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 ‘‘District of Columbia 
House Voting Rights Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. 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 in the One Hundred Twelfth 
Congress and each succeeding Congress. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO APPOR-
TIONMENT
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 decen-
nial censuses and to provide for apportionment of 
Representatives in Congress’’, approved June 18, 
1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:05 Mar 02, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H157.RH
H157
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
‘‘(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.’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION OF DETERMINATION OF NUM-
BER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ON BASIS OF 23RD 
AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of title 3, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘come into office;’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘come into office (subject to 
the twenty-third article of amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States in the case of the Dis-
trict of Columbia);’’. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) PERMANENT INCREASE
IN NUMBER
OF MEM-
BERS.—Effective with respect to the One Hundred Twelfth 
Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House of Rep-
resentatives shall be composed of 437 Members, including 
any Members representing the District of Columbia pursu-
ant to section 2(a). 
(b) REAPPORTIONMENT
OF
MEMBERS
RESULTING 
FROM INCREASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 22(a) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse-
quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor-
tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:05 Mar 02, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H157.RH
H157
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the then existing number of Representatives’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the number of Representatives estab-
lished with respect to the One Hundred Twelfth Con-
gress’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the regular 
decennial census conducted for 2010 and each subse-
quent regular decennial census. 
(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO 2012 RE-
APPORTIONMENT.— 
(1) TRANSMITTAL OF REVISED STATEMENT OF 
APPORTIONMENT BY PRESIDENT.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall transmit to Congress 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 Con-
gress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), re-
vised 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 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:05 Mar 02, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H157.RH
H157
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance 
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 en-
titled under section 22 of such Act, and shall submit 
a report to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives identifying the State (other than the District of 
Columbia) which is entitled to one additional Rep-
resentative pursuant to this section. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ELECTION
OF
ADDI-
TIONAL MEMBER.—During the One Hundred Twelfth 
Congress— 
(A) notwithstanding the final undesignated 
paragraph of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the re-
lief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to 
provide for congressional redistricting’’, ap-
proved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), the ad-
ditional Representative to which the State iden-
tified by the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives in the report submitted under paragraph 
(2) is entitled shall be elected from the State at 
large; and 
(B) the other Representatives to which such 
State is entitled shall be elected on the basis of 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:05 Mar 02, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H157.RH
H157
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
the Congressional districts in effect in the State 
for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress. 
SEC. 4. 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 and any amendment 
made by this Act shall be treated and deemed invalid and 
shall have no force or effect of law. 
SEC. 5. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
If any action is brought to challenge the constitu-
tionality of any provision of this Act or any amendment 
made by this Act, the following rules shall apply: 
(1) The action shall be filed in the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia and shall 
be heard by a 3-judge court convened pursuant to sec-
tion 2284 of title 28, United States Code. 
(2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
and the Secretary of the Senate. 
(3) A final decision in the action shall be review-
able only by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of 
the United States. Such appeal shall be taken by the 
filing of a notice of appeal within 10 days, and the 
filing of a jurisdictional statement within 30 days, of 
the entry of the final decision. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:05 Mar 02, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H157.RH
H157
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
(4) It shall be the duty of the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Columbia and the Su-
preme Court of the United States to advance on the 
docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent 
the disposition of the action and appeal. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:05 Mar 02, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H157.RH
H157
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS
Union Calendar No. 8 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 157 
[Report No. 111–22] 
A BILL 
To provide for the treatment of the District of Co-
lumbia as a Congressional district for purposes 
of representation in the House of Representa-
tives, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 2, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:05 Mar 02, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 6651
Sfmt 6651
E:\BILLS\H157.RH
H157
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with BILLS