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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 20, 2007 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

AN ACT 

To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia 

as a Congressional district for purposes of representation 

in the House of Representatives, to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the estimated tax payment safe harbor based on income for the preceding 

year in the case of individuals with adjusted gross income 

greater than $5 million, and for other purposes. 


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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 

10 a Congressional district for purposes of representation in 

11 the House of Representatives. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AP13 PORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA14 TIVES.— 

15 (1) INCLUSION OF SINGLE DISTRICT OF COLUM16 BIA MEMBER IN REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS

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

18 Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent de19 cennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of 

20 Representatives in Congress’’, approved June 28, 

21 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), is amended by adding at the 

22 end the following new subsection: 

23 ‘‘(d) This section shall apply with respect to the Dis24 trict of Columbia in the same manner as this section ap25 plies to a State, except that the District of Columbia may 


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1 not receive more than one Member under any reapportion2 ment of Members.’’. 

3 (2) CLARIFICATION OF DETERMINATION OF

4 NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ON BASIS OF

5 23RD AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of title 3, United 

6 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘come into of7 fice;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘come into office 

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

9 the Constitution of the United States in the case of 

10 the District of Columbia);’’. 

11 SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REP12 RESENTATIVES. 

13 (a) PERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MEM14 BERS.—Effective with respect to the One Hundred Tenth 

15 Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House of 

16 Representatives shall be composed of 437 Members, in17 cluding any Members representing the District of Colum18 bia pursuant to section 2(a). 

19 (b) REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING

20 FROM INCREASE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 22(a) of the Act en22 titled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse23 quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor24 tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 

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


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1 striking ‘‘the then existing number of Representa2 tives’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of Representatives 

3 established with respect to the One Hundred Tenth 

4 Congress’’. 

5 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

6 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the reg7 ular decennial census conducted for 2010 and each 

8 subsequent regular decennial census. 

9 (c) SPECIAL RULES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO 2012 RE10 APPORTIONMENT.— 

11 (1) TRANSMITTAL OF REVISED STATEMENT OF

12 APPORTIONMENT BY PRESIDENT.—Not later than 

13 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 the President shall transmit to Congress a revised 

15 version of the most recent statement of apportion16 ment submitted under section 22(a) of the Act enti17 tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse18 quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor19 tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 

20 June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take into ac21 count this Act and the amendments made by this 

22 Act. 

23 (2) REPORT BY CLERK.—Not later than 15 cal24 endar days after receiving the revised version of the 

25 statement of apportionment under paragraph (1), 


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1 the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in ac2 cordance with section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

3 2a(b)), shall send to the executive of each State a 

4 certificate of the number of Representatives to which 

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

6 and shall submit a report to the Speaker of the 

7 House of Representatives identifying the State 

8 (other than the District of Columbia) which is enti9 tled to one additional Representative pursuant to 

10 this section. 

11 (3) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTION OF ADDI12 TIONAL MEMBER.—During the One Hundred Tenth 

13 Congress, the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, and 

14 the One Hundred Twelfth Congress— 

15 (A) notwithstanding the final undesignated 

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

17 relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to 

18 provide for congressional redistricting’’, ap19 proved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), the 

20 additional Representative to which the State 

21 identified by the Clerk of the House of Rep22 resentatives in the report submitted under para23 graph (2) is entitled shall be elected from the 

24 State at large; and 


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1 (B) the other Representatives to which 

2 such State is entitled shall be elected on the 

3 basis of the Congressional districts in effect in 

4 the State for the One Hundred Ninth Congress. 

5 SEC. 4. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. 

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

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

8 the remaining provisions of this Act and any amendment 

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

10 shall have no force or effect of law. 

11 SEC. 5. ADJUSTMENT OF ESTIMATED TAX PAYMENT SAFE 

12 HARBOR FOR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS WITH 

13 ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME GREATER THAN $5 

14 MILLION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 

16 6654(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 

17 to limitation on use of preceding year’s tax) is amended 

18 by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iii) and 

19 (iv), respectively, and by inserting after clause (i) the fol20 lowing new clause: 

21 ‘‘(ii) INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTED GROSS

22 INCOME GREATER THAN $5,000,000.—If the 

23 adjusted gross income shown on the return 

24 of the individual for such preceding taxable 

25 year exceeds $5,000,000, clause (i) shall be 


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1 applied by substituting ‘110.1’ for ‘110’ in 

2 the last row of the table therein.’’. 

3 (b) SEPARATE RETURNS.—Clause (iii) of section 

4 6654(d)(1)(C) of such Code, as redesignated by subsection 

5 (a), is amended by inserting ‘‘and clause (ii) shall be ap6 plied by substituting ‘$2,500,000’ for ‘$5,000,000’ ’’ be7 fore the period at the end. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 19, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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