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SEC. 2202. REVISIONS TO DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX 
PAYMENTS BY INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS. 
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT DESIGNATED.—Section 
6096(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘$3’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘$20’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$6’’ and inserting ‘‘$40’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$3’’ and inserting ‘‘$20’’. 
(b) INDEXING.—Section 6096 of such Code is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) INDEXING OF AMOUNT DESIGNATED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each tax-
able year after 2017, each amount referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be increased by the percent dif-
ference described in paragraph (2), except that if 
any such amount after such an increase is not a 
multiple of $1, such amount shall be rounded to the 
nearest multiple of $1. 
‘‘(2) PERCENT DIFFERENCE DESCRIBED.—The 
percent difference described in this paragraph with 
respect to a taxable year is the percent difference 
determined under section 315(c)(1)(A) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to 
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the calendar year during which the taxable year be-
gins, except that the base year involved shall be 
2016.’’. 
(c) ENSURING TAX PREPARATION SOFTWARE DOES 
NOT PROVIDE AUTOMATIC RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION 
QUESTION.—Section 6096 of such Code, as amended by 
subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ENSURING TAX PREPARATION SOFTWARE DOES 
NOT PROVIDE AUTOMATIC RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION 
QUESTION.—The Secretary shall promulgate regulations 
to ensure that electronic software used in the preparation 
or filing of individual income tax returns does not auto-
matically accept or decline a designation of a payment 
under this section.’’. 
(d) PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM ON DESIGNA-
TION.—Section 6096 of such Code, as amended by sub-
sections (b) and (c), is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Election Com-
mission shall conduct a program to inform and edu-
cate the public regarding the purposes of the Presi-
dential Election Campaign Fund, the procedures for 
the designation of payments under this section, and 
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the effect of such a designation on the income tax 
liability of taxpayers. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAM.—Amounts 
in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund shall be 
made available to the Federal Election Commission 
to carry out the program under this subsection.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect January 1, 2018. 
SEC. 2203. DONATION TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAM-
PAIGN FUND. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Every taxpayer who makes a 
return of the tax imposed by subtitle A of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year ending after 
December 31, 2017, may donate an amount (not less than 
$1), in addition to any designation of income tax liability 
under section 6096 of such Code for such taxable year, 
which shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treas-
ury. 
(b) MANNER AND TIME OF DESIGNATION.—Any do-
nation under subsection (a) for any taxable year— 
(1) shall be made at the time of filing the re-
turn of the tax imposed by subtitle A of such Code 
for such taxable year and in such manner as the 
Secretary may by regulation prescribe, except that— 
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(A) the designation for such donation shall 
be either on the first page of the return or on 
the page bearing the taxpayer’s signature, and 
(B) the designation shall be by a box 
added to the return, and the text beside the box 
shall provide: 
‘‘By checking here, I signify that in 
addition to my tax liability (if any), I 
would like to donate the included payment 
to be used exclusively as a contribution to 
the 
Presidential 
Election 
Campaign 
Fund.’’, and 
(2) shall be accompanied by a payment of the 
amount so designated. 
(c) TRANSFERS TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAM-
PAIGN FUND.—The Secretary shall, from time to time, 
transfer to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund es-
tablished under section 9006(a) of such Code amounts 
equal to the amounts donated under this section. 
Subtitle D—Effective Date 
SEC. 2301. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided in this title, the amend-
ments made by this title shall apply with respect to elec-
tions occurring after January 1, 2018. 
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TITLE III—REDISTRICTING 
SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Redistricting Reform 
Act’’. 
SEC. 3002. FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. 
Congress finds that it has the authority to establish 
the terms and conditions States must follow in carrying 
out Congressional redistricting after an apportionment of 
Members of the House of Representatives because— 
(1) the authority granted to Congress under ar-
ticle I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
States gives Congress the power to enact laws gov-
erning the time, place, and manner of elections for 
Members of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the authority granted to Congress under 
section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Con-
stitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to 
enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires 
Representatives to be apportioned among the several 
States according to their number. 
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Subtitle A—Requirements for 
Congressional Redistricting 
SEC. 3101. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING 
AFTER AN APPORTIONMENT. 
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the relief of Doctor Ri-
cardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional re-
districting’’, approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘A State 
which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law 
after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act en-
titled ‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent 
decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment 
of Representatives in Congress’, approved June 18, 1929 
(2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted again until after 
the next apportionment of Representatives under such sec-
tion, unless a court requires the State to conduct such 
subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution 
or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
10301 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 3102. REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING 
TO BE CONDUCTED THROUGH PLAN OF INDE-
PENDENT STATE COMMISSION. 
(a) USE OF PLAN REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any Congressional redistricting 
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conducted by a State shall be conducted in accordance 
with— 
(1) the redistricting plan developed and enacted 
into law by the independent redistricting commission 
established in the State, in accordance with title II; 
or 
(2) if a plan developed by such commission is 
not enacted into law, the redistricting plan developed 
and enacted into law by a 3-judge court of the 
United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia, in accordance with section 301. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 22(c) of 
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and 
subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an ap-
portionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 
June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(c)), is amended by striking 
‘‘in the manner provided by the law thereof’’ and insert-
ing: ‘‘in the manner provided by the Redistricting Reform 
Act’’. 
Subtitle B—Independent 
Redistricting Commissions 
SEC. 3201. INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The nonpartisan agency es-
tablished or designated by a State under section 
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3204(a) shall establish an independent redistricting 
commission for the State, which shall consist of 12 
members appointed by the agency as follows: 
(A) The agency shall appoint 4 members 
on a random basis from the majority category 
of the approved selection pool (as described in 
section 3202(b)(1)(A)). 
(B) The agency shall appoint 4 members 
on a random basis from the minority category 
of the approved selection pool (as described in 
section 3202(b)(1)(B)). 
(C) The agency shall appoint 4 members 
on a random basis from the independent cat-
egory of the approved selection pool (as de-
scribed in section 3202(b)(1)(C)). 
(2) APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATES TO SERVE 
IN CASE OF VACANCIES.—At the time the agency ap-
points the members of the independent redistricting 
commission under paragraph (1) from each of the 
categories referred to in such paragraph, the agency 
shall, on a random basis, designate 2 other individ-
uals from such category to serve as alternate mem-
bers who may be appointed to fill vacancies in the 
commission in accordance with paragraph (3). 
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(3) VACANCY.—If a vacancy occurs in the com-
mission with respect to a member who was ap-
pointed from one of the categories referred to in 
paragraph (1), the nonpartisan agency shall fill the 
vacancy by appointing, on a random basis, one of 
the 2 alternates from such category who was des-
ignated under paragraph (2). At the time the agency 
appoints an alternate to fill a vacancy under the pre-
vious sentence, the agency shall designate, on a ran-
dom basis, another individual from the same cat-
egory to serve as an alternate member, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2). 
(b) PROCEDURES
FOR CONDUCTING COMMISSION 
BUSINESS.— 
(1) CHAIR.—Members of an independent redis-
tricting commission established under this section 
shall select by majority vote one member who was 
appointed from the independent category of the ap-
proved 
selection 
pool 
described 
in 
section 
3202(b)(1)(C) to serve as chair of the commission. 
The commission may not take any action to develop 
a redistricting plan for the State under section 203 
until the appointment of the commission’s chair. 
(2) REQUIRING MAJORITY APPROVAL FOR AC-
TIONS.—The independent redistricting commission 
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of a State may not publish and disseminate any 
draft or final redistricting plan, or take any other 
action, without the approval of at least— 
(A) a majority of the whole membership of 
the commission; and 
(B) at least one member of the commission 
appointed from each of the categories of the ap-
proved selection pool described in section 
3202(b)(1). 
(3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the commission shall constitute a quorum. 
(c) STAFF; CONTRACTORS.— 
(1) 
STAFF.—The 
independent 
redistricting 
commission of a State may appoint and set the pay 
of such staff as it considers appropriate, subject to 
State law. 
(2) CONTRACTORS.—The independent redis-
tricting commission of a State may enter into such 
contracts with vendors as it considers appropriate, 
subject to State law, except that any such contract 
shall be valid only if approved by the vote of a ma-
jority of the members of the commission, including 
at least one member appointed from each of the cat-
egories of the approved selection pool described in 
section 3202(b)(1). 
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(3) GOAL OF IMPARTIALITY.—The commission 
shall take such steps as it considers appropriate to 
ensure that any staff appointed under this sub-
section, and any vendor with whom the commission 
enters into a contract under this subsection, will 
work in an impartial manner, and may require any 
person who applies for an appointment to a staff po-
sition or for a vendor’s contract with the commission 
to provide information on the person’s history of po-
litical activity (including donations to candidates, po-
litical committees, and political parties) as a condi-
tion of the appointment or the contract. 
(d) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The independent redis-
tricting commission of a State shall terminate on the 
earlier of— 
(A) June 14 of the following year ending 
in the numeral zero; or 
(B) the day on which the nonpartisan 
agency established or designated by a State 
under section 3204(a) has, in accordance with 
section 3202(b)(1), submitted a selection pool 
to the Select Committee on Redistricting for the 
State established under section 3204(b). 
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(2) PRESERVATION
OF
RECORDS.—The State 
shall ensure that the records of the independent re-
districting commission are retained in the appro-
priate State archive in such manner as may be nec-
essary to enable the State to respond to any civil ac-
tion brought with respect to Congressional redis-
tricting in the State. 
SEC. 3202. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECTION POOL OF INDI-
VIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS MEMBERS 
OF COMMISSION. 
(a) CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual is eligible to 
serve as a member of an independent redistricting 
commission if the individual meets each of the fol-
lowing criteria: 
(A) As of the date of appointment, the in-
dividual is registered to vote in elections for 
Federal office held in the State. 
(B) During the 3-year period ending on 
the date of the individual’s appointment, the in-
dividual has been continuously registered to 
vote with the same political party, or has not 
been registered to vote with any political party. 
(C) The individual submits to the non-
partisan agency established or designated by a 
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State under section 203, at such time and in 
such form as the agency may require, an appli-
cation for inclusion in the selection pool under 
this section, and includes with the application a 
written statement containing the following in-
formation and assurances: 
(i) A statement of the political party 
with which the individual is affiliated, if 
any. 
(ii) An assurance that the individual 
shall commit to carrying out the individ-
ual’s duties under this title in an honest, 
independent, and impartial fashion, and to 
upholding public confidence in the integrity 
of the redistricting process. 
(iii) An assurance that, during the 
covered periods described in paragraph (3), 
the individual has not taken and will not 
take any action which would disqualify the 
individual from serving as a member of the 
commission under paragraph (2). 
(2) DISQUALIFICATIONS.—An individual is not 
eligible to serve as a member of the commission if 
any of the following applies during any of the cov-
ered periods described in paragraph (3): 
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(A) The individual or (in the case of the 
covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of paragraph (3)) an immediate family 
member of the individual holds public office or 
is a candidate for election for public office. 
(B) The individual or (in the case of the 
covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of paragraph (3)) an immediate family 
member of the individual serves as an officer of 
a political party or as an officer, employee, or 
paid consultant of a campaign committee of a 
candidate for public office. 
(C) The individual or (in the case of the 
covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of paragraph (3)) an immediate family 
member of the individual holds a position as a 
registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or an 
equivalent State or local law. 
(D) The individual or (in the case of the 
covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of paragraph (3)) an immediate family 
member of the individual is an employee of an 
elected public official, a contractor with the leg-
islature of the State, or a donor to the cam-
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paign of any candidate for public office (other 
than a donor who, during any of such covered 
periods, gives an aggregate amount of $20,000 
or less to the campaigns of all candidates for all 
public offices). 
(3) COVERED
PERIODS
DESCRIBED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered period’’ means, with 
respect to the appointment of an individual to the 
commission, any of the following: 
(A) The 5-year period ending on the date 
of the individual’s appointment. 
(B) The period beginning on the date of 
the individual’s appointment and ending on Au-
gust 14 of the next year ending in the numeral 
one. 
(C) The 5-year period beginning on the 
day after the last day of the period described in 
subparagraph (B). 
(4) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘immediate family mem-
ber’’ means, with respect to an individual, a father, 
stepfather, mother, stepmother, son, stepson, daugh-
ter, stepdaughter, brother, stepbrother, sister, step-
sister, husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in- 
law. 
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(b) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF SELECTION 
POOL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 15 of 
each year ending in the numeral zero, the non-
partisan agency established or designated by a State 
under section 3204(a) shall develop and submit to 
the Select Committee on Redistricting for the State 
established under section 3204(b) a selection pool of 
36 individuals who are eligible to serve as members 
of the independent redistricting commission of the 
State under this title, consisting of individuals in the 
following categories: 
(A) A majority category, consisting of 12 
individuals who are affiliated with the political 
party with the largest percentage of the reg-
istered voters in the State who are affiliated 
with a political party (as determined with re-
spect to the most recent statewide election for 
Federal office held in the State for which such 
information is available). 
(B) A minority category, consisting of 12 
individuals who are affiliated with the political 
party with the second largest percentage of the 
registered voters in the State who are affiliated 
with a political party (as so determined). 
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(C) An independent category, consisting of 
12 individuals who are not affiliated with either 
of the political parties described in subpara-
graph (A) or subparagraph (B). 
(2) FACTORS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DEVEL-
OPING POOL.—In selecting individuals for the selec-
tion pool under this subsection, the nonpartisan 
agency shall— 
(A) to the maximum extent practicable, en-
sure that the pool reflects the representative de-
mographic groups (including races, ethnicities, 
and genders) and geographic regions of the 
State; and 
(B) take into consideration the analytical 
skills of the individuals selected in relevant 
fields (including mapping, data management, 
law, community outreach, demography, and the 
geography of the State) and their ability to 
work on an impartial basis. 
(3) DETERMINATION OF POLITICAL PARTY AF-
FILIATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN SELECTION POOL.— 
For purposes of this section, an individual shall be 
considered to be affiliated with a political party on 
the basis of the information the individual provides 
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in the application submitted under subsection 
(a)(1)(D). 
(4) ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR 
INCLUSION IN POOL.—The nonpartisan agency shall 
take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that 
residents of the State across various geographic re-
gions and demographic groups are aware of the op-
portunity to serve on the independent redistricting 
commission, including publicizing the role of the 
panel and using newspapers, broadcast media, and 
online sources, including ethnic media, to encourage 
individuals to apply for inclusion in the selection 
pool developed under this subsection. 
(5) REPORT
ON
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SELEC-
TION POOL.—At the time the nonpartisan agency 
submits the selection pool to the Select Committee 
on Redistricting under paragraph (1), it shall pub-
lish a report describing the process by which the 
pool was developed, and shall include in the report 
a description of how the individuals in the pool meet 
the eligibility criteria of subsection (a) and of how 
the pool reflects the factors the agency is required 
to take into consideration under paragraph (2). 
(6) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 
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