I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 622 
To increase the number of Members of the House of Representatives, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2023 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Mr. CASTEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on House Administration, and Transportation and In-
frastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To increase the number of Members of the House of 
Representatives, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Equal and 
Accountable Legislators in the House Act’’ or the ‘‘REAL 
House Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 22 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial 
census and to provide for apportionment of Representa-
tives in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the then ex-
isting number of Representatives’’ and inserting 
‘‘the applicable number of Representatives deter-
mined under subsection (d)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE NUMBER OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL NUMBER FOR 2030 CENSUS.—In 
the case of the regular decennial census conducted 
for 2030, the applicable number of Representatives 
determined under this subsection is 585. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER FOR SUBSEQUENT CENSUSES.— 
In the case of the regular decennial census con-
ducted for 2040 and each subsequent regular decen-
nial census, the applicable number of Representa-
tives determined under this subsection is the number 
equal to the sum of— 
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‘‘(A) the applicable number of Representa-
tives determined under this subsection for the 
previous regular decennial census; and 
‘‘(B) the hold harmless number described 
in paragraph (3), 
rounded to the nearest odd number. 
‘‘(3) HOLD HARMLESS NUMBER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the term ‘hold harmless number’ 
means, with respect to a regular decennial cen-
sus, the number of additional Representatives 
which would be required to ensure that, after 
the apportionment of the applicable number of 
Representatives determined under this sub-
section for that regular decennial census, the 
number of Representatives received by each 
State would not be fewer than the number of 
Representatives to which that State was enti-
tled under the statement required by subsection 
(a) for the previous decennial census. 
‘‘(B) LIMIT.—The hold harmless number 
with respect to a regular decennial census may 
not exceed 10.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
amendments made by this section shall apply with respect 
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to the regular decennial census conducted for 2030 and 
each subsequent decennial census. 
SEC. 3. STUDY OF FACILITY NEEDS AND LOGISTICAL 
ISSUES. 
(a) STUDY RELATING TO EXPANSION OF NUMBER 
OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Architect of the Capitol, in 
consultation with the Administrator of General Serv-
ices and such other persons as the Architect con-
siders appropriate, shall conduct a study of the facil-
ity needs and other logistical issues involved in ex-
panding the number of Members of the House of 
Representatives as determined by the regular decen-
nial census conducted for 2030, as provided in this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2025, the Architect of the Capitol shall submit a re-
port to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
on the study conducted under paragraph (1), and 
shall include in the report such recommendations as 
the Architect considers appropriate. 
(b) STUDY PRIOR TO EACH SUBSEQUENT REAPPOR-
TIONMENT.— 
(1) STUDY.—After each regular decennial cen-
sus, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation 
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with the Administrator of General Services and such 
other persons as the Architect considers appropriate, 
shall conduct a study of the facility needs and other 
logistical issues involved in setting the number of 
Members of the House of Representatives, as deter-
mined by such census, at the applicable number of 
Representatives under section 22(d) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse-
quent decennial census and to provide for apportion-
ment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 
June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(d)), as amended by this 
Act. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than January 1 of the 
year immediately preceding the first year of a Con-
gress for which the number of Representatives is set 
at the applicable number of Representatives under 
section 22(d) of such Act, as determined by the reg-
ular decennial census, the Architect of the Capitol 
shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives on the study conducted under 
paragraph (1), and shall include in the report such 
recommendations as the Architect considers appro-
priate. 
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall 
apply with respect to the regular decennial census 
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