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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905 

To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a Congressional 

district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2007 

Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia 

as a Congressional district for purposes of representation 

in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 

5 House Voting Rights Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS CON7 GRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law, the District of Columbia shall be considered 


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1 a Congressional district for purposes of representation in 

2 the House of Representatives. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AP4 PORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA5 TIVES.— 

6 (1) INCLUSION OF SINGLE DISTRICT OF COLUM7 BIA MEMBER IN REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS

8 AMONG STATES.—Section 22 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 

9 Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent de10 cennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of 

11 Representatives in Congress’’, approved June 28, 

12 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(d) This section shall apply with respect to the Dis15 trict of Columbia in the same manner as this section ap16 plies to a State, except that the District of Columbia may 

17 not receive more than one Member under any reapportion18 ment of Members.’’. 

19 (2) CLARIFICATION OF DETERMINATION OF

20 NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ON BASIS OF

21 23RD AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of title 3, United 

22 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘come into of23 fice;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘come into office 

24 (subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to 


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1 the Constitution of the United States in the case of 

2 the District of Columbia);’’. 

3 SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REP4 RESENTATIVES. 

5 (a) PERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MEM6 BERS.—Effective with respect to the One Hundred Tenth 

7 Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House of 

8 Representatives shall be composed of 437 Members, in9 cluding any Members representing the District of Colum10 bia pursuant to section 2(a). 

11 (b) REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING

12 FROM INCREASE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 22(a) of the Act en14 titled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse15 quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor16 tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 

17 June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘the then existing number of Representa19 tives’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of Representatives 

20 established with respect to the One Hundred Tenth 

21 Congress’’. 

22 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

23 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the reg24 ular decennial census conducted for 2010 and each 

25 subsequent regular decennial census. 


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1 (c) SPECIAL RULES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO 2012 RE2 APPORTIONMENT.— 

3 (1) TRANSMITTAL OF REVISED STATEMENT OF

4 APPORTIONMENT BY PRESIDENT.—Not later than 

5 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

6 the President shall transmit to Congress a revised 

7 version of the most recent statement of apportion8 ment submitted under section 22(a) of the Act enti9 tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse10 quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor11 tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 

12 June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take into ac13 count this Act and the amendments made by this 

14 Act. 

15 (2) REPORT BY CLERK.—Not later than 15 cal16 endar days after receiving the revised version of the 

17 statement of apportionment under paragraph (1), 

18 the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in ac19 cordance with section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

20 2a(b)), shall send to the executive of each State a 

21 certificate of the number of Representatives to which 

22 such State is entitled under section 22 of such Act, 

23 and shall submit a report to the Speaker of the 

24 House of Representatives identifying the State 

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1 tled to one additional Representative pursuant to 

2 this section. 

3 (3) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTION OF ADDI4 TIONAL MEMBER.—During the One Hundred Tenth 

5 Congress, the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, and 

6 the One Hundred Twelfth Congress— 

7 (A) notwithstanding the final undesignated 

8 paragraph of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the 

9 relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to 

10 provide for congressional redistricting’’, ap11 proved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), the 

12 additional Representative to which the State 

13 identified by the Clerk of the House of Rep14 resentatives in the report submitted under para15 graph (2) is entitled shall be elected from the 

16 State at large; and 

17 (B) the other Representatives to which 

18 such State is entitled shall be elected on the 

19 basis of the Congressional districts in effect in 

20 the State for the One Hundred Ninth Congress. 

21 SEC. 4. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. 

22 If any provision of this Act, or any amendment made 

23 by this Act, is declared or held invalid or unenforceable, 

24 the remaining provisions of this Act and any amendment 


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1 made by this Act shall be treated and deemed invalid and 

2 shall have no force or effect of law. 

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