[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2501 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2501

  To require certain States to retain the Congressional redistricting 
   plans in effect as of the first day of the One Hundred Fourteenth 
 Congress until such States carry out a redistricting plan in response 
  to the apportionment of Representatives resulting from the regular 
                  decennial census conducted in 2020.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2015

Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Calvert, Ms. Lofgren, 
Mr. Issa, Mr. Huffman, Mr. McClintock, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. 
     Hunter, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Cook, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
    California, Mr. Knight, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, and Mr. 
   Gallego) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require certain States to retain the Congressional redistricting 
   plans in effect as of the first day of the One Hundred Fourteenth 
 Congress until such States carry out a redistricting plan in response 
  to the apportionment of Representatives resulting from the regular 
                  decennial census conducted in 2020.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Citizens' 
Districts Preservation Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Congress has the power to determine the boundaries of 
        districts for the election of Representatives in Congress, as 
        well as the process by which such boundaries are to be drawn, 
        pursuant to the authority given to Congress to make or alter 
        regulations of the times, places, and manner of holding 
        elections for Representatives by article I, section 4 of the 
        Constitution.
            (2) The actions of citizens to establish, within the bounds 
        of their State constitutions, commissions to draw the 
        boundaries of districts for the election of Representatives 
        from their States should be upheld.
            (3) Between the reapportionment of Representatives 
        resulting from the regular decennial census, it is preferable 
        to maintain the stability and continuity of the boundaries of 
        these districts.

SEC. 2. RETENTION OF CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING PLANS UNTIL 
              REDISTRICTING FOLLOWING 2020 CENSUS.

    (a) Retention of Plans.--Each State referred to in subsection (b) 
shall retain the Congressional redistricting plan in effect in such 
State as of the first day of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress until 
such State carries out a redistricting plan in response to the 
apportionment of Representatives resulting from the regular decennial 
census conducted in 2020.
    (b) States Described.--The States referred to in this subsection 
are as follows:
            (1) Arizona.
            (2) California.
            (3) Hawaii.
            (4) Idaho.
            (5) New Jersey.
            (6) Washington.
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