tion, lack direct voting representation in the United 
States Senate and House of Representatives. 
(2) District of Columbia residents have fought 
and died to defend our democracy in every war since 
the War of Independence. 
(3) District of Columbia residents pay billions 
of dollars in Federal taxes each year. 
(4) Our Nation is founded on the principles of 
‘‘one person, one vote’’ and ‘‘government by the con-
sent of the governed’’. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS CON-
GRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the District of Columbia shall be considered 
a Congressional district for purposes of representation in 
the House of Representatives. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AP-
PORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF SINGLE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA MEMBER IN REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS 
AMONG STATES.—Section 22 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent de-
cennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of 
Representatives in Congress’’, approved June 28, 
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1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) This section shall apply with respect to the Dis-
trict of Columbia in the same manner as this section ap-
plies to a State, except that the District of Columbia may 
not receive more than one Member under any reapportion-
ment of Members.’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION
OF
DETERMINATION
OF 
NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ON BASIS OF 
23RD
AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of title 3, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘come into of-
fice;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘come into office 
(subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States in the case of 
the District of Columbia);’’. 
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) PERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MEM-
BERS.—Effective with respect to the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House of 
Representatives shall be composed of 437 Members, in-
cluding any Members representing the District of Colum-
bia pursuant to section 3(a). 
(b) REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 
FROM INCREASE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 22(a) of the Act en-
titled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse-
quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor-
tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 
June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by 
striking ‘‘the then existing number of Representa-
tives’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of Representatives 
established with respect to the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the reg-
ular decennial census conducted for 2010 and each 
subsequent regular decennial census. 
(c) TRANSMITTAL OF REVISED APPORTIONMENT IN-
FORMATION BY PRESIDENT.— 
(1) STATEMENT OF APPORTIONMENT BY PRESI-
DENT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 
to Congress a revised version of the most recent 
statement of apportionment submitted under section 
22(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the 
fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to 
provide for apportionment of Representatives in 
Congress’’, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 
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2a(a)), to take into account this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act. 
(2) REPORT BY CLERK.—Not later than 15 cal-
endar days after receiving the revised version of the 
statement of apportionment under paragraph (1), 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in ac-
cordance with section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
2a(b)), shall send to the executive of each State a 
certificate of the number of Representatives to which 
such State is entitled under section 22 of such Act, 
and shall submit a report to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives identifying the State 
(other than the District of Columbia) which is enti-
tled to one additional Representative pursuant to 
this section. 
SEC. 5. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. 
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act is declared or held invalid or unenforceable, 
the remaining provisions of this Act or any amendment 
made by this Act shall be treated and deemed invalid and 
shall have no force or effect of law. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE; TIMING OF ELECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The general election for the addi-
tional Representative to which the State identified by the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives in the report sub-
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mitted under section 4(c) is entitled for the One Hundred 
Tenth Congress and the general election for the Rep-
resentative from the District of Columbia for the One 
Hundred Tenth Congress shall be subject to the following 
requirements: 
(1) Neither election may occur unless the Gov-
ernor of that State has signed into law a redis-
tricting plan on December 5, 2006, which— 
(A) revises the boundaries of the Congres-
sional districts in the State to take into account 
the additional Representative to which the State 
is entitled under section 4(c)(2); and 
(B) remains in effect until the taking ef-
fect of the first reapportionment occurring after 
the regular decennial census conducted for 
2010. 
(2) The additional Representative from that 
State and the other Representatives from that State 
will be elected pursuant to the redistricting plan en-
acted by the State in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(3) The additional Representative from that 
State, the other Representatives from that State, 
and the Representative from the District of Colum-
bia shall be sworn in and seated as Members of the 
House of Representatives on the same date. 
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(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-
section (a)(3) shall be construed to affect the status of 
any individual who is eligible to be sworn in and seated 
as a Member of the House of Representatives on the first 
day of the One Hundred Tenth Congress on the basis of 
winning the November 2006 general election for that of-
fice. 
Æ 
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