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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7910 

To require States to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with 

a redistricting plan developed by an independent redistricting commission, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2024 

Mr. NICKEL (for himself and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require States to carry out congressional redistricting 

in accordance with a redistricting plan developed by an 

independent redistricting commission, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL 

4 AUTHORITY; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

6 ‘‘Fair And Impartial Redistricting for Meaningful and Ac7 countable Political Systems Act’’ or the ‘‘FAIR MAPS 

8 Act’’. 


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1 (b) FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.— 

2 Congress finds that it has the authority to establish the 

3 terms and conditions States must follow in carrying out 

4 congressional redistricting after an apportionment of 

5 Members of the House of Representatives because— 

6 (1) the authority granted to Congress under ar7 ticle I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United 

8 States gives Congress the power to enact laws gov9 erning the time, place, and manner of elections for 

10 Members of the House of Representatives; and 

11 (2) the authority granted to Congress under 

12 section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Con13 stitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to 

14 enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires 

15 Representatives to be apportioned among the several 

16 States according to their number. 

17 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

18 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; finding of constitutional authority; table of contents. 

TITLE I—REQUIREMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING 

Sec. 101. Requiring congressional redistricting to be conducted through plan of 

independent State commission. 

Sec. 102. Ban on mid-decade redistricting. 

Sec. 103. Criteria for redistricting. 

TITLE II—INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS 

Sec. 201. Independent redistricting commission. 

Sec. 202. Establishment of selection pool of individuals eligible to serve as 

members of commission. 

Sec. 203. Public notice and input. 

Sec. 204. Establishment of related entities. 


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Sec. 205. Report on diversity of memberships of independent redistricting commissions. 

TITLE III—ROLE OF COURTS IN DEVELOPMENT OF 

REDISTRICTING PLANS 

Sec. 301. Enactment of plan developed by 3-judge court. 

Sec. 302. Special rule for redistricting conducted under order of Federal court. 

TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Payments to States for carrying out redistricting. 

Sec. 402. Civil enforcement. 

Sec. 403. State apportionment notice defined. 

Sec. 404. No effect on elections for State and local office. 

Sec. 405. Effective date. 

TITLE V—REQUIREMENTS FOR REDISTRICTING CARRIED OUT 

PURSUANT TO 2020 CENSUS 

Subtitle A—Application of Certain Requirements for Redistricting Carried 

Out Pursuant to 2020 Census 

Sec. 501. Application of certain requirements for redistricting carried out pursuant to 2020 Census. 

Sec. 502. Triggering events. 

Subtitle B—Independent Redistricting Commissions for Redistricting Carried 

Out Pursuant to 2020 Census 

Sec. 511. Use of independent redistricting commissions for redistricting carried 

out pursuant to 2020 Census. 

Sec. 512. Establishment of selection pool of individuals eligible to serve as 

members of commission. 

Sec. 513. Criteria for redistricting plan; public notice and input. 

Sec. 514. Establishment of related entities. 

Sec. 515. Report on diversity of memberships of independent redistricting commissions. 

1 TITLE I—REQUIREMENTS FOR 

2 CONGRESSIONAL REDIS3 TRICTING 

4 SEC. 101. REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING TO 

5 BE CONDUCTED THROUGH PLAN OF INDE6 PENDENT STATE COMMISSION. 

7 (a) USE OF PLAN REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any 

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1 tricting conducted by a State shall be conducted in accord2 ance with— 

3 (1) the redistricting plan developed and enacted 

4 into law by the independent redistricting commission 

5 established in the State, in accordance with title II; 

6 or 

7 (2) if a plan developed by such commission is 

8 not enacted into law, the redistricting plan developed 

9 and enacted into law by a 3-judge court, in accord10 ance with section 301. 

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 22(c) of 

12 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and 

13 subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an ap14 portionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 

15 June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(c)), is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘in the manner provided by the law thereof’’ and insert17 ing: ‘‘in the manner provided by the FAIR MAPS Act’’. 

18 (c) SPECIAL RULE FOR EXISTING COMMISSIONS.— 

19 Subsection (a) does not apply to any State in which, under 

20 law in effect continuously on and after the date of the 

21 enactment of this Act, congressional redistricting is car22 ried out in accordance with a plan developed and approved 

23 by an independent redistricting commission which is in 

24 compliance with each of the following requirements: 


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1 (1) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE APPLICATION PROC2 ESS.—Membership on the commission is open to citi3 zens of the State through a publicly available appli4 cation process. 

5 (2) DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT

6 SERVICE AND POLITICAL APPOINTMENT.—Individ7 uals who, for a covered period of time as established 

8 by the State, hold or have held public office, individ9 uals who are or have been candidates for elected 

10 public office, and individuals who serve or have 

11 served as an officer, employee, or paid consultant of 

12 a campaign committee of a candidate for public of13 fice are disqualified from serving on the commission. 

14 (3) SCREENING FOR CONFLICTS.—Individuals 

15 who apply to serve on the commission are screened 

16 through a process that excludes persons with con17 flicts of interest from the pool of potential commis18 sioners. 

19 (4) MULTI-PARTISAN COMPOSITION.—Member20 ship on the commission represents those who are af21 filiated with the two political parties whose can22 didates received the most votes in the most recent 

23 statewide election for Federal office held in the 

24 State, as well as those who are unaffiliated with any 

25 party or who are affiliated with political parties 


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1 other than the two political parties whose candidates 

2 received the most votes in the most recent statewide 

3 election for Federal office held in the State. 

4 (5) CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING.—Members 

5 of the commission are required to meet certain cri6 teria in the map drawing process, including mini7 mizing the division of communities of interest and a 

8 ban on drawing maps to favor a political party. 

9 (6) PUBLIC INPUT.—Public hearings are held 

10 and comments from the public are accepted before 

11 a final map is approved. 

12 (7) BROAD-BASED SUPPORT FOR APPROVAL OF

13 FINAL PLAN.—The approval of the final redistricting 

14 plan requires a majority vote of the members of the 

15 commission, including the support of at least one 

16 member of each of the following: 

17 (A) Members who are affiliated with the 

18 political party whose candidate received the 

19 most votes in the most recent statewide election 

20 for Federal office held in the State. 

21 (B) Members who are affiliated with the 

22 political party whose candidate received the sec23 ond most votes in the most recent statewide 

24 election for Federal office held in the State. 


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1 (C) Members who are not affiliated with 

2 any political party or who are affiliated with po3 litical parties other than the political parties de4 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 

5 (d) TREATMENT OF STATE OF IOWA.—Subsection (a) 

6 does not apply to the State of Iowa, so long as congres7 sional redistricting in such State is carried out in accord8 ance with a plan developed by the Iowa Legislative Serv9 ices Agency with the assistance of a Temporary Redis10 tricting Advisory Commission, under law which was in ef11 fect for the most recent congressional redistricting carried 

12 out in the State prior to the date of the enactment of this 

13 Act and which remains in effect continuously on and after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 102. BAN ON MID-DECADE REDISTRICTING. 

16 A State that has been redistricted in accordance with 

17 this Act and a State described in section 101(c) or section 

18 101(d) may not be redistricted again until after the next 

19 apportionment of Representatives under section 22(a) of 

20 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and 

21 subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an ap22 portionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 

23 June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), unless a court requires the 

24 State to conduct such subsequent redistricting to comply 

25 with the Constitution of the United States, the Voting 


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1 Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), the Con2 stitution of the State, or the terms or conditions of this 

3 Act. 

4 SEC. 103. CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING. 

5 (a) CRITERIA.—Under the redistricting plan of a 

6 State, there shall be established single-member congres7 sional districts using the following criteria as set forth in 

8 the following order of priority: 

9 (1) Districts shall comply with the United 

10 States Constitution, including the requirement that 

11 they equalize total population. 

12 (2) Districts shall comply with the Voting 

13 Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), in14 cluding by creating any districts where two or more 

15 politically cohesive groups protected by such Act are 

16 able to elect representatives of choice in coalition 

17 with one another, and all applicable Federal laws. 

18 (3) Districts shall be drawn, to the extent that 

19 the totality of the circumstances warrant, to ensure 

20 the practical ability of a group protected under the 

21 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et 

22 seq.) to participate in the political process and to 

23 nominate candidates and to elect representatives of 

24 choice is not diluted or diminished, regardless of 


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1 whether or not such protected group constitutes a 

2 majority of a district’s citizen voting age population. 

3 (4) Districts shall respect communities of inter4 est, neighborhoods, and political subdivisions to the 

5 extent practicable and after compliance with the re6 quirements of paragraphs (1) through (3). A com7 munity of interest is defined as an area with recog8 nized similarities of interests, including but not lim9 ited to ethnic, racial, economic, tribal, social, cul10 tural, geographic or historic identities. The term 

11 communities of interest may, in certain cir12 cumstances, include political subdivisions such as 

13 counties, municipalities, tribal lands and reserva14 tions, or school districts, but shall not include com15 mon relationships with political parties or political 

16 candidates. 

17 (b) NO FAVORING OR DISFAVORING OF POLITICAL

18 PARTIES.— 

19 (1) PROHIBITION.—The redistricting plan en20 acted by a State shall not, when considered on a 

21 Statewide basis, be drawn with the intent or the ef22 fect of unduly favoring or disfavoring any political 

23 party. 

24 (2) DETERMINATION OF EFFECT.— 


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1 (A) TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES.—For 

2 purposes of paragraph (1), the determination of 

3 whether a redistricting plan has the effect of 

4 unduly favoring or disfavoring a political party 

5 shall be based on the totality of circumstances, 

6 including evidence regarding the durability and 

7 severity of a plan’s partisan bias. 

8 (B) PLANS DEEMED TO HAVE EFFECT OF

9 UNDULY FAVORING OR DISFAVORING A POLIT10 ICAL PARTY.—Without limiting other ways in 

11 which a redistricting plan may be determined to 

12 have the effect of unduly favoring or disfavoring 

13 a political party under the totality of cir14 cumstances under subparagraph (A), a redis15 tricting plan shall be deemed to have the effect 

16 of unduly favoring or disfavoring a political 

17 party if— 

18 (i) modeling based on relevant histor19 ical voting patterns shows that the plan is 

20 statistically likely to result in a partisan 

21 bias of more than one seat in States with 

22 20 or fewer congressional districts or a 

23 partisan bias of more than 2 seats in 

24 States with more than 20 congressional 

25 districts, as determined using quantitative 


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1 measures of partisan fairness, which may 

2 include, but are not limited to, the seats3 to-votes curve for an enacted plan, the effi4 ciency gap, the declination, partisan asym5 metry, and the mean-median difference, 

6 and 

7 (ii) alternative plans, which may in8 clude, but are not limited to, those gen9 erated by redistricting algorithms, exist 

10 that could have complied with the require11 ments of law and not been in violation of 

12 paragraph (1). 

13 (3) DETERMINATION OF INTENT.—For pur14 poses of paragraph (A), a rebuttable presumption 

15 shall exist that a redistricting plan enacted by the 

16 legislature of a State was not enacted with the in17 tent of unduly favoring or disfavoring a political 

18 party if the plan was enacted with the support of at 

19 least a third of the members of the second largest 

20 political party in each house of the legislature. 

21 (4) NO VIOLATION BASED ON CERTAIN CRI22 TERIA.—No redistricting plan shall be found to be 

23 in violation of paragraph (1) because of partisan 

24 bias attributable to the application of the criteria set 

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1 unless one or more alternative plans could have com2 plied with such paragraphs without having the effect 

3 of unduly favoring or disfavoring a political party. 

4 (c) FACTORS PROHIBITED FROM CONSIDERATION.— 

5 In developing the redistricting plan for the State, the inde6 pendent redistricting commission may not take into con7 sideration any of the following factors, except to the extent 

8 necessary to comply with the criteria described in para9 graphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a), subsection (b), 

10 and to enable the redistricting plan to be measured 

11 against the external metrics described in section 203(d): 

12 (1) The residence of any Member of the House 

13 of Representatives or candidate. 

14 (2) The political party affiliation or voting his15 tory of the population of a district. 

16 (d) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to any au17 thority, whether appointed, elected, judicial, or otherwise, 

18 that designs or enacts a congressional redistricting plan 

19 of a State. 

20 (e) SEVERABILITY OF CRITERIA.—If any of the cri21 teria set forth in this section, or the application of such 

22 criteria to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon23 stitutional, the remaining criteria set forth in this section, 

24 and the application of such criteria to any person or cir25 cumstance, shall not be affected by the holding. 


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1 TITLE II—INDEPENDENT 

2 REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS 

3 SEC. 201. INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION. 

4 (a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The nonpartisan agency es6 tablished or designated by a State under section 

7 204(a) shall establish an independent redistricting 

8 commission for the State, which shall consist of 15 

9 members appointed by the agency as follows: 

10 (A) Not later than October 1 of a year 

11 ending in the numeral zero, the agency shall, at 

12 a public meeting held not earlier than 15 days 

13 after notice of the meeting has been given to 

14 the public, first appoint 6 members as follows: 

15 (i) The agency shall appoint 2 mem16 bers on a random basis from the majority 

17 category of the approved selection pool (as 

18 described in section 202(b)(1)(A)). 

19 (ii) The agency shall appoint 2 mem20 bers on a random basis from the minority 

21 category of the approved selection pool (as 

22 described in section 202(b)(1)(B)). 

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1 pendent category of the approved selection 

2 pool (as described in section 202(b)(1)(C)). 

3 (B) Not later than November 15 of a year 

4 ending in the numeral zero, the members ap5 pointed by the agency under subparagraph (A) 

6 shall, at a public meeting held not earlier than 

7 15 days after notice of the meeting has been 

8 given to the public, then appoint 9 members as 

9 follows: 

10 (i) The members shall appoint 3 mem11 bers from the majority category of the ap12 proved selection pool (as described in sec13 tion 202(b)(1)(A)). 

14 (ii) The members shall appoint 3 

15 members from the minority category of the 

16 approved selection pool (as described in 

17 section 202(b)(1)(B)). 

18 (iii) The members shall appoint 3 

19 members from the independent category of 

20 the approved selection pool (as described in 

21 section 202(b)(1)(C)). 

22 (2) RULES FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS

23 APPOINTED BY FIRST MEMBERS.— 

24 (A) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST 4

25 MEMBERS.—The appointment of any of the 9 


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1 members of the independent redistricting com2 mission who are appointed by the first members 

3 of the commission pursuant to subparagraph 

4 (B) of paragraph (1), as well as the designation 

5 of alternates for such members pursuant to 

6 subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) and the ap7 pointment of alternates to fill vacancies pursu8 ant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4), shall 

9 require the affirmative vote of at least 4 of the 

10 members appointed by the nonpartisan agency 

11 under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), in12 cluding at least one member from each of the 

13 categories referred to in such subparagraph. 

14 (B) ENSURING DIVERSITY.—In appointing 

15 the 9 members pursuant to subparagraph (B) 

16 of paragraph (1), as well as in designating al17 ternates pursuant to subparagraph (B) of para18 graph (3) and in appointing alternates to fill 

19 vacancies pursuant to subparagraph (B) of 

20 paragraph (4), the first members of the inde21 pendent redistricting commission shall ensure 

22 that the membership is representative of the de23 mographic groups (including racial, ethnic, eco24 nomic, and gender) and geographic regions of 

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1 guage minorities protected under the Voting 

2 Rights Act of 1965 with a meaningful oppor3 tunity to participate in the development of the 

4 State’s redistricting plan. 

5 (3) DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATES TO SERVE

6 IN CASE OF VACANCIES.— 

7 (A) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY AGENCY.— 

8 At the time the agency appoints the members 

9 of the independent redistricting commission 

10 under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) from 

11 each of the categories referred to in such sub12 paragraph, the agency shall, on a random basis, 

13 designate 2 other individuals from such cat14 egory to serve as alternate members who may 

15 be appointed to fill vacancies in the commission 

16 in accordance with paragraph (4). 

17 (B) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY FIRST MEM18 BERS.—At the time the members appointed by 

19 the agency appoint the other members of the 

20 independent redistricting commission under 

21 subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) from each 

22 of the categories referred to in such subpara23 graph, the members shall, in accordance with 

24 the special rules described in paragraph (2), 

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1 egory to serve as alternate members who may 

2 be appointed to fill vacancies in the commission 

3 in accordance with paragraph (4). 

4 (4) APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATES TO SERVE

5 IN CASE OF VACANCIES.— 

6 (A) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY AGENCY.—If 

7 a vacancy occurs in the commission with respect 

8 to a member who was appointed by the non9 partisan agency under subparagraph (A) of 

10 paragraph (1) from one of the categories re11 ferred to in such subparagraph, the agency 

12 shall fill the vacancy by appointing, on a ran13 dom basis, one of the 2 alternates from such 

14 category who was designated under subpara15 graph (A) of paragraph (3). At the time the 

16 agency appoints an alternate to fill a vacancy 

17 under the previous sentence, the agency shall 

18 designate, on a random basis, another indi19 vidual from the same category to serve as an al20 ternate member, in accordance with subpara21 graph (A) of paragraph (3). 

22 (B) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY FIRST MEM23 BERS.—If a vacancy occurs in the commission 

24 with respect to a member who was appointed by 

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1 paragraph (B) of paragraph (1) from one of the 

2 categories referred to in such subparagraph, the 

3 first members shall, in accordance with the spe4 cial rules described in paragraph (2), fill the va5 cancy by appointing one of the 2 alternates 

6 from such category who was designated under 

7 subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3). At the time 

8 the first members appoint an alternate to fill a 

9 vacancy under the previous sentence, the first 

10 members shall, in accordance with the special 

11 rules described in paragraph (2), designate an12 other individual from the same category to 

13 serve as an alternate member, in accordance 

14 with subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3). 

15 (5) REMOVAL.—A member of the independent 

16 redistricting commission may be removed by a ma17 jority vote of the remaining members of the commis18 sion if it is shown by a preponderance of the evi19 dence that the member is not eligible to serve on the 

20 commission under section 202(a). 

21 (b) PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING COMMISSION

22 BUSINESS.— 

23 (1) CHAIR.—Members of an independent redis24 tricting commission established under this section 

25 shall select by majority vote one member who was 


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1 appointed from the independent category of the ap2 proved selection pool described in section 

3 202(b)(1)(C) to serve as chair of the commission. 

4 The commission may not take any action to develop 

5 a redistricting plan for the State under section 203 

6 until the appointment of the commission’s chair. 

7 (2) REQUIRING MAJORITY APPROVAL FOR AC8 TIONS.—The independent redistricting commission 

9 of a State may not publish and disseminate any 

10 draft or final redistricting plan, or take any other 

11 action, without the approval of at least— 

12 (A) a majority of the whole membership of 

13 the commission; and 

14 (B) at least one member of the commission 

15 appointed from each of the categories of the ap16 proved selection pool described in section 

17 202(b)(1). 

18 (3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

19 the commission shall constitute a quorum. 

20 (c) STAFF; CONTRACTORS.— 

21 (1) STAFF.—Under a public application process 

22 in which all application materials are available for 

23 public inspection, the independent redistricting com24 mission of a State shall appoint and set the pay of 

25 technical experts, legal counsel, consultants, and 


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1 such other staff as it considers appropriate, subject 

2 to State law. 

3 (2) CONTRACTORS.—The independent redis4 tricting commission of a State may enter into such 

5 contracts with vendors as it considers appropriate, 

6 subject to State law, except that any such contract 

7 shall be valid only if approved by the vote of a ma8 jority of the members of the commission, including 

9 at least one member appointed from each of the cat10 egories of the approved selection pool described in 

11 section 202(b)(1). 

12 (3) REPORTS ON EXPENDITURES FOR POLIT13 ICAL ACTIVITY.— 

14 (A) REPORT BY APPLICANTS.—Each indi15 vidual who applies for a position as an employee 

16 of the independent redistricting commission and 

17 each vendor who applies for a contract with the 

18 commission shall, at the time of applying, file 

19 with the commission a report summarizing— 

20 (i) any expenditure for political activ21 ity made by such individual or vendor dur22 ing the 10 most recent calendar years; and 

23 (ii) any income received by such indi24 vidual or vendor during the 10 most recent 


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1 calendar years which is attributable to an 

2 expenditure for political activity. 

3 (B) ANNUAL REPORTS BY EMPLOYEES

4 AND VENDORS.—Each person who is an em5 ployee or vendor of the independent redis6 tricting commission shall, not later than 1 year 

7 after the person is appointed as an employee or 

8 enters into a contract as a vendor (as the case 

9 may be) and annually thereafter for each year 

10 during which the person serves as an employee 

11 or a vendor, file with the commission a report 

12 summarizing the expenditures and income de13 scribed in subparagraph (A) during the 10 most 

14 recent calendar years. 

15 (C) EXPENDITURE FOR POLITICAL ACTIV16 ITY DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term 

17 ‘‘expenditure for political activity’’ means a dis18 bursement for any of the following: 

19 (i) An independent expenditure, as de20 fined in section 301(17) of the Federal 

21 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 

22 30101(17)). 

23 (ii) An electioneering communication, 

24 as defined in section 304(f)(3) of such Act 

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1 lic communication, as defined in section 

2 301(22) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 

3 30101(22)) that would be an electioneering 

4 communication if it were a broadcast, 

5 cable, or satellite communication. 

6 (iii) Any dues or other payments to 

7 trade associations or organizations de8 scribed in section 501(c) of the Internal 

9 Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 

10 tax under section 501(a) of such Code that 

11 are, or could reasonably be anticipated to 

12 be, used or transferred to another associa13 tion or organization for a use described in 

14 paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of section 501(c) 

15 of such Code. 

16 (4) GOAL OF IMPARTIALITY.—The commission 

17 shall take such steps as it considers appropriate to 

18 ensure that any staff appointed under this sub19 section, and any vendor with whom the commission 

20 enters into a contract under this subsection, will 

21 work in an impartial manner, and may require any 

22 person who applies for an appointment to a staff po23 sition or for a vendor’s contract with the commission 

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1 son’s expenditures for political activity provided in 

2 the reports required under paragraph (3) (including 

3 donations to candidates, political committees, and 

4 political parties) as a condition of the appointment 

5 or the contract. 

6 (5) DISQUALIFICATION; WAIVER.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The independent redis8 tricting commission may not appoint an indi9 vidual as an employee, and may not enter into 

10 a contract with a vendor, if the individual or 

11 vendor meets any of the criteria for the dis12 qualification of an individual from serving as a 

13 member of the commission which are set forth 

14 in section 202(a)(2). 

15 (B) WAIVER.—The commission may by 

16 unanimous vote of its members waive the appli17 cation of subparagraph (A) to an individual or 

18 a vendor after receiving and reviewing the re19 port filed by the individual or vendor under 

20 paragraph (3). 

21 (d) TERMINATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The independent redis23 tricting commission of a State shall terminate on the 

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1 (A) June 14 of the next year ending in the 

2 numeral zero; or 

3 (B) the day on which the nonpartisan 

4 agency established or designated by a State 

5 under section 204(a) has, in accordance with 

6 section 202(b)(1), submitted a selection pool to 

7 the Select Committee on Redistricting for the 

8 State established under section 204(b). 

9 (2) PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.—The State 

10 shall ensure that the records of the independent re11 districting commission are retained in the appro12 priate State archive in such manner as may be nec13 essary to enable the State to respond to any civil ac14 tion brought with respect to congressional redis15 tricting in the State. 

16 SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECTION POOL OF INDI17 VIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS MEMBERS 

18 OF COMMISSION. 

19 (a) CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—An individual is eligible to 

21 serve as a member of an independent redistricting 

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1 (A) As of the date of appointment, the in2 dividual is registered to vote in elections for 

3 Federal office held in the State. 

4 (B) During the 3-year period ending on 

5 the date of the individual’s appointment, the in6 dividual has been continuously registered to 

7 vote with the same political party, or has not 

8 been registered to vote with any political party. 

9 (C) The individual submits to the non10 partisan agency established or designated by a 

11 State under section 203, at such time and in 

12 such form as the agency may require, an appli13 cation for inclusion in the selection pool under 

14 this section, and includes with the application a 

15 written statement, with an attestation under 

16 penalty of perjury, containing the following in17 formation and assurances: 

18 (i) The full current name and any 

19 former names of, and the contact informa20 tion for, the individual, including an elec21 tronic mail address, the address of the in22 dividual’s residence, mailing address, and 

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1 (ii) The individual’s race, ethnicity, 

2 gender, age, date of birth, and household 

3 income for the most recent taxable year. 

4 (iii) The political party with which the 

5 individual is affiliated, if any. 

6 (iv) The reason or reasons the indi7 vidual desires to serve on the independent 

8 redistricting commission, the individual’s 

9 qualifications, and information relevant to 

10 the ability of the individual to be fair and 

11 impartial, including, but not limited to— 

12 (I) any involvement with, or fi13 nancial support of, professional, so14 cial, political, religious, or community 

15 organizations or causes; or 

16 (II) the individual’s employment 

17 and educational history. 

18 (v) An assurance that the individual 

19 shall commit to carrying out the individ20 ual’s duties under this Act in an honest, 

21 independent, and impartial fashion, and to 

22 upholding public confidence in the integrity 

23 of the redistricting process. 

24 (vi) An assurance that, during the 

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1 the individual has not taken and will not 

2 take any action which would disqualify the 

3 individual from serving as a member of the 

4 commission under paragraph (2). 

5 (2) DISQUALIFICATIONS.—An individual is not 

6 eligible to serve as a member of the commission if 

7 any of the following applies during any of the cov8 ered periods described in paragraph (3): 

9 (A) The individual or (in the case of the 

10 covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 

11 and (B) of paragraph (3)) an immediate family 

12 member of the individual holds public office or 

13 is a candidate for election for public office. 

14 (B) The individual or (in the case of the 

15 covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 

16 and (B) of paragraph (3)) an immediate family 

17 member of the individual serves as an officer of 

18 a political party or as an officer, employee, or 

19 paid consultant of a campaign committee of a 

20 candidate for public office or of any political ac21 tion committee (as determined in accordance 

22 with the law of the State). 

23 (C) The individual or (in the case of the 

24 covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 

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1 member of the individual holds a position as a 

2 registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclo3 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or an 

4 equivalent State or local law. 

5 (D) The individual or (in the case of the 

6 covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 

7 and (B) of paragraph (3)) an immediate family 

8 member of the individual is an employee of an 

9 elected public official, a contractor with the gov10 ernment of the State, or a donor to the cam11 paign of any candidate for public office or to 

12 any political action committee (other than a 

13 donor who, during any of such covered periods, 

14 gives an aggregate amount of $1,000 or less to 

15 the campaigns of all candidates for all public 

16 offices and to all political action committees). 

17 (E) The individual paid a civil money pen18 alty or criminal fine, or was sentenced to a 

19 term of imprisonment, for violating any provi20 sion of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

21 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.). 

22 (F) The individual or (in the case of the 

23 covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 

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1 eign principal under the Foreign Agents Reg2 istration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 

3 611 et seq.). 

4 (3) COVERED PERIODS DESCRIBED.—In this 

5 subsection, the term ‘‘covered period’’ means, with 

6 respect to the appointment of an individual to the 

7 commission, any of the following: 

8 (A) The 10-year period ending on the date 

9 of the individual’s appointment. 

10 (B) The period beginning on the date of 

11 the individual’s appointment and ending on Au12 gust 14 of the next year ending in the numeral 

13 one. 

14 (C) The 10-year period beginning on the 

15 day after the last day of the period described in 

16 subparagraph (B). 

17 (4) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.—In 

18 this subsection, the term ‘‘immediate family mem19 ber’’ means, with respect to an individual, a father, 

20 stepfather, mother, stepmother, son, stepson, daugh21 ter, stepdaughter, brother, stepbrother, sister, step22 sister, husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in23 law. 

24 (b) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF SELECTION

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 15 of 

2 each year ending in the numeral zero, the non3 partisan agency established or designated by a State 

4 under section 204(a) shall develop and submit to the 

5 Select Committee on Redistricting for the State es6 tablished under section 204(b) a selection pool of 36 

7 individuals who are eligible to serve as members of 

8 the independent redistricting commission of the 

9 State under this Act, consisting of individuals in the 

10 following categories: 

11 (A) A majority category, consisting of 12 

12 individuals who are affiliated with the political 

13 party whose candidate received the most votes 

14 in the most recent statewide election for Fed15 eral office held in the State. 

16 (B) A minority category, consisting of 12 

17 individuals who are affiliated with the political 

18 party whose candidate received the second most 

19 votes in the most recent statewide election for 

20 Federal office held in the State. 

21 (C) An independent category, consisting of 

22 12 individuals who are not affiliated with either 

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1 (2) FACTORS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DEVEL2 OPING POOL.—In selecting individuals for the selec3 tion pool under this subsection, the nonpartisan 

4 agency shall— 

5 (A) ensure that the pool is representative 

6 of the demographic groups (including racial, 

7 ethnic, economic, and gender) and geographic 

8 regions of the State, and includes applicants 

9 who would allow racial, ethnic, and language 

10 minorities protected under the Voting Rights 

11 Act of 1965 a meaningful opportunity to par12 ticipate in the development of the State’s redis13 tricting plan; and 

14 (B) take into consideration the analytical 

15 skills of the individuals selected in relevant 

16 fields (including mapping, data management, 

17 law, community outreach, demography, and the 

18 geography of the State) and their ability to 

19 work on an impartial basis. 

20 (3) INTERVIEWS OF APPLICANTS.—To assist 

21 the nonpartisan agency in developing the selection 

22 pool under this subsection, the nonpartisan agency 

23 shall conduct interviews of applicants under oath. If 

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1 individual shall be transcribed and the transcriptions 

2 made available on the nonpartisan agency’s website 

3 contemporaneously with release of the report under 

4 paragraph (6). 

5 (4) DETERMINATION OF POLITICAL PARTY AF6 FILIATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN SELECTION POOL.— 

7 For purposes of this section, an individual shall be 

8 considered to be affiliated with a political party only 

9 if the nonpartisan agency is able to verify (to the 

10 greatest extent possible) the information the indi11 vidual provides in the application submitted under 

12 subsection (a)(1)(D), including by considering addi13 tional information provided by other persons with 

14 knowledge of the individual’s history of political ac15 tivity. 

16 (5) ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR

17 INCLUSION IN POOL.—The nonpartisan agency shall 

18 take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that 

19 residents of the State across various geographic re20 gions and demographic groups are aware of the op21 portunity to serve on the independent redistricting 

22 commission, including publicizing the role of the 

23 panel and using newspapers, broadcast media, and 

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1 individuals to apply for inclusion in the selection 

2 pool developed under this subsection. 

3 (6) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SELEC4 TION POOL.—At the time the nonpartisan agency 

5 submits the selection pool to the Select Committee 

6 on Redistricting under paragraph (1), it shall pub7 lish and post on the agency’s public website a report 

8 describing the process by which the pool was devel9 oped, and shall include in the report a description of 

10 how the individuals in the pool meet the eligibility 

11 criteria of subsection (a) and of how the pool reflects 

12 the factors the agency is required to take into con13 sideration under paragraph (2). 

14 (7) PUBLIC COMMENT ON SELECTION POOL.— 

15 During the 14-day period which begins on the date 

16 the nonpartisan agency publishes the report under 

17 paragraph (6), the agency shall accept comments 

18 from the public on the individuals included in the se19 lection pool. The agency shall post all such com20 ments contemporaneously on the nonpartisan agen21 cy’s website and shall transmit them to the Select 

22 Committee on Redistricting immediately upon the 

23 expiration of such period. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 15 

2 days and not later than 21 days after receiving 

3 the selection pool from the nonpartisan agency 

4 under paragraph (1), the Select Committee on 

5 Redistricting shall, by majority vote— 

6 (i) approve the pool as submitted by 

7 the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 

8 pool shall be considered the approved selec9 tion pool for purposes of section 201(a)(1); 

10 or 

11 (ii) reject the pool, in which case the 

12 nonpartisan agency shall develop and sub13 mit a replacement selection pool in accord14 ance with subsection (c). 

15 (B) INACTION DEEMED REJECTION.—If 

16 the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 

17 approve or reject the pool within the deadline 

18 set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com19 mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 

20 for purposes of such subparagraph. 

21 (c) DEVELOPMENT OF REPLACEMENT SELECTION

22 POOL.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Select Committee on 

24 Redistricting rejects the selection pool submitted by 

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1 later than 14 days after the rejection, the non2 partisan agency shall develop and submit to the Se3 lect Committee a replacement selection pool, under 

4 the same terms and conditions that applied to the 

5 development and submission of the selection pool 

6 under paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b). 

7 The replacement pool submitted under this para8 graph may include individuals who were included in 

9 the rejected selection pool submitted under sub10 section (b), so long as at least one of the individuals 

11 in the replacement pool was not included in such re12 jected pool. 

13 (2) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 21 days 

15 after receiving the replacement selection pool 

16 from the nonpartisan agency under paragraph 

17 (1), the Select Committee on Redistricting 

18 shall, by majority vote— 

19 (i) approve the pool as submitted by 

20 the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 

21 pool shall be considered the approved selec22 tion pool for purposes of section 201(a)(1); 

23 or 

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1 mit a second replacement selection pool in 

2 accordance with subsection (d). 

3 (B) INACTION DEEMED REJECTION.—If 

4 the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 

5 approve or reject the pool within the deadline 

6 set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com7 mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 

8 for purposes of such subparagraph. 

9 (d) DEVELOPMENT OF SECOND REPLACEMENT SE10 LECTION POOL.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Select Committee on 

12 Redistricting rejects the replacement selection pool 

13 submitted by the nonpartisan agency under sub14 section (c), not later than 14 days after the rejec15 tion, the nonpartisan agency shall develop and sub16 mit to the Select Committee a second replacement 

17 selection pool, under the same terms and conditions 

18 that applied to the development and submission of 

19 the selection pool under paragraphs (1) through (7) 

20 of subsection (b). The second replacement selection 

21 pool submitted under this paragraph may include in22 dividuals who were included in the rejected selection 

23 pool submitted under subsection (b) or the rejected 

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1 in the replacement pool was not included in either 

2 such rejected pool. 

3 (2) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 15 

5 days and not later than 14 days after receiving 

6 the second replacement selection pool from the 

7 nonpartisan agency under paragraph (1), the 

8 Select Committee on Redistricting shall, by ma9 jority vote— 

10 (i) approve the pool as submitted by 

11 the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 

12 pool shall be considered the approved selec13 tion pool for purposes of section 201(a)(1); 

14 or 

15 (ii) reject the pool. 

16 (B) INACTION DEEMED REJECTION.—If 

17 the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 

18 approve or reject the pool within the deadline 

19 set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com20 mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 

21 for purposes of such subparagraph. 

22 (C) EFFECT OF REJECTION.—If the Select 

23 Committee on Redistricting rejects the second 

24 replacement pool from the nonpartisan agency 

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1 the State shall be developed and enacted in ac2 cordance with title III. 

3 SEC. 203. PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT. 

4 (a) PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT.— 

5 (1) USE OF OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROC6 ESS.—The independent redistricting commission of a 

7 State shall hold each of its meetings in public, shall 

8 solicit and take into consideration comments from 

9 the public, including proposed maps, throughout the 

10 process of developing the redistricting plan for the 

11 State, and shall carry out its duties in an open and 

12 transparent manner which provides for the widest 

13 public dissemination reasonably possible of its pro14 posed and final redistricting plans. 

15 (2) WEBSITE.— 

16 (A) FEATURES.—The commission shall 

17 maintain a public Internet site which is not af18 filiated with or maintained by the office of any 

19 elected official and which includes the following 

20 features: 

21 (i) General information on the com22 mission, its role in the redistricting proc23 ess, and its members, including contact in24 formation. 


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1 (ii) An updated schedule of commis2 sion hearings and activities, including 

3 deadlines for the submission of comments. 

4 (iii) All draft redistricting plans devel5 oped by the commission under subsection 

6 (b) and the final redistricting plan devel7 oped under subsection (c), including the 

8 accompanying written evaluation under 

9 subsection (d). 

10 (iv) All comments received from the 

11 public on the commission’s activities, in12 cluding any proposed maps submitted 

13 under paragraph (1). 

14 (v) Live streaming of commission 

15 hearings and an archive of previous meet16 ings, including any documents considered 

17 at any such meeting, which the commission 

18 shall post not later than 24 hours after the 

19 conclusion of the meeting. 

20 (vi) Access in an easily useable format 

21 to the demographic and other data used by 

22 the commission to develop and analyze the 

23 proposed redistricting plans, together with 

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1 of proposed districts and to any reports 

2 analyzing and evaluating any such maps. 

3 (vii) A method by which members of 

4 the public may submit comments and pro5 posed maps directly to the commission. 

6 (viii) All records of the commission, 

7 including all communications to or from 

8 members, employees, and contractors re9 garding the work of the commission. 

10 (ix) A list of all contractors receiving 

11 payment from the commission, together 

12 with the annual disclosures submitted by 

13 the contractors under section 201(c)(3). 

14 (x) A list of the names of all individ15 uals who submitted applications to serve 

16 on the commission, together with the appli17 cations submitted by individuals included 

18 in any selection pool, except that the com19 mission may redact from such applications 

20 any financial or other personally sensitive 

21 information. 

22 (B) SEARCHABLE FORMAT.—The commis23 sion shall ensure that all information posted 

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1 maps submitted by the public, shall be main2 tained in an easily searchable format. 

3 (C) DEADLINE.—The commission shall en4 sure that the public internet site under this 

5 paragraph is operational (in at least a prelimi6 nary format) not later than January 1 of the 

7 year ending in the numeral one. 

8 (3) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.—The commis9 sion shall solicit, accept, and consider comments 

10 from the public with respect to its duties, activities, 

11 and procedures at any time during the period— 

12 (A) which begins on January 1 of the year 

13 ending in the numeral one; and 

14 (B) which ends 7 days before the date of 

15 the meeting at which the commission shall vote 

16 on approving the final redistricting plan for en17 actment into law under subsection (c)(2). 

18 (4) MEETINGS AND HEARINGS IN VARIOUS GEO19 GRAPHIC LOCATIONS.—To the greatest extent prac20 ticable, the commission shall hold its meetings and 

21 hearings in various geographic regions and locations 

22 throughout the State. 

23 (5) MULTIPLE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR

24 ALL NOTICES.—The commission shall make each no25 tice which is required to be posted and published 


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1 under this section available in any language in which 

2 the State (or any jurisdiction in the State) is re3 quired to provide election materials under section 

4 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

5 (b) DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION OF PRELIMI6 NARY REDISTRICTING PLAN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to developing and pub8 lishing a final redistricting plan under subsection 

9 (c), the independent redistricting commission of a 

10 State shall develop and publish a preliminary redis11 tricting plan. 

12 (2) MINIMUM PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OPPOR13 TUNITY FOR COMMENT PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.— 

14 (A) 3 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—Prior to de15 veloping a preliminary redistricting plan under 

16 this subsection, the commission shall hold not 

17 fewer than 3 public hearings at which members 

18 of the public may provide input and comments 

19 regarding the potential contents of redistricting 

20 plans for the State and the process by which 

21 the commission will develop the preliminary 

22 plan under this subsection. 

23 (B) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR NOTICE PRIOR

24 TO HEARINGS.—Not fewer than 14 days prior 

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1 paragraph, the commission shall post notices of 

2 the hearing in on the website maintained under 

3 subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the pub4 lication of such notices in newspapers of general 

5 circulation throughout the State. Each such no6 tice shall specify the date, time, and location of 

7 the hearing. 

8 (C) SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND MAPS BY

9 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.—Any member of 

10 the public may submit maps or portions of 

11 maps for consideration by the commission. As 

12 provided under subsection (a)(2)(A), any such 

13 map shall be made publicly available on the 

14 commission’s website and open to comment. 

15 (3) PUBLICATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAN.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The commission shall 

17 post the preliminary redistricting plan devel18 oped under this subsection, together with a re19 port that includes the commission’s responses 

20 to any public comments received under sub21 section (a)(3), on the website maintained under 

22 subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the pub23 lication of each such plan in newspapers of gen24 eral circulation throughout the State. 


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1 (B) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR NOTICE PRIOR

2 TO PUBLICATION.—Not fewer than 14 days 

3 prior to the date on which the commission posts 

4 and publishes the preliminary plan under this 

5 paragraph, the commission shall notify the pub6 lic through the website maintained under sub7 section (a)(2), as well as through publication of 

8 notice in newspapers of general circulation 

9 throughout the State, of the pending publica10 tion of the plan. 

11 (4) MINIMUM POST-PUBLICATION PERIOD FOR

12 PUBLIC COMMENT.—The commission shall accept 

13 and consider comments from the public (including 

14 through the website maintained under subsection 

15 (a)(2)) with respect to the preliminary redistricting 

16 plan published under paragraph (3), including pro17 posed revisions to maps, for not fewer than 30 days 

18 after the date on which the plan is published. 

19 (5) POST-PUBLICATION HEARINGS.— 

20 (A) 3 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—After post21 ing and publishing the preliminary redistricting 

22 plan under paragraph (3), the commission shall 

23 hold not fewer than 3 public hearings in dif24 ferent geographic areas of the State at which 


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1 members of the public may provide input and 

2 comments regarding the preliminary plan. 

3 (B) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR NOTICE PRIOR

4 TO HEARINGS.—Not fewer than 14 days prior 

5 to the date of each hearing held under this 

6 paragraph, the commission shall post notices of 

7 the hearing in on the website maintained under 

8 subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the pub9 lication of such notices in newspapers of general 

10 circulation throughout the State. Each such no11 tice shall specify the date, time, and location of 

12 the hearing. 

13 (6) PERMITTING MULTIPLE PRELIMINARY

14 PLANS.—At the option of the commission, after de15 veloping and publishing the preliminary redistricting 

16 plan under this subsection, the commission may de17 velop and publish subsequent preliminary redis18 tricting plans, so long as the process for the develop19 ment and publication of each such subsequent plan 

20 meets the requirements set forth in this subsection 

21 for the development and publication of the first pre22 liminary redistricting plan. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—After taking into consider2 ation comments from the public on any preliminary 

3 redistricting plan developed and published under 

4 subsection (b), the independent redistricting commis5 sion of a State shall develop and publish a final re6 districting plan for the State. 

7 (2) MEETING; FINAL VOTE.—Not later than the 

8 deadline specified in subsection (e), the commission 

9 shall hold a public hearing at which the members of 

10 the commission shall vote on approving the final 

11 plan for enactment into law. 

12 (3) PUBLICATION OF PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING

13 MATERIALS.—Not fewer than 14 days before the 

14 date of the meeting under paragraph (2), the com15 mission shall provide the following information to 

16 the public through the website maintained under 

17 subsection (a)(2), as well as through newspapers of 

18 general circulation throughout the State: 

19 (A) The final redistricting plan, including 

20 all relevant maps. 

21 (B) A report by the commission to accom22 pany the plan which provides the background 

23 for the plan and the commission’s reasons for 

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1 ceived on any preliminary redistricting plan de2 veloped and published under subsection (b). 

3 (C) Any dissenting or additional views with 

4 respect to the plan of individual members of the 

5 commission. 

6 (4) ENACTMENT.—Subject to paragraph (5), 

7 the final redistricting plan developed and published 

8 under this subsection shall be deemed to be enacted 

9 into law upon the expiration of the 45-day period 

10 which begins on the date on which— 

11 (A) such final plan is approved by a major12 ity of the whole membership of the commission; 

13 and 

14 (B) at least one member of the commission 

15 appointed from each of the categories of the ap16 proved selection pool described in section 

17 202(b)(1) approves such final plan. 

18 (5) REVIEW BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 

19 (A) REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF PLAN FOR

20 REVIEW.—The final redistricting plan shall not 

21 be deemed to be enacted into law unless the 

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1 teria described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 

2 section 203(a)(1). 

3 (B) TERMINATION OF REVIEW.—The De4 partment of Justice shall terminate any admin5 istrative review under subparagraph (A) if, dur6 ing the 45-day period which begins on the date 

7 the plan is enacted into law, an action is filed 

8 in a United States district court alleging that 

9 the plan is not in compliance with the criteria 

10 described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of sec11 tion 203(a)(1). 

12 (d) WRITTEN EVALUATION OF PLAN AGAINST EX13 TERNAL METRICS.—The independent redistricting com14 mission shall include with each redistricting plan devel15 oped and published under this section a written evaluation 

16 that measures each such plan against external metrics 

17 which cover the criteria set forth in section 103(a), includ18 ing the impact of the plan on the ability of communities 

19 of color to elect candidates of choice, measures of partisan 

20 fairness using multiple accepted methodologies, and the 

21 degree to which the plan preserves or divides communities 

22 of interest. 

23 (e) TIMING.—The independent redistricting commis24 sion of a State may begin its work on the redistricting 

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1 mation from the Bureau of the Census, and shall approve 

2 a final redistricting plan for the State in each year ending 

3 in the numeral one not later than 8 months after the date 

4 on which the State receives the State apportionment notice 

5 or October 1, whichever occurs later. 

6 SEC. 204. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATED ENTITIES. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OR DESIGNATION OF NON8 PARTISAN AGENCY OF STATE LEGISLATURE.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall establish a 

10 nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch of the 

11 State government to appoint the members of the 

12 independent redistricting commission for the State 

13 in accordance with section 201. 

14 (2) NONPARTISANSHIP DESCRIBED.—For pur15 poses of this subsection, an agency shall be consid16 ered to be nonpartisan if under law the agency— 

17 (A) is required to provide services on a 

18 nonpartisan basis; 

19 (B) is required to maintain impartiality; 

20 and 

21 (C) is prohibited from advocating for the 

22 adoption or rejection of any legislative proposal. 

23 (3) TRAINING OF MEMBERS APPOINTED TO

24 COMMISSION.—Not later than January 15 of a year 

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1 established or designated under this subsection shall 

2 provide the members of the independent redistricting 

3 commission with initial training on their obligations 

4 as members of the commission, including obligations 

5 under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other ap6 plicable laws. 

7 (4) REGULATIONS.—The nonpartisan agency 

8 established or designated under this subsection shall 

9 adopt and publish regulations, after notice and op10 portunity for comment, establishing the procedures 

11 that the agency will follow in fulfilling its duties 

12 under this Act, including the procedures to be used 

13 in vetting the qualifications and political affiliation 

14 of applicants and in creating the selection pools, the 

15 randomized process to be used in selecting the initial 

16 members of the independent redistricting commis17 sion, and the rules that the agency will apply to en18 sure that the agency carries out its duties under this 

19 Act in a maximally transparent, publicly accessible, 

20 and impartial manner. 

21 (5) DESIGNATION OF EXISTING AGENCY.—At 

22 its option, a State may designate an existing agency 

23 in the legislative branch of its government to appoint 

24 the members of the independent redistricting com25 mission plan for the State under this Act, so long 


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1 as the agency meets the requirements for non2 partisanship under this subsection. 

3 (6) TERMINATION OF AGENCY SPECIFICALLY

4 ESTABLISHED FOR REDISTRICTING.—If a State does 

5 not designate an existing agency under paragraph 

6 (5) but instead establishes a new agency to serve as 

7 the nonpartisan agency under this section, the new 

8 agency shall terminate upon the enactment into law 

9 of the redistricting plan for the State. 

10 (7) PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.—The State 

11 shall ensure that the records of the nonpartisan 

12 agency are retained in the appropriate State archive 

13 in such manner as may be necessary to enable the 

14 State to respond to any civil action brought with re15 spect to congressional redistricting in the State. 

16 (8) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re17 quirements of this subsection not later than each 

18 October 15 of a year ending in the numeral nine. 

19 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON RE20 DISTRICTING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall appoint a 

22 Select Committee on Redistricting to approve or dis23 approve a selection pool developed by the inde24 pendent redistricting commission for the State under 

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1 (2) APPOINTMENT.—The Select Committee on 

2 Redistricting for a State under this subsection shall 

3 consist of the following members: 

4 (A) One member of the upper house of the 

5 State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 

6 leader of the party with the greatest number of 

7 seats in the upper house. 

8 (B) One member of the upper house of the 

9 State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 

10 leader of the party with the second greatest 

11 number of seats in the upper house. 

12 (C) One member of the lower house of the 

13 State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 

14 leader of the party with the greatest number of 

15 seats in the lower house. 

16 (D) One member of the lower house of the 

17 State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 

18 leader of the party with the second greatest 

19 number of seats in the lower house. 

20 (3) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATES WITH UNICAM21 ERAL LEGISLATURE.—In the case of a State with a 

22 unicameral legislature, the Select Committee on Re23 districting for the State under this subsection shall 

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1 (A) Two members of the State legislature 

2 appointed by the chair of the political party of 

3 the State whose candidate received the highest 

4 percentage of votes in the most recent statewide 

5 election for Federal office held in the State. 

6 (B) Two members of the State legislature 

7 appointed by the chair of the political party 

8 whose candidate received the second highest 

9 percentage of votes in the most recent statewide 

10 election for Federal office held in the State. 

11 (4) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re12 quirements of this subsection not later than each 

13 January 15 of a year ending in the numeral zero. 

14 (5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

15 subsection may be construed to prohibit the leader 

16 of any political party in a legislature from appoint17 ment to the Select Committee on Redistricting. 

18 SEC. 205. REPORT ON DIVERSITY OF MEMBERSHIPS OF 

19 INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMIS20 SIONS. 

21 Not later than May 15 of a year ending in the nu22 meral one, the Comptroller General of the United States 

23 shall submit to Congress a report on the extent to which 

24 the memberships of independent redistricting commissions 

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1 immediately preceding year ending in the numeral zero 

2 meet the diversity requirements as provided for in sections 

3 201(a)(2)(B) and 202(b)(2). 

4 TITLE III—ROLE OF COURTS IN 

5 DEVELOPMENT OF REDIS6 TRICTING PLANS 

7 SEC. 301. ENACTMENT OF PLAN DEVELOPED BY 3-JUDGE 

8 COURT. 

9 (a) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—If any of the trig10 gering events described in subsection (f) occur with re11 spect to a State— 

12 (1) not later than December 15 of the year in 

13 which the triggering event occurs, the United States 

14 district court for the applicable venue, acting 

15 through a 3-judge Court convened pursuant to sec16 tion 2284 of title 28, United States Code, shall de17 velop and publish the congressional redistricting 

18 plan for the State; and 

19 (2) the final plan developed and published by 

20 the Court under this section shall be deemed to be 

21 enacted on the date on which the Court publishes 

22 the final plan, as described in subsection (d). 

23 (b) APPLICABLE VENUE DESCRIBED.—For purposes 

24 of this section, the ‘‘applicable venue’’ with respect to a 

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1 in which the capital of the State is located, as selected 

2 by the first party to file with the court sufficient evidence 

3 of the occurrence of a triggering event described in sub4 section (f). 

5 (c) PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.— 

6 (1) CRITERIA.—In developing a redistricting 

7 plan for a State under this section, the Court shall 

8 adhere to the same terms and conditions that ap9 plied (or that would have applied, as the case may 

10 be) to the development of a plan by the independent 

11 redistricting commission of the State under section 

12 103. 

13 (2) ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND RECORDS OF

14 COMMISSION.—The Court shall have access to any 

15 information, data, software, or other records and 

16 material that was used (or that would have been 

17 used, as the case may be) by the independent redis18 tricting commission of the State in carrying out its 

19 duties under this subtitle. 

20 (3) HEARING; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In de21 veloping a redistricting plan for a State, the Court 

22 shall— 

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1 cluding expert testimony, in accordance with 

2 the rules of the Court; and 

3 (B) consider other submissions and com4 ments by the public, including proposals for re5 districting plans to cover the entire State or 

6 any portion of the State. 

7 (4) USE OF SPECIAL MASTER.—To assist in the 

8 development and publication of a redistricting plan 

9 for a State under this section, the Court may ap10 point a special master to make recommendations to 

11 the Court on possible plans for the State. 

12 (d) PUBLICATION OF PLAN.— 

13 (1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INITIAL PLAN.— 

14 Upon completing the development of one or more 

15 initial redistricting plans, the Court shall make the 

16 plans available to the public at no cost, and shall 

17 also make available the underlying data used by the 

18 Court to develop the plans and a written evaluation 

19 of the plans against external metrics (as described in 

20 section 203(d)). 

21 (2) PUBLICATION OF FINAL PLAN.—At any 

22 time after the expiration of the 14-day period which 

23 begins on the date the Court makes the plans avail24 able to the public under paragraph (1), and taking 

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1 the public which are received during such period, the 

2 Court shall develop and publish the final redis3 tricting plan for the State. 

4 (e) USE OF INTERIM PLAN.—In the event that the 

5 Court is not able to develop and publish a final redis6 tricting plan for the State with sufficient time for an up7 coming election to proceed, the Court may develop and 

8 publish an interim redistricting plan which shall serve as 

9 the redistricting plan for the State until the Court devel10 ops and publishes a final plan in accordance with this sec11 tion. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit 

12 or otherwise affect the authority or discretion of the Court 

13 to develop and publish the final redistricting plan, includ14 ing but not limited to the discretion to make any changes 

15 the Court deems necessary to an interim redistricting 

16 plan. 

17 (f) TRIGGERING EVENTS DESCRIBED.—The ‘‘trig18 gering events’’ described in this subsection are as follows: 

19 (1) The failure of the State to establish or des20 ignate a nonpartisan agency of the State legislature 

21 under section 204(a) prior to the expiration of the 

22 deadline set forth in section 204(a)(5). 

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1 prior to the expiration of the deadline set forth in 

2 section 204(b)(4). 

3 (3) The failure of the Select Committee on Re4 districting to approve any selection pool under sec5 tion 202 prior to the expiration of the deadline set 

6 forth for the approval of the second replacement se7 lection pool in section 202(d)(2). 

8 (4) The failure of the independent redistricting 

9 commission of the State to approve a final redis10 tricting plan for the State prior to the expiration of 

11 the deadline set forth in section 203(e). 

12 SEC. 302. SPECIAL RULE FOR REDISTRICTING CONDUCTED 

13 UNDER ORDER OF FEDERAL COURT. 

14 If a Federal court requires a State to conduct redis15 tricting subsequent to an apportionment of Representa16 tives in the State in order to comply with the Constitution 

17 or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965, section 203 

18 shall apply with respect to the redistricting, except that 

19 the court may revise any of the deadlines set forth in such 

20 section if the court determines that a revision is appro21 priate in order to provide for a timely enactment of a new 

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1 TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATIVE AND 

2 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 401. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CARRYING OUT RE4 DISTRICTING. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENTS.—Subject to sub6 section (d), not later than 30 days after a State receives 

7 a State apportionment notice, the Election Assistance 

8 Commission shall, subject to the availability of appropria9 tions provided pursuant to subsection (e), make a payment 

10 to the State in an amount equal to the product of— 

11 (1) the number of Representatives to which the 

12 State is entitled, as provided under the notice; and 

13 (2) $150,000. 

14 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—A State shall use the payment 

15 made under this section to establish and operate the 

16 State’s independent redistricting commission, to imple17 ment the State redistricting plan, and to otherwise carry 

18 out congressional redistricting in the State. 

19 (c) NO PAYMENT TO STATES WITH SINGLE MEM20 BER.—The Election Assistance Commission shall not 

21 make a payment under this section to any State which 

22 is not entitled to more than one Representative under its 

23 State apportionment notice. 

24 (d) REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF SELECTION POOL AS

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1 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in 

2 paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the Election As3 sistance Commission may not make a payment to a 

4 State under this section until the State certifies to 

5 the Commission that the nonpartisan agency estab6 lished or designated by a State under section 204(a) 

7 has, in accordance with section 202(b)(1), submitted 

8 a selection pool to the Select Committee on Redis9 tricting for the State established under section 

10 204(b). 

11 (2) EXCEPTION FOR STATES WITH EXISTING

12 COMMISSIONS.—In the case of a State which, pursu13 ant to section 101(c), is exempt from the require14 ments of section 101(a), the Commission may not 

15 make a payment to the State under this section until 

16 the State certifies to the Commission that its redis17 tricting commission meets the requirements of sec18 tion 101(c). 

19 (3) EXCEPTION FOR STATE OF IOWA.—In the 

20 case of the State of Iowa, the Commission may not 

21 make a payment to the State under this section until 

22 the State certifies to the Commission that it will 

23 carry out congressional redistricting pursuant to the 

24 State’s apportionment notice in accordance with a 

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1 Agency with the assistance of a Temporary Redis2 tricting Advisory Commission, as provided under the 

3 law described in section 101(d). 

4 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

6 necessary for payments under this section. 

7 SEC. 402. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. 

8 (a) CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.— 

9 (1) ACTIONS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The At10 torney General may bring a civil action in an appro11 priate district court for such relief as may be appro12 priate to carry out this subtitle. 

13 (2) AVAILABILITY OF PRIVATE RIGHT OF AC14 TION.—Any citizen of a State who is aggrieved by 

15 the failure of the State to meet the requirements of 

16 this Act may bring a civil action in the United 

17 States district court for the applicable venue for 

18 such relief as may be appropriate to remedy the fail19 ure. For purposes of this section, the ‘‘applicable 

20 venue’’ is the District of Columbia or the judicial 

21 district in which the capital of the State is located, 

22 as selected by the person who brings the civil action. 

23 (b) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—In any action 

24 brought forth under this section, the following rules shall 

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1 (1) The action shall be filed in the district court 

2 of the United States for the District of Columbia or 

3 for the judicial district in which the capital of the 

4 State is located, as selected by the person bringing 

5 the action. 

6 (2) The action shall be heard by a 3-judge 

7 court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, 

8 United States Code. 

9 (3) The 3-judge court shall consolidate actions 

10 brought for relief under subsection (b)(1) with re11 spect to the same State redistricting plan. 

12 (4) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 

13 promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representa14 tives and the Secretary of the Senate. 

15 (5) A final decision in the action shall be re16 viewable only by appeal directly to the Supreme 

17 Court of the United States. Such appeal shall be 

18 taken by the filing of a notice of appeal within 10 

19 days, and the filing of a jurisdictional statement 

20 within 30 days, of the entry of the final decision. 

21 (6) It shall be the duty of the district court and 

22 the Supreme Court of the United States to advance 

23 on the docket and to expedite to the greatest pos24 sible extent the disposition of the action and appeal. 

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1 (1) ADOPTION OF REPLACEMENT PLAN.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the district court in 

3 an action under this section finds that the con4 gressional redistricting plan of a State violates, 

5 in whole or in part, the requirements of this 

6 Act— 

7 (i) the Court shall adopt a replace8 ment congressional redistricting plan for 

9 the State in accordance with the process 

10 set forth in section 301; or 

11 (ii) if circumstances warrant and no 

12 delay to an upcoming regularly scheduled 

13 election for the House of Representatives 

14 in the State would result, the district court 

15 may allow a State to develop and propose 

16 a remedial congressional redistricting plan 

17 for consideration by the court, and such 

18 remedial plan may be developed by the 

19 State by adopting such appropriate 

20 changes to the State’s enacted plan as may 

21 be ordered by the court. 

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1 pected to be completed at least three months 

2 prior to the next regularly scheduled election 

3 for the House of Representatives in the State, 

4 the district court shall, as the balance of equi5 ties warrant— 

6 (i) order development, adoption, and 

7 use of an interim congressional redis8 tricting plan in accordance with section 

9 301(e) to address any claims under this 

10 title for which a party seeking relief has 

11 demonstrated a substantial likelihood of 

12 success; or 

13 (ii) order adjustments to the timing of 

14 primary elections for the House of Rep15 resentatives, as needed, to allow sufficient 

16 opportunity for adjudication of the matter 

17 and adoption of a remedial or replacement 

18 plan for use in the next regularly sched19 uled general elections for the House of 

20 Representatives. 

21 (2) NO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF PERMITTED.—Any 

22 remedial or replacement congressional redistricting 

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1 from any court unless the record establishes that a 

2 writ of mandamus is warranted. 

3 (3) NO STAY PENDING APPEAL.—Notwith4 standing the appeal of an order finding that a con5 gressional redistricting plan of a State violates, in 

6 whole or in part, the requirements of this Act, no 

7 stay shall issue which shall bar the development or 

8 adoption of a replacement or remedial plan under 

9 this subsection, as may be directed by the district 

10 court, pending such appeal. 

11 (d) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—In a civil action under this 

12 section, the court may allow the prevailing party (other 

13 than the United States) reasonable attorney fees, includ14 ing litigation expenses, and costs. 

15 (e) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.— 

16 (1) RIGHTS AND REMEDIES ADDITIONAL TO

17 OTHER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.—The rights and 

18 remedies established by this section are in addition 

19 to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and 

20 neither the rights and remedies established by this 

21 section nor any other provision of this Act shall su22 persede, restrict, or limit the application of the Vot23 ing Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.). 

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1 hibited by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 

2 10301 et seq.). 

3 (f) LEGISLATIVE PRIVILEGE.—No person, legisla4 ture, or State may claim legislative privilege under either 

5 State or Federal law in a civil action brought under this 

6 section or in any other legal challenge, under either State 

7 or Federal law, to a redistricting plan enacted under this 

8 subtitle. 

9 SEC. 403. STATE APPORTIONMENT NOTICE DEFINED. 

10 In this Act, the ‘‘State apportionment notice’’ means, 

11 with respect to a State, the notice sent to the State from 

12 the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 

13 22(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fif14 teenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide 

15 for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress’’, ap16 proved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), of the number of 

17 Representatives to which the State is entitled. 

18 SEC. 404. NO EFFECT ON ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND 

19 LOCAL OFFICE. 

20 Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by 

21 this Act may be construed to affect the manner in which 

22 a State carries out elections for State or local office, in23 cluding the process by which a State establishes the dis24 tricts used in such elections. 


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1 SEC. 405. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

3 apply with respect to redistricting carried out pursuant to 

4 the decennial census conducted during 2030 or any suc5 ceeding decennial census. 

6 TITLE V—REQUIREMENTS FOR 

7 REDISTRICTING CARRIED 

8 OUT PURSUANT TO 2020 CEN9 SUS 

10 Subtitle A—Application of Certain 

11 Requirements for Redistricting 

12 Carried Out Pursuant to 2020 

13 Census 

14 SEC. 501. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR 

15 REDISTRICTING CARRIED OUT PURSUANT TO 

16 2020 CENSUS. 

17 Notwithstanding section 405, titles I, III, and IV of 

18 this Act and the amendments made by such titles shall 

19 apply with respect to congressional redistricting carried 

20 out pursuant to the decennial census conducted during 

21 2020 in the same manner as such titles and the amend22 ments made by such titles apply with respect to redis23 tricting carried out pursuant to the decennial census con24 ducted during 2030, except as follows: 


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1 (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) and 

2 subsection (d) of section 101, the redistricting shall 

3 be conducted in accordance with— 

4 (A) the redistricting plan developed and 

5 enacted into law by the independent redis6 tricting commission established in the State in 

7 accordance with subtitle B; or 

8 (B) if a plan developed by such commission 

9 is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan 

10 developed and enacted into law by a 3-judge 

11 court in accordance with section 301. 

12 (2) If any of the triggering events described in 

13 section 502 occur with respect to the State, the 

14 United States district court for the applicable venue 

15 shall develop and publish the redistricting plan for 

16 the State, in accordance with section 301, not later 

17 than December 15, 2024. 

18 (3) For purposes of section 401(d)(1), the Elec19 tion Assistance Commission may not make a pay20 ment to a State under such section until the State 

21 certifies to the Commission that the nonpartisan 

22 agency established or designated by a State under 

23 section 514(a) has, in accordance with section 

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1 Committee on Redistricting for the State established 

2 under section 514(b). 

3 SEC. 502. TRIGGERING EVENTS. 

4 For purposes of the redistricting carried out pursuant 

5 to the decennial census conducted during 2020, the trig6 gering events described in this section are as follows: 

7 (1) The failure of the State to establish or des8 ignate a nonpartisan agency under section 514(a) 

9 prior to the expiration of the deadline under section 

10 514(a)(6). 

11 (2) The failure of the State to appoint a Select 

12 Committee on Redistricting under section 514(b) 

13 prior to the expiration of the deadline under section 

14 514(b)(4). 

15 (3) The failure of the Select Committee on Re16 districting to approve a selection pool under section 

17 512(b) prior to the expiration of the deadline under 

18 section 512(b)(7). 

19 (4) The failure of the independent redistricting 

20 commission of the State to approve a final redis21 tricting plan for the State under section 513 prior 

22 to the expiration of the deadline under section 

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1 Subtitle B—Independent Redis2 tricting Commissions for Redis3 tricting Carried Out Pursuant 

4 to 2020 Census 

5 SEC. 511. USE OF INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMIS6 SIONS FOR REDISTRICTING CARRIED OUT 

7 PURSUANT TO 2020 CENSUS. 

8 (a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The nonpartisan agency es10 tablished or designated by a State under section 

11 514(a) shall establish an independent redistricting 

12 commission under this title for the State, which shall 

13 consist of 15 members appointed by the agency as 

14 follows: 

15 (A) Not later than August 5, 2024, the 

16 agency shall, at a public meeting held not ear17 lier than 15 days after notice of the meeting 

18 has been given to the public, first appoint 6 

19 members as follows: 

20 (i) The agency shall appoint 2 mem21 bers on a random basis from the majority 

22 category of the approved selection pool (as 

23 described in section 512(b)(1)(A)). 

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1 category of the approved selection pool (as 

2 described in section 512(b)(1)(B)). 

3 (iii) The agency shall appoint 2 mem4 bers on a random basis from the inde5 pendent category of the approved selection 

6 pool (as described in section 512(b)(1)(C)). 

7 (B) Not later than August 15, 2024, the 

8 members appointed by the agency under sub9 paragraph (A) shall, at a public meeting held 

10 not earlier than 15 days after notice of the 

11 meeting has been given to the public, then ap12 point 9 members as follows: 

13 (i) The members shall appoint 3 mem14 bers from the majority category of the ap15 proved selection pool (as described in sec16 tion 512(b)(1)(A)). 

17 (ii) The members shall appoint 3 

18 members from the minority category of the 

19 approved selection pool (as described in 

20 section 512(b)(1)(B)). 

21 (iii) The members shall appoint 3 

22 members from the independent category of 

23 the approved selection pool (as described in 

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1 (2) RULES FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS

2 APPOINTED BY FIRST MEMBERS.— 

3 (A) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST 4

4 MEMBERS.—The appointment of any of the 9 

5 members of the independent redistricting com6 mission who are appointed by the first members 

7 of the commission pursuant to subparagraph 

8 (B) of paragraph (1) shall require the affirma9 tive vote of at least 4 of the members appointed 

10 by the nonpartisan agency under subparagraph 

11 (A) of paragraph (1), including at least one 

12 member from each of the categories referred to 

13 in such subparagraph. 

14 (B) ENSURING DIVERSITY.—In appointing 

15 the 9 members pursuant to subparagraph (B) 

16 of paragraph (1), the first members of the inde17 pendent redistricting commission shall ensure 

18 that the membership is representative of the de19 mographic groups (including racial, ethnic, eco20 nomic, and gender) and geographic regions of 

21 the State, and provides racial, ethnic, and lan22 guage minorities protected under the Voting 

23 Rights Act of 1965 with a meaningful oppor24 tunity to participate in the development of the 

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1 (3) REMOVAL.—A member of the independent 

2 redistricting commission may be removed by a ma3 jority vote of the remaining members of the commis4 sion if it is shown by a preponderance of the evi5 dence that the member is not eligible to serve on the 

6 commission under section 512(a). 

7 (b) PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING COMMISSION

8 BUSINESS.— 

9 (1) REQUIRING MAJORITY APPROVAL FOR AC10 TIONS.—The independent redistricting commission 

11 of a State under this title may not publish and dis12 seminate any draft or final redistricting plan, or 

13 take any other action, without the approval of at 

14 least— 

15 (A) a majority of the whole membership of 

16 the commission; and 

17 (B) at least one member of the commission 

18 appointed from each of the categories of the ap19 proved selection pool described in section 

20 512(b)(1). 

21 (2) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

22 the commission shall constitute a quorum. 

23 (c) STAFF; CONTRACTORS.— 

24 (1) STAFF.—Under a public application process 

25 in which all application materials are available for 


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1 public inspection, the independent redistricting com2 mission of a State under this title shall appoint and 

3 set the pay of technical experts, legal counsel, con4 sultants, and such other staff as it considers appro5 priate, subject to State law. 

6 (2) CONTRACTORS.—The independent redis7 tricting commission of a State may enter into such 

8 contracts with vendors as it considers appropriate, 

9 subject to State law, except that any such contract 

10 shall be valid only if approved by the vote of a ma11 jority of the members of the commission, including 

12 at least one member appointed from each of the cat13 egories of the approved selection pool described in 

14 section 512(b)(1). 

15 (3) GOAL OF IMPARTIALITY.—The commission 

16 shall take such steps as it considers appropriate to 

17 ensure that any staff appointed under this sub18 section, and any vendor with whom the commission 

19 enters into a contract under this subsection, will 

20 work in an impartial manner. 

21 (d) PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.—The State shall 

22 ensure that the records of the independent redistricting 

23 commission are retained in the appropriate State archive 

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1 to respond to any civil action brought with respect to con2 gressional redistricting in the State. 

3 SEC. 512. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECTION POOL OF INDI4 VIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS MEMBERS 

5 OF COMMISSION. 

6 (a) CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—An individual is eligible to 

8 serve as a member of an independent redistricting 

9 commission under this title if the individual meets 

10 each of the following criteria: 

11 (A) As of the date of appointment, the in12 dividual is registered to vote in elections for 

13 Federal office held in the State. 

14 (B) During the 3-year period ending on 

15 the date of the individual’s appointment, the in16 dividual has been continuously registered to 

17 vote with the same political party, or has not 

18 been registered to vote with any political party. 

19 (C) The individual submits to the non20 partisan agency established or designated by a 

21 State under section 514, at such time and in 

22 such form as the agency may require, an appli23 cation for inclusion in the selection pool under 

24 this section, and includes with the application a 

25 written statement, with an attestation under 


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1 penalty of perjury, containing the following in2 formation and assurances: 

3 (i) The full current name and any 

4 former names of, and the contact informa5 tion for, the individual, including an elec6 tronic mail address, the address of the in7 dividual’s residence, mailing address, and 

8 telephone numbers. 

9 (ii) The individual’s race, ethnicity, 

10 gender, age, date of birth, and household 

11 income for the most recent taxable year. 

12 (iii) The political party with which the 

13 individual is affiliated, if any. 

14 (iv) The reason or reasons the indi15 vidual desires to serve on the independent 

16 redistricting commission, the individual’s 

17 qualifications, and information relevant to 

18 the ability of the individual to be fair and 

19 impartial, including, but not limited to— 

20 (I) any involvement with, or fi21 nancial support of, professional, so22 cial, political, religious, or community 

23 organizations or causes; or 

24 (II) the individual’s employment 

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1 (v) An assurance that the individual 

2 shall commit to carrying out the individ3 ual’s duties under this Act in an honest, 

4 independent, and impartial fashion, and to 

5 upholding public confidence in the integrity 

6 of the redistricting process. 

7 (vi) An assurance that, during such 

8 covered period as the State may establish 

9 with respect to any of the subparagraphs 

10 of paragraph (2), the individual has not 

11 taken and will not take any action which 

12 would disqualify the individual from serv13 ing as a member of the commission under 

14 such paragraph. 

15 (2) DISQUALIFICATIONS.—An individual is not 

16 eligible to serve as a member of the commission if 

17 any of the following applies with respect to such cov18 ered period as the State may establish: 

19 (A) The individual or an immediate family 

20 member of the individual holds public office or 

21 is a candidate for election for public office. 

22 (B) The individual or an immediate family 

23 member of the individual serves as an officer of 

24 a political party or as an officer, employee, or 

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1 candidate for public office or of any political ac2 tion committee (as determined in accordance 

3 with the law of the State). 

4 (C) The individual or an immediate family 

5 member of the individual holds a position as a 

6 registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclo7 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or an 

8 equivalent State or local law. 

9 (D) The individual or an immediate family 

10 member of the individual is an employee of an 

11 elected public official, a contractor with the gov12 ernment of the State, or a donor to the cam13 paign of any candidate for public office or to 

14 any political action committee (other than a 

15 donor who, during any of such covered periods, 

16 gives an aggregate amount of $1,000 or less to 

17 the campaigns of all candidates for all public 

18 offices and to all political action committees). 

19 (E) The individual paid a civil money pen20 alty or criminal fine, or was sentenced to a 

21 term of imprisonment, for violating any provi22 sion of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

23 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.). 

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1 eign principal under the Foreign Agents Reg2 istration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 

3 611 et seq.). 

4 (3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.—In 

5 this subsection, the term ‘‘immediate family mem6 ber’’ means, with respect to an individual, a father, 

7 stepfather, mother, stepmother, son, stepson, daugh8 ter, stepdaughter, brother, stepbrother, sister, step9 sister, husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in10 law. 

11 (b) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF SELECTION

12 POOL.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 15, 

14 2024, the nonpartisan agency established or des15 ignated by a State under section 514(a) shall de16 velop and submit to the Select Committee on Redis17 tricting for the State established under section 

18 514(b) a selection pool of 36 individuals who are eli19 gible to serve as members of the independent redis20 tricting commission of the State under this title, 

21 consisting of individuals in the following categories: 

22 (A) A majority category, consisting of 12 

23 individuals who are affiliated with the political 

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1 in the most recent Statewide election for Fed2 eral office held in the State. 

3 (B) A minority category, consisting of 12 

4 individuals who are affiliated with the political 

5 party whose candidate received the second most 

6 votes in the most recent Statewide election for 

7 Federal office held in the State. 

8 (C) An independent category, consisting of 

9 12 individuals who are not affiliated with either 

10 of the political parties described in subpara11 graph (A) or subparagraph (B). 

12 (2) FACTORS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DEVEL13 OPING POOL.—In selecting individuals for the selec14 tion pool under this subsection, the nonpartisan 

15 agency shall— 

16 (A) ensure that the pool is representative 

17 of the demographic groups (including racial, 

18 ethnic, economic, and gender) and geographic 

19 regions of the State, and includes applicants 

20 who would allow racial, ethnic, and language 

21 minorities protected under the Voting Rights 

22 Act of 1965 a meaningful opportunity to par23 ticipate in the development of the State’s redis24 tricting plan; and 


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1 (B) take into consideration the analytical 

2 skills of the individuals selected in relevant 

3 fields (including mapping, data management, 

4 law, community outreach, demography, and the 

5 geography of the State) and their ability to 

6 work on an impartial basis. 

7 (3) DETERMINATION OF POLITICAL PARTY AF8 FILIATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN SELECTION POOL.— 

9 For purposes of this section, an individual shall be 

10 considered to be affiliated with a political party only 

11 if the nonpartisan agency is able to verify (to the 

12 greatest extent possible) the information the indi13 vidual provides in the application submitted under 

14 subsection (a)(1)(C), including by considering addi15 tional information provided by other persons with 

16 knowledge of the individual’s history of political ac17 tivity. 

18 (4) ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR

19 INCLUSION IN POOL.—The nonpartisan agency shall 

20 take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that 

21 residents of the State across various geographic re22 gions and demographic groups are aware of the op23 portunity to serve on the independent redistricting 

24 commission, including publicizing the role of the 

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1 online sources, including ethnic media, to encourage 

2 individuals to apply for inclusion in the selection 

3 pool developed under this subsection. 

4 (5) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SELEC5 TION POOL.—At the time the nonpartisan agency 

6 submits the selection pool to the Select Committee 

7 on Redistricting under paragraph (1), it shall pub8 lish a report describing the process by which the 

9 pool was developed, and shall include in the report 

10 a description of how the individuals in the pool meet 

11 the eligibility criteria of subsection (a) and of how 

12 the pool reflects the factors the agency is required 

13 to take into consideration under paragraph (2). 

14 (6) PUBLIC COMMENT ON SELECTION POOL.— 

15 During the 14-day period which begins on the date 

16 the nonpartisan agency publishes the report under 

17 paragraph (5), the agency shall accept comments 

18 from the public on the individuals included in the se19 lection pool. The agency shall transmit all such com20 ments to the Select Committee on Redistricting im21 mediately upon the expiration of such period. 

22 (7) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than August 

24 1, 2024, the Select Committee on Redistricting 

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1 (i) approve the pool as submitted by 

2 the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 

3 pool shall be considered the approved selec4 tion pool for purposes of section 511(a)(1); 

5 or 

6 (ii) reject the pool, in which case the 

7 redistricting plan for the State shall be de8 veloped and enacted in accordance with 

9 title III. 

10 (B) INACTION DEEMED REJECTION.—If 

11 the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 

12 approve or reject the pool within the deadline 

13 set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com14 mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 

15 for purposes of such subparagraph. 

16 SEC. 513. CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING PLAN; PUBLIC NO17 TICE AND INPUT. 

18 (a) PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT.— 

19 (1) USE OF OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROC20 ESS.—The independent redistricting commission of a 

21 State under this title shall hold each of its meetings 

22 in public, shall solicit and take into consideration 

23 comments from the public, including proposed maps, 

24 throughout the process of developing the redis25 tricting plan for the State, and shall carry out its 


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1 duties in an open and transparent manner which 

2 provides for the widest public dissemination reason3 ably possible of its proposed and final redistricting 

4 plans. 

5 (2) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.—The commis6 sion shall solicit, accept, and consider comments 

7 from the public with respect to its duties, activities, 

8 and procedures at any time until 7 days before the 

9 date of the meeting at which the commission shall 

10 vote on approving the final redistricting plan for en11 actment into law under subsection (c)(2). 

12 (3) MEETINGS AND HEARINGS IN VARIOUS GEO13 GRAPHIC LOCATIONS.—To the greatest extent prac14 ticable, the commission shall hold its meetings and 

15 hearings in various geographic regions and locations 

16 throughout the State. 

17 (4) MULTIPLE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR

18 ALL NOTICES.—The commission shall make each no19 tice which is required to be published under this sec20 tion available in any language in which the State (or 

21 any jurisdiction in the State) is required to provide 

22 election materials under section 203 of the Voting 

23 Rights Act of 1965. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to developing and pub2 lishing a final redistricting plan under subsection 

3 (c), the independent redistricting commission of a 

4 State under this title shall develop and publish a 

5 preliminary redistricting plan. 

6 (2) MINIMUM PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OPPOR7 TUNITY FOR COMMENT PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.— 

8 (A) 2 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—Prior to de9 veloping a preliminary redistricting plan under 

10 this subsection, the commission shall hold not 

11 fewer than 2 public hearings at which members 

12 of the public may provide input and comments 

13 regarding the potential contents of redistricting 

14 plans for the State and the process by which 

15 the commission will develop the preliminary 

16 plan under this subsection. 

17 (B) NOTICE PRIOR TO HEARINGS.—The 

18 commission shall provide for the publication of 

19 notices of each hearing held under this para20 graph, including in newspapers of general cir21 culation throughout the State. Each such notice 

22 shall specify the date, time, and location of the 

23 hearing. 

24 (C) SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND MAPS BY

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1 the public may submit maps or portions of 

2 maps for consideration by the commission. 

3 (3) PUBLICATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAN.—The 

4 commission shall provide for the publication of the 

5 preliminary redistricting plan developed under this 

6 subsection, including in newspapers of general cir7 culation throughout the State, and shall make pub8 licly available a report that includes the commis9 sion’s responses to any public comments received 

10 under this subsection. 

11 (4) PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER PUBLICATION.— 

12 The commission shall accept and consider comments 

13 from the public with respect to the preliminary re14 districting plan published under paragraph (3), in15 cluding proposed revisions to maps, until 14 days 

16 before the date of the meeting under subsection 

17 (c)(2) at which the members of the commission shall 

18 vote on approving the final redistricting plan for en19 actment into law. 

20 (5) POST-PUBLICATION HEARINGS.— 

21 (A) 2 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—After pub22 lishing the preliminary redistricting plan under 

23 paragraph (3), and not later than 14 days be24 fore the date of the meeting under subsection 

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1 shall vote on approving the final redistricting 

2 plan for enactment into law, the commission 

3 shall hold not fewer than 2 public hearings in 

4 different geographic areas of the State at which 

5 members of the public may provide input and 

6 comments regarding the preliminary plan. 

7 (B) NOTICE PRIOR TO HEARINGS.—The 

8 commission shall provide for the publication of 

9 notices of each hearing held under this para10 graph, including in newspapers of general cir11 culation throughout the State. Each such notice 

12 shall specify the date, time, and location of the 

13 hearing. 

14 (6) PERMITTING MULTIPLE PRELIMINARY

15 PLANS.—At the option of the commission, after de16 veloping and publishing the preliminary redistricting 

17 plan under this subsection, the commission may de18 velop and publish subsequent preliminary redis19 tricting plans, so long as the process for the develop20 ment and publication of each such subsequent plan 

21 meets the requirements set forth in this subsection 

22 for the development and publication of the first pre23 liminary redistricting plan. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—After taking into consider2 ation comments from the public on any preliminary 

3 redistricting plan developed and published under 

4 subsection (b), the independent redistricting commis5 sion of a State under this title shall develop and 

6 publish a final redistricting plan for the State. 

7 (2) MEETING; FINAL VOTE.—Not later than the 

8 deadline specified in subsection (e), the commission 

9 shall hold a public hearing at which the members of 

10 the commission shall vote on approving the final 

11 plan for enactment into law. 

12 (3) PUBLICATION OF PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING

13 MATERIALS.—Not fewer than 14 days before the 

14 date of the meeting under paragraph (2), the com15 mission shall make the following information to the 

16 public, including through newspapers of general cir17 culation throughout the State: 

18 (A) The final redistricting plan, including 

19 all relevant maps. 

20 (B) A report by the commission to accom21 pany the plan which provides the background 

22 for the plan and the commission’s reasons for 

23 selecting the plan as the final redistricting plan, 

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1 ceived on any preliminary redistricting plan de2 veloped and published under subsection (b). 

3 (C) Any dissenting or additional views with 

4 respect to the plan of individual members of the 

5 commission. 

6 (4) ENACTMENT.—The final redistricting plan 

7 developed and published under this subsection shall 

8 be deemed to be enacted into law upon the expira9 tion of the 45-day period which begins on the date 

10 on which— 

11 (A) such final plan is approved by a major12 ity of the whole membership of the commission; 

13 and 

14 (B) at least one member of the commission 

15 appointed from each of the categories of the ap16 proved selection pool described in section 

17 512(b)(1) approves such final plan. 

18 (d) WRITTEN EVALUATION OF PLAN AGAINST EX19 TERNAL METRICS.—The independent redistricting com20 mission of a State under this title shall include with each 

21 redistricting plan developed and published under this sec22 tion a written evaluation that measures each such plan 

23 against external metrics which cover the criteria set forth 

24 section 103(a), including the impact of the plan on the 

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1 choice, measures of partisan fairness using multiple ac2 cepted methodologies, and the degree to which the plan 

3 preserves or divides communities of interest. 

4 (e) DEADLINE.—The independent redistricting com5 mission of a State under this title shall approve a final 

6 redistricting plan for the State not later than November 

7 15, 2024. 

8 SEC. 514. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATED ENTITIES. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OR DESIGNATION OF NON10 PARTISAN AGENCY OF STATE LEGISLATURE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall establish a 

12 nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch of the 

13 State government to appoint the members of the 

14 independent redistricting commission for the State 

15 under this title in accordance with section 511. 

16 (2) NONPARTISANSHIP DESCRIBED.—For pur17 poses of this subsection, an agency shall be consid18 ered to be nonpartisan if under law the agency— 

19 (A) is required to provide services on a 

20 nonpartisan basis; 

21 (B) is required to maintain impartiality; 

22 and 

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1 (3) DESIGNATION OF EXISTING AGENCY.—At 

2 its option, a State may designate an existing agency 

3 in the legislative branch of its government to appoint 

4 the members of the independent redistricting com5 mission plan for the State under this Act, so long 

6 as the agency meets the requirements for non7 partisanship under this subsection. 

8 (4) TERMINATION OF AGENCY SPECIFICALLY

9 ESTABLISHED FOR REDISTRICTING.—If a State does 

10 not designate an existing agency under paragraph 

11 (3) but instead establishes a new agency to serve as 

12 the nonpartisan agency under this section, the new 

13 agency shall terminate upon the enactment into law 

14 of the redistricting plan for the State. 

15 (5) PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.—The State 

16 shall ensure that the records of the nonpartisan 

17 agency are retained in the appropriate State archive 

18 in such manner as may be necessary to enable the 

19 State to respond to any civil action brought with re20 spect to congressional redistricting in the State. 

21 (6) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re22 quirements of this subsection not later than June 1, 

23 2024. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall appoint a 

2 Select Committee on Redistricting to approve or dis3 approve a selection pool developed by the inde4 pendent redistricting commission for the State under 

5 this title under section 512. 

6 (2) APPOINTMENT.—The Select Committee on 

7 Redistricting for a State under this subsection shall 

8 consist of the following members: 

9 (A) One member of the upper house of the 

10 State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 

11 leader of the party with the greatest number of 

12 seats in the upper house. 

13 (B) One member of the upper house of the 

14 State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 

15 leader of the party with the second greatest 

16 number of seats in the upper house. 

17 (C) One member of the lower house of the 

18 State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 

19 leader of the party with the greatest number of 

20 seats in the lower house. 

21 (D) One member of the lower house of the 

22 State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 

23 leader of the party with the second greatest 

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1 (3) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATES WITH UNICAM2 ERAL LEGISLATURE.—In the case of a State with a 

3 unicameral legislature, the Select Committee on Re4 districting for the State under this subsection shall 

5 consist of the following members: 

6 (A) Two members of the State legislature 

7 appointed by the chair of the political party of 

8 the State whose candidate received the highest 

9 percentage of votes in the most recent State10 wide election for Federal office held in the 

11 State. 

12 (B) Two members of the State legislature 

13 appointed by the chair of the political party 

14 whose candidate received the second highest 

15 percentage of votes in the most recent State16 wide election for Federal office held in the 

17 State. 

18 (4) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re19 quirements of this subsection not later than June 

20 15, 2024. 

21 (5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

22 subsection may be construed to prohibit the leader 

23 of any political party in a legislature from appoint24 ment to the Select Committee on Redistricting. 


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1 SEC. 515. REPORT ON DIVERSITY OF MEMBERSHIPS OF 

2 INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMIS3 SIONS. 

4 Not later than November 15, 2024, the Comptroller 

5 General of the United States shall submit to Congress a 

6 report on the extent to which the memberships of inde7 pendent redistricting commissions for States established 

8 under this title with respect to the immediately preceding 

9 year ending in the numeral zero meet the diversity require10 ments as provided for in sections 511(a)(2)(B) and 

11 512(b)(2). 

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