I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5921 
To require States to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with 
a process under which members of the public are informed of redistricting 
proposals and have the opportunity to participate in the development 
of such proposals prior to their adoption, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2025 
Ms. ROSS (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, and Mrs. 
FOUSHEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require States to carry out congressional redistricting 
in accordance with a process under which members of 
the public are informed of redistricting proposals and 
have the opportunity to participate in the development 
of such proposals prior to their adoption, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Redistricting Transparency and Accountability Act of 
2025’’. 
(b) FINDING.—Congress finds that it has the author-
ity to require States to follow certain procedures in car-
rying out congressional redistricting after an apportion-
ment of Members of the House of Representatives be-
cause— 
(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 the number of whole persons in 
each State. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING REDISTRICTING TO BE CONDUCTED 
UNDER PROCEDURES PROVIDING OPPOR-
TUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any congressional redistricting con-
ducted by a State shall be conducted in accordance 
with a process under which the entity responsible for 
developing congressional redistricting plans in the 
State (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘State 
redistricting entity’’)— 
(A) in accordance with section 3, estab-
lishes and operates an internet site; 
(B) in accordance with section 4, provides 
opportunities for participation by members of 
the public in the initial development of such 
plans; and 
(C) in accordance with section 5, notifies 
members of the public regarding the proposed 
final congressional redistricting plan and pro-
vides opportunities for members of the public to 
respond to the plan. 
(2) TREATMENT OF SUBORDINATE ENTITIES.— 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the re-
quirements of this Act shall apply with respect to 
any entity which is subordinate to the entity respon-
sible for the final adoption of a congressional redis-
tricting plan under State law, including any commis-
sion, board, committee, or subcommittee responsible 
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under State law for performing certain functions on 
behalf of such entity in conjunction with the develop-
ment and adoption of the plan for the State, in the 
same manner as such requirements apply with re-
spect to the State redistricting entity. 
(3) OTHER
PROCEDURES
PERMITTED.—Noth-
ing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act 
may be construed to prohibit a State from con-
ducting congressional redistricting in accordance 
with such procedures as the State considers appro-
priate, to the extent that such procedures are con-
sistent with the applicable requirements of this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act. 
(4) NO EFFECT ON REDISTRICTING FOR STATE 
OR LOCAL ELECTIONS.—Nothing in this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act may be construed to 
affect any procedures a State or a unit of local gov-
ernment in a State may use to conduct redistricting 
with respect to elections for State or local offices. 
(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-
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ing: ‘‘in a manner consistent with the requirements of the 
Redistricting Transparency and Accountability Act of 
2025’’. 
SEC. 3. PUBLIC INTERNET SITE FOR STATE REDISTRICTING 
ENTITY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF SITE.— 
Each State redistricting entity shall establish and main-
tain a public internet site which meets the following min-
imum requirements: 
(1) The site provides general information about 
the congressional redistricting process, including in-
formation on— 
(A) applicable legal requirements; and 
(B) any redistricting principles or policies 
that the State redistricting entity will use in 
creating or evaluating congressional redis-
tricting plans. 
(2) The site is updated continuously to provide 
timely advance notice of meetings held by the entity 
and to otherwise provide information on the activi-
ties of the entity and any subordinate entity de-
scribed in section 2(a)(2). 
(3) The site provides access to all congressional 
redistricting plans or district maps submitted by any 
person or entity as part of the redistricting process. 
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(4) The site provides members of the public 
with no-cost access to easily assessable digital files 
containing the block equivalency, shapefiles, and de-
mographic and election data needed for analysis, 
evaluation, or creation of proposed redistricting 
plans, including assessment of a plan’s partisan per-
formance and compliance with the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965 and other applicable legal requirements. 
(5) The site permits any individual to submit, 
view, and search comments on proposed redistricting 
plans, and to submit questions, comments, and other 
information with respect to the entity’s activities. 
(6) The site permits members of the public to 
watch, in both live and archival formats, and review 
transcripts of, any public hearings or meetings of 
the State redistricting entity. 
(7) The site includes any other information the 
entity is required to make public under this Act or 
other applicable law. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR POSTING OF COMMENTS SUB-
MITTED BY PUBLIC.—The State redistricting entity shall 
ensure that any oral or written comment relating to Con-
gressional redistricting in the State which is submitted by 
a member of the public to the State redistricting agency, 
including a comment on any plan proposed by the entity 
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