reports analyzing and evaluating such 
plans and access to software that members 
of the public may use to draw maps of pro-
posed districts. 
(iv) A method by which members of 
the public may submit comments directly 
to the entity. 
(B) SEARCHABLE
FORMAT.—The entity 
shall ensure that all information posted and 
maintained on the site under this paragraph, 
including information and proposed maps sub-
mitted by the public, shall be maintained in an 
easily searchable format. 
(3) MULTIPLE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
ALL NOTICES.—The entity responsible for developing 
and adopting the plan shall make each notice which 
is required to be posted and published under this 
section available in any language in which the State 
(or any jurisdiction in the State) is required to pro-
vide election materials under section 203 of the Vot-
ing Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10503). 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.— 
(1) HEARINGS.—The entity responsible for de-
veloping and adopting the congressional redistricting 
plan shall hold hearings both before and after releas-
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ing proposed plans in order to solicit public input on 
the content of such plans. These hearings shall— 
(A) be held in different regions of the 
State and streamed live on the public internet 
site maintained under subsection (a)(2); and 
(B) be sufficient in number, scheduled at 
times and places, and noticed and conducted in 
a manner to ensure that all members of the 
public, including members of racial, ethnic, and 
language minorities protected under the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965, have a meaningful oppor-
tunity to attend and provide input both before 
and after the entity releases proposed plans. 
(2) POSTING OF MAPS.—The entity responsible 
for developing and adopting the congressional redis-
tricting plan shall make proposed plans, amend-
ments to proposed plans, and the data needed to 
analyze such plans for compliance with the criteria 
of this title available for public review, including on 
the public internet site required under subsection 
(a)(2), for a period of not less than 5 days before 
any vote or hearing is held on any such plan or any 
amendment to such a plan. 
(c) RELEASE OF WRITTEN EVALUATION OF PLAN 
AGAINST EXTERNAL METRICS REQUIRED PRIOR TO 
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VOTE.—The entity responsible for developing and adopt-
ing the congressional redistricting plan for a State may 
not hold a vote on a proposed redistricting plan, including 
a vote in a committee, unless at least 48 hours prior to 
holding the vote the State has released a written evalua-
tion that measures each such plan against external metrics 
which cover the criteria set forth in section 303(b), includ-
ing the impact of the plan on the ability of members of 
a class of citizens protected by the Voting Rights Act of 
1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) to elect candidates of 
choice, the degree to which the plan preserves or divides 
communities of interest, and any analysis used by the 
State to assess compliance with the requirements of sec-
tion 303(a) and (b). 
(d) PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENTS.—The entity re-
sponsible for developing and adopting the congressional 
redistricting plan for a State shall make all public com-
ments received about potential plans, including alternative 
plans, available to the public on the internet site required 
under subsection (a)(2), at no cost, not later than 24 
hours prior to holding a vote on final adoption of a plan. 
SEC. 305. FAILURE BY STATE TO ENACT PLAN. 
(a) DEADLINE FOR ENACTMENT OF PLAN.—Except 
as provided in paragraph (2), each State shall enact a 
final congressional redistricting plan following trans-
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mission of a notice of apportionment to the President by 
the earliest of— 
(1) the deadline set forth in State law, includ-
ing any extension to the deadline provided in accord-
ance with State law; 
(2) February 15 of the year in which regularly 
scheduled general elections for Federal office are 
held in the State; or 
(3) 90 days before the date of the next regu-
larly scheduled primary election for Federal office 
held in the State. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN BY COURT IN CASE OF 
MISSED DEADLINE.—If a State has not enacted a final 
congressional redistricting plan by the applicable deadline 
under subsection (a), or it appears reasonably likely that 
a State will fail to enact a final congressional redistricting 
plan by such deadline— 
(1) any citizen of the State may file an action 
in the United States district court for the applicable 
venue asking the district court to assume jurisdic-
tion; 
(2) the United States district court for the ap-
plicable venue, acting through a 3-judge court con-
vened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, United 
States Code, shall have the exclusive authority to de-
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velop and publish the congressional redistricting 
plan for the State; and 
(3) the final congressional redistricting plan de-
veloped and published by the court under this sec-
tion shall be deemed to be enacted on the date on 
which the court publishes the final congressional re-
districting plan, as described in subsection (e). 
(c) APPLICABLE VENUE.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the ‘‘applicable venue’’ with respect to a State is the 
District of Columbia or the judicial district in which the 
Capital of the State is located, as selected by the first 
party to file with the court sufficient evidence that a State 
has failed to, or is reasonably likely to fail to, enact a final 
redistricting plan for the State prior to the expiration of 
the applicable deadline set forth in subsection (a). 
(d) PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.— 
(1) CRITERIA.—In developing a redistricting 
plan for a State under this section, the court shall 
adhere to the same terms and conditions that ap-
plied (or that would have applied, as the case may 
be) to the development of a plan by the State under 
section 303. 
(2) ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND RECORDS.— 
The court shall have access to any information, 
data, software, or other records and material that 
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