6E764C42BE8360D71BB09B78"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A complete and current schedule of
Commission events (including all meetings, hearings, and forums) and dates
relevant to the development and adoption of redistricting plans (including
periods for members of the public to submit comments on plans).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12E65C36AE6048528638629C3D9B4882"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Each redistricting
plan proposed by the Commission, including a map of each Congressional district
under the plan and a Statewide map showing each Congressional district in a
State under the plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53BB8F0AFD7D40D2A5EE291DB9736514"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The most recent
available information from the Bureau of the Census on voting-age population,
voter registration, and voting results in the State, including precinct-level
and census tract-level data with respect to such information, as well as
detailed maps reflecting such information.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CADED9CBB8D4B0499113C5FF182B28A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The records of the
Commission which pertain to the development and adoption of redistricting
plans, including recorded votes taken on the approval of a plan and any
minority or dissenting opinions written with respect to the approval or
rejection of a plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8E702F0C98243DDA7450C0BF72AC734"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Not later than 14
days prior to the date of any meeting or hearing of the Commission, a notice of
the date, time, and location of the meeting or hearing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E3A5CAF725E4E5692038DF6B2C9AAED"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Not later than 7
days prior to the date of any meeting of the Commission, the agenda for the
meeting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H251C8342A07C4577ABB2843725E47069"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Not later than 7
days after the conclusion of any hearing conducted by the Commission, a
transcription and video recording of the hearing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDF7625B11D84C07BDC516E147E85BE6"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Such other
information as the Commission is required to make publicly available under
applicable law, and any other information the Commission may choose to make
publicly available subject to applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB6CA147B8161499CAA40B164870160AE"><enum>105.</enum><header>Staff of
commission</header>
<subsection id="H9BCC533DF0AA4723974E6367A5598AC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment of
staff</header>
<paragraph id="HD6047BE575594470961B2840FD85A844"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Shared
Staff</header><text>The Co-Chairs shall jointly appoint an individual to serve
as staff director of the Commission, and may also jointly appoint such other
personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
functions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE51BEF2624E046728BED8A386C47C53E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional staff
for Commission members</header><text>Each member of the Commission may appoint
up to 5 additional staff for the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15B4A57E7FD44496B218AD1A3940A73D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coverage under
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any individual appointed to the staff of
the Commission under this subsection shall be considered a covered employee,
and the Commission shall be considered an employing office, for purposes of the
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF4FF26AACA594639A260EA1723426C37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of Certain Civil Service Laws</header><text>The staff director and other
personnel of the Commission may be appointed without regard to the provisions
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive
service, and may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and
subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and
General Schedule pay rates, except that no individual appointed under the
authority of this section may receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic
pay for GS–15 of the General Schedule.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H258BFDAADB4D48C6A8016AA98CD45FD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Staff of Federal
Agencies</header><text>Upon the request of the Co-Chairs of the Commission, the
head of any Federal department or agency may detail, without reimbursement, any
of the personnel of that department or agency to the Commission to assist in
carrying out its duties under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDB4D8BDAFAF945A59FBF6C081C69FE99"><enum>106.</enum><header>Powers of
commission</header>
<subsection id="HF91670C1E27648AA8177BE1E351505FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hearings and
Sessions</header><text>The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out this
Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony, and
receive evidence as the Commission considers appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H76B41ED2A41D467187635F11DB61B169"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Powers of
Members and Agents</header><text>Any member or agent of the Commission may, if
authorized by the Commission, take any action which the Commission is
authorized to take by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0928BE9093044E1D84FFA0B460F48702"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Obtaining
Official Data</header><text>The Commission may secure directly from any agency
of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this Act.
Upon the request of the Chair of the Commission, the head of that department or
agency shall furnish that information to the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H85D59101A9824A39B921EBBC205FDA1C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Mails</header><text>The
Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the
same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HABDB50E5768841B78FE789C4D3514403"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative
Support Services</header><text>Upon the request of the Commission, the
Administrator of General Services shall provide to the Commission, on a
reimbursable basis, the administrative support services necessary for the
Commission to carry out its responsibilities under this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H02DEC38240AA420E9C297C438B4E9836"><enum>107.</enum><header>Compliance with
ethics guidelines</header>
<subsection id="HE4EED4BE422F4C2099E364F595A46EE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compliance with
Code of Conduct of House of Representatives</header><text>Each member and staff
of the Commission shall certify in writing to each of the individuals referred
to in section 103(a)(1), under penalty of perjury, that the member or staff
agrees to follow rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives (known
as the <quote>Code of Conduct</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4074E51BBA93459EB2D4C44400F656F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports under
Ethics in Government Act of <enum-in-header>1978</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for purposes of title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.), each member and staff of the Commission—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5CF1AC6935564F45AB3D3D0A2556E712"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be deemed to
be an officer or employee of the Congress (as defined in section 109(13) of
such title); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC064F4CE3A464362BDC6D9FA03CD10B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall file any
report required to be filed by such member or such staff (including by virtue
of the application of paragraph (1)) under title I of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) with the Clerk of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8A338FE8EA58466DB4E53FB86E56A374"><enum>108.</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall terminate 90 days after
the date of enactment of the Commission plan.</text>
</section><section id="H0BC3A3CB9C494D0F8BB1695BDED9F24D"><enum>109.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
title.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Requirements for
congressional redistricting</header>
<section id="H735609A139454B8B92A2F4651D5DC428"><enum>201.</enum><header>Requiring
redistricting to be conducted through approved state plans of
commission</header>
<subsection id="H26302B77BDC14B95B8966F1E5A75C222"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enactment of
Legislation by Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After
the Commission has approved a redistricting plan under title I for all States,
the Commission shall prepare and submit to Congress and the President a bill
(hereafter in this title referred to as the <quote>Commission bill</quote>),
the matter following the enacting clause of which consists of only the
following: <quote>That notwithstanding any other provision of law, each State
shall carry out any congressional redistricting required after the regular
decennial census conducted in ___ only in accordance with the redistricting
plan which was approved for the State with respect to that census by the
National Commission for Independent Redistricting.</quote>, with the blank
filled in with the year in which the decennial census was conducted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H60A0D5A1DDFF4DEDACBA39E5FBC66B76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Existing
districts unchanged until enactment of commission bill</header><text>Until the
Commission bill is enacted, the congressional districts in each State shall
remain in effect.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H83D51DB18CA14C2E8C9076316597D039"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>Section 22(c) of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to
provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for
an apportionment of Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 18, 1929
(2 U.S.C. 2a(c)), is amended by striking <quote>in the manner provided by the
law thereof</quote> and inserting: <quote>in the manner provided by the
National Commission for Independent Redistricting Act of 2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H28D887FA39054B8AA6FBC4F126D2F33E"><enum>202.</enum><header>Expedited
consideration of commission bill by congress</header>
<subsection id="H2567C2B46D144A13A5DE3BA4A7652D24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Introduction of
commission bill</header><text>Upon receipt by Congress, the Commission bill
shall be introduced within 30 days in the Senate and in the House of
Representatives by the majority leader of each House of Congress, for himself,
the minority leader of each House of Congress, for himself, or any member of
the House designated by the majority leader or minority leader. If the
Commission bill is not introduced in accordance with the preceding sentence in
either House of Congress, then any Member of that House may introduce the
Commission bill on any day thereafter. Upon introduction, the Commission bill
shall be referred to the appropriate committees under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC99EF707A88A46D5BAC29CB2CAE1BA41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Committee
consideration</header><text>A Commission bill introduced in either House of
Congress shall be jointly referred to the committee or committees of
jurisdiction, which shall report the bill without any revision and with a
favorable recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or without
recommendation, not later than 7 calendar days after the date of introduction
of the bill in that House, or the first day thereafter on which that House is
in session. If any committee fails to report the bill within that period, that
committee shall be automatically discharged from consideration of the bill, and
the bill shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H85FBF0CF6AC341A8B9977E47FC63DFFF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fast track
consideration in house of representatives</header>
<paragraph id="H4A9047E330A149F5B25E03ABDEECA6FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Proceeding to
consideration</header><text>It shall be in order, not later than 2 days of
session after the date on which a Commission bill is reported or discharged
from all committees to which it was referred, for the majority leader of the
House of Representatives or the majority leader’s designee, to move to proceed
to the consideration of the Commission bill. It shall also be in order for any
Member of the House of Representatives to move to proceed to the consideration
of the Commission bill at any time after the conclusion of such 2-day period.
All points of order against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall not be
in order after the House has disposed of a motion to proceed on the Commission
bill. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its
adoption without intervening motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A
motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be
in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF98DA0A30CB4048A020769CA3B3A561"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The
Commission bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against the
Commission bill and against its consideration are waived. The previous question
shall be considered as ordered on the Commission bill to its passage without
intervening motion except 2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, and any motion to limit debate. A motion to
reconsider the vote on passage of the Commission bill shall not be in
order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H394C47C3FADE4506B7A1B12565B7E071"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>Appeals
from decisions of the chair relating to the application of the Rules of the
House of Representatives to the procedure relating to a Commission bill shall
be decided without debate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98D5F5DD6BA0461484A127D241BC496A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application of
house rules</header><text>Except to the extent specifically provided in
paragraph (1), consideration of a Commission bill shall be governed by the
Rules of the House of Representatives. It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives to consider any Commission bill introduced pursuant to the
provisions of this subsection under a suspension of the rules pursuant to
Clause 1 of House Rule XV, or under a special rule reported by the Committee on
Rules.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34251D004FCC4E5A8311898092538A2F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>No
amendments</header><text>No amendment to the Commission bill shall be in order
in the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9090796759B34565A68F6C9935AE86E3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Vote on
passage</header><text>Immediately following the conclusion of consideration of
the Commission bill, the vote on passage of the Commission bill shall occur
without any intervening action or motion. If the Commission bill is passed, the
Clerk of the House of Representatives shall cause the bill to be transmitted to
the Senate before the close of the next day of session of the House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4BAC1AE2D5714144B6D1E5553149B2CC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fast track
consideration in senate</header>
<paragraph id="HA8C480E83E8948929F47457F26C75A96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the
Senate, it is in order, not later than 2 days of session after the date on
which a Commission bill is reported or discharged from all committees to which
it was referred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the majority leader’s
designee to move to proceed to the consideration of the Commission bill. It
shall also be in order for any Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the
consideration of the Commission bill at any time after the conclusion of such
2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even though a previous motion to
the same effect has been disagreed to. All points of order against the motion
to proceed to the Commission bill are waived. The motion to proceed is not
debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to
reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not
be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the Commission bill
is agreed to, the Commission bill shall remain the unfinished business until
disposed of.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA660A5F4316A4D4EB6D8224DD62C888F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Debate</header><text>All
points of order against the Commission bill and against consideration of the
Commission bill are waived. Consideration of the Commission bill and of all
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith shall not exceed a total
of 100 hours. Debate shall be divided equally between the majority and minority
leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit debate on the Commission
bill is in order and is not debatable. Any debatable motion or appeal is
debatable for not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally between those
favoring and those opposing the motion or appeal. All time used for
consideration of the Commission bill, including time used for quorum calls and
voting, shall be counted against the total 100 hours of consideration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H075AE45EA46049A6870BFA1418A7A3B2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No
amendments</header><text>An amendment to the Commission bill, or a motion to
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or a
motion to recommit the Commission bill, is not in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6673E8EF7D74F17B8F158D7363FFF4A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Vote on
passage</header><text>The vote on passage shall occur immediately following the
conclusion of the debate on a Commission bill, and a single quorum call at the
conclusion of the debate if requested.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD77843B65B9B4B7ABC9B9AB2581B9D9A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rulings of the
chair on procedure</header><text>Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to
the procedure relating to a Commission bill shall be decided without
debate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A88F2CD64CD462E88708FB6F3294300"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rules to
coordinate action with other house</header>
<paragraph id="H52484398F51D49928C6A39A4749A022E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>If,
before the passage by one House of a Commission bill of that House, that House
receives from the other House a Commission bill, then the Commission bill of
the other House shall not be referred to a committee and shall immediately be
placed on the calendar.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B5A7E21DFA1482EA42E43BA8DF2BDC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>If
the Senate receives the Commission bill passed by the House of Representatives
before the Senate has voted on passage of the Commission bill—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC71E61F74D7D4CCD9FEDAF2032A1D624"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the procedure in
the Senate shall be the same as if no Commission bill had been received from
the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H505E4D6E9885439DB8A3469EFD554122"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the vote on
passage in the Senate shall be on the Commission bill of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBFCDB2E8A04447EBB556E3C71F6B0F3F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
commission bill of other house</header><text>If one House fails to introduce or
consider a Commission bill under this section, the Commission bill of the other
House shall be entitled to expedited floor procedures under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5FC617675354A0ABBEF3B53A73934D9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Treatment of
companion measures in the senate</header><text>If following passage of the
Commission bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives the Commission bill
from the House of Representatives, the House-passed Commission bill shall not
be debatable. The vote on passage of the Commission bill in the Senate shall be
considered to be the vote on passage of the Commission bill received from the
House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61F301CF2D07422E907C040B56E15639"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Vetoes</header><text>If
the President vetoes the Commission bill, debate on a veto message in the
Senate under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided between the majority
and minority leaders or their designees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC10CC7A281C4B168136C290251030CC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text>No
motion to suspend the application of this section shall be in order in the
Senate or in the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFACCF8394DDF41A89E9F7085FC9DA599"><enum>203.</enum><header>Limit on
congressional redistricting after an apportionment</header>
<subsection id="H799E0C1D878C4E4DA3291580B048C035"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Act entitled <quote>An Act for the
relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional
redistricting</quote>, approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), is amended by
adding at the end the following: <quote>A State which has been redistricted in
the manner provided by law after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the
Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent
decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in
Congress,</quote> 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 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.)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEB39A6C803334621BBB0D76A1B0EBDE6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFCEF767864F646D4BC6D461DC1594700"><enum>204.</enum><header>No effect on
redistricting for state or local elections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made
by this Act may be construed to affect any procedures a State or a unit of
local government in a State may use to conduct redistricting with respect to
elections for State or local offices.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Effective
Date</header>
<section id="HBB0E21BF277E4ABD930F55B9A890E677"><enum>301.</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in
section 203, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to any Congressional redistricting which occurs after the regular
decennial census conducted during 2020.</text>
</section>