I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1905 
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a Congressional 
district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2007 
Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia 
as a Congressional district for purposes of representation 
in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. 
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 2007’’. 
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 
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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, 
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 
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the Constitution of the United States in the case of 
the District 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 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 2(a). 
(b) REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 
FROM INCREASE.— 
(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. 
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(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 a revised 
version of the most recent statement of apportion-
ment submitted under 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 
June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take into ac-
count this Act and the amendments 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-
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tled to one additional Representative pursuant to 
this section. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTION OF ADDI-
TIONAL MEMBER.—During the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, and 
the One Hundred Twelfth Congress— 
(A) notwithstanding the final undesignated 
paragraph of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the 
relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to 
provide for congressional redistricting’’, ap-
proved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), the 
additional Representative to which the State 
identified by the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives in the report submitted under para-
graph (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 the Congressional districts in effect in 
the State for the One Hundred Ninth 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 
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made by this Act shall be treated and deemed invalid and 
shall have no force or effect of law. 
Æ 
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