I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7910 
To require States to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with 
a redistricting plan developed by an independent redistricting commission, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. NICKEL (for himself and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require States to carry out congressional redistricting 
in accordance with a redistricting plan developed by an 
independent redistricting commission, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL 
AUTHORITY; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Fair And Impartial Redistricting for Meaningful and Ac-
countable Political Systems Act’’ or the ‘‘FAIR MAPS 
Act’’. 
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(1) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE APPLICATION PROC-
ESS.—Membership on the commission is open to citi-
zens of the State through a publicly available appli-
cation process. 
(2) DISQUALIFICATIONS
FOR
GOVERNMENT 
SERVICE
AND
POLITICAL
APPOINTMENT.—Individ-
uals who, for a covered period of time as established 
by the State, hold or have held public office, individ-
uals who are or have been candidates for elected 
public office, and individuals who serve or have 
served as an officer, employee, or paid consultant of 
a campaign committee of a candidate for public of-
fice are disqualified from serving on the commission. 
(3) SCREENING
FOR
CONFLICTS.—Individuals 
who apply to serve on the commission are screened 
through a process that excludes persons with con-
flicts of interest from the pool of potential commis-
sioners. 
(4) MULTI-PARTISAN COMPOSITION.—Member-
ship on the commission represents those who are af-
filiated with the two political parties whose can-
didates received the most votes in the most recent 
statewide election for Federal office held in the 
State, as well as those who are unaffiliated with any 
party or who are affiliated with political parties 
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other than the two political parties whose candidates 
received the most votes in the most recent statewide 
election for Federal office held in the State. 
(5) CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING.—Members 
of the commission are required to meet certain cri-
teria in the map drawing process, including mini-
mizing the division of communities of interest and a 
ban on drawing maps to favor a political party. 
(6) PUBLIC INPUT.—Public hearings are held 
and comments from the public are accepted before 
a final map is approved. 
(7) BROAD-BASED SUPPORT FOR APPROVAL OF 
FINAL PLAN.—The approval of the final redistricting 
plan requires a majority vote of the members of the 
commission, including the support of at least one 
member of each of the following: 
(A) Members who are affiliated with the 
political party whose candidate received the 
most votes in the most recent statewide election 
for Federal office held in the State. 
(B) Members who are affiliated with the 
political party whose candidate received the sec-
ond most votes in the most recent statewide 
election for Federal office held in the State. 
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(C) Members who are not affiliated with 
any political party or who are affiliated with po-
litical parties other than the political parties de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(d) TREATMENT OF STATE OF IOWA.—Subsection (a) 
does not apply to the State of Iowa, so long as congres-
sional redistricting in such State is carried out in accord-
ance with a plan developed by the Iowa Legislative Serv-
ices Agency with the assistance of a Temporary Redis-
tricting Advisory Commission, under law which was in ef-
fect for the most recent congressional redistricting carried 
out in the State prior to the date of the enactment of this 
Act and which remains in effect continuously on and after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. BAN ON MID-DECADE REDISTRICTING. 
A State that has been redistricted in accordance with 
this Act and a State described in section 101(c) or section 
101(d) may not be redistricted again until after the next 
apportionment of Representatives under section 22(a) 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), unless a court requires the 
State to conduct such subsequent redistricting to comply 
with the Constitution of the United States, the Voting 
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Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), the Con-
stitution of the State, or the terms or conditions of this 
Act. 
SEC. 103. CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING. 
(a) CRITERIA.—Under the redistricting plan of a 
State, there shall be established single-member congres-
sional districts using the following criteria as set forth in 
the following order of priority: 
(1) Districts shall comply with the United 
States Constitution, including the requirement that 
they equalize total population. 
(2) Districts shall comply with the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), in-
cluding by creating any districts where two or more 
politically cohesive groups protected by such Act are 
able to elect representatives of choice in coalition 
with one another, and all applicable Federal laws. 
(3) Districts shall be drawn, to the extent that 
the totality of the circumstances warrant, to ensure 
the practical ability of a group protected under the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et 
seq.) to participate in the political process and to 
nominate candidates and to elect representatives of 
choice is not diluted or diminished, regardless of 
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whether or not such protected group constitutes a 
majority of a district’s citizen voting age population. 
(4) Districts shall respect communities of inter-
est, neighborhoods, and political subdivisions to the 
extent practicable and after compliance with the re-
quirements of paragraphs (1) through (3). A com-
munity of interest is defined as an area with recog-
nized similarities of interests, including but not lim-
ited to ethnic, racial, economic, tribal, social, cul-
tural, geographic or historic identities. The term 
communities of interest may, in certain cir-
cumstances, include political subdivisions such as 
counties, municipalities, tribal lands and reserva-
tions, or school districts, but shall not include com-
mon relationships with political parties or political 
candidates. 
(b) NO FAVORING OR DISFAVORING OF POLITICAL 
PARTIES.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—The redistricting plan en-
acted by a State shall not, when considered on a 
Statewide basis, be drawn with the intent or the ef-
fect of unduly favoring or disfavoring any political 
party. 
(2) DETERMINATION OF EFFECT.— 
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(A) TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), the determination of 
whether a redistricting plan has the effect of 
unduly favoring or disfavoring a political party 
shall be based on the totality of circumstances, 
including evidence regarding the durability and 
severity of a plan’s partisan bias. 
(B) PLANS DEEMED TO HAVE EFFECT OF 
UNDULY FAVORING OR DISFAVORING A POLIT-
ICAL PARTY.—Without limiting other ways in 
which a redistricting plan may be determined to 
have the effect of unduly favoring or disfavoring 
a political party under the totality of cir-
cumstances under subparagraph (A), a redis-
tricting plan shall be deemed to have the effect 
of unduly favoring or disfavoring a political 
party if— 
(i) modeling based on relevant histor-
ical voting patterns shows that the plan is 
statistically likely to result in a partisan 
bias of more than one seat in States with 
20 or fewer congressional districts or a 
partisan bias of more than 2 seats in 
States with more than 20 congressional 
districts, as determined using quantitative 
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measures of partisan fairness, which may 
include, but are not limited to, the seats- 
to-votes curve for an enacted plan, the effi-
ciency gap, the declination, partisan asym-
metry, and the mean-median difference, 
and 
(ii) alternative plans, which may in-
clude, but are not limited to, those gen-
erated by redistricting algorithms, exist 
that could have complied with the require-
ments of law and not been in violation of 
paragraph (1). 
(3) DETERMINATION
OF
INTENT.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (A), a rebuttable presumption 
shall exist that a redistricting plan enacted by the 
legislature of a State was not enacted with the in-
tent of unduly favoring or disfavoring a political 
party if the plan was enacted with the support of at 
least a third of the members of the second largest 
political party in each house of the legislature. 
(4) NO
VIOLATION
BASED
ON
CERTAIN
CRI-
TERIA.—No redistricting plan shall be found to be 
in violation of paragraph (1) because of partisan 
bias attributable to the application of the criteria set 
forth in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a), 
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unless one or more alternative plans could have com-
plied with such paragraphs without having the effect 
of unduly favoring or disfavoring a political party. 
(c) FACTORS PROHIBITED FROM CONSIDERATION.— 
In developing the redistricting plan for the State, the inde-
pendent redistricting commission may not take into con-
sideration any of the following factors, except to the extent 
necessary to comply with the criteria described in para-
graphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a), subsection (b), 
and to enable the redistricting plan to be measured 
against the external metrics described in section 203(d): 
(1) The residence of any Member of the House 
of Representatives or candidate. 
(2) The political party affiliation or voting his-
tory of the population of a district. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to any au-
thority, whether appointed, elected, judicial, or otherwise, 
that designs or enacts a congressional redistricting plan 
of a State. 
(e) SEVERABILITY OF CRITERIA.—If any of the cri-
teria set forth in this section, or the application of such 
criteria to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon-
stitutional, the remaining criteria set forth in this section, 
and the application of such criteria to any person or cir-
cumstance, shall not be affected by the holding. 
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TITLE II—INDEPENDENT 
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS 
SEC. 201. INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The nonpartisan agency es-
tablished or designated by a State under section 
204(a) shall establish an independent redistricting 
commission for the State, which shall consist of 15 
members appointed by the agency as follows: 
(A) Not later than October 1 of a year 
ending in the numeral zero, the agency shall, at 
a public meeting held not earlier than 15 days 
after notice of the meeting has been given to 
the public, first appoint 6 members as follows: 
(i) The agency shall appoint 2 mem-
bers on a random basis from the majority 
category of the approved selection pool (as 
described in section 202(b)(1)(A)). 
(ii) The agency shall appoint 2 mem-
bers on a random basis from the minority 
category of the approved selection pool (as 
described in section 202(b)(1)(B)). 
(iii) The agency shall appoint 2 mem-
bers on a random basis from the inde-
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pendent category of the approved selection 
pool (as described in section 202(b)(1)(C)). 
(B) Not later than November 15 of a year 
ending in the numeral zero, the members ap-
pointed by the agency under subparagraph (A) 
shall, at a public meeting held not earlier than 
15 days after notice of the meeting has been 
given to the public, then appoint 9 members as 
follows: 
(i) The members shall appoint 3 mem-
bers from the majority category of the ap-
proved selection pool (as described in sec-
tion 202(b)(1)(A)). 
(ii) The members shall appoint 3 
members from the minority category of the 
approved selection pool (as described in 
section 202(b)(1)(B)). 
(iii) The members shall appoint 3 
members from the independent category of 
the approved selection pool (as described in 
section 202(b)(1)(C)). 
(2) RULES
FOR
APPOINTMENT
OF
MEMBERS 
APPOINTED BY FIRST MEMBERS.— 
(A) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST 4 
MEMBERS.—The appointment of any of the 9 
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members of the independent redistricting com-
mission who are appointed by the first members 
of the commission pursuant to subparagraph 
(B) of paragraph (1), as well as the designation 
of alternates for such members pursuant to 
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) and the ap-
pointment of alternates to fill vacancies pursu-
ant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4), shall 
require the affirmative vote of at least 4 of the 
members appointed by the nonpartisan agency 
under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), in-
cluding at least one member from each of the 
categories referred to in such subparagraph. 
(B) ENSURING DIVERSITY.—In appointing 
the 9 members pursuant to subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (1), as well as in designating al-
ternates pursuant to subparagraph (B) of para-
graph (3) and in appointing alternates to fill 
vacancies pursuant to subparagraph (B) of 
paragraph (4), the first members of the inde-
pendent redistricting commission shall ensure 
that the membership is representative of the de-
mographic groups (including racial, ethnic, eco-
nomic, and gender) and geographic regions of 
the State, and provides racial, ethnic, and lan-
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guage minorities protected under the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 with a meaningful oppor-
tunity to participate in the development of the 
State’s redistricting plan. 
(3) DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATES TO SERVE 
IN CASE OF VACANCIES.— 
(A) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY AGENCY.— 
At the time the agency appoints the members 
of the independent redistricting commission 
under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) from 
each of the categories referred to in such sub-
paragraph, the agency shall, on a random basis, 
designate 2 other individuals from such cat-
egory to serve as alternate members who may 
be appointed to fill vacancies in the commission 
in accordance with paragraph (4). 
(B) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY FIRST MEM-
BERS.—At the time the members appointed by 
the agency appoint the other members of the 
independent redistricting commission under 
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) from each 
of the categories referred to in such subpara-
graph, the members shall, in accordance with 
the special rules described in paragraph (2), 
designate 2 other individuals from such cat-
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egory to serve as alternate members who may 
be appointed to fill vacancies in the commission 
in accordance with paragraph (4). 
(4) APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATES TO SERVE 
IN CASE OF VACANCIES.— 
(A) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY AGENCY.—If 
a vacancy occurs in the commission with respect 
to a member who was appointed by the non-
partisan agency under subparagraph (A) of 
paragraph (1) from one of the categories re-
ferred to in such subparagraph, the agency 
shall fill the vacancy by appointing, on a ran-
dom basis, one of the 2 alternates from such 
category who was designated under subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (3). At the time the 
agency appoints an alternate to fill a vacancy 
under the previous sentence, the agency shall 
designate, on a random basis, another indi-
vidual from the same category to serve as an al-
ternate member, in accordance with subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (3). 
(B) MEMBERS APPOINTED BY FIRST MEM-
BERS.—If a vacancy occurs in the commission 
with respect to a member who was appointed by 
the first members of the commission under sub-
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such other 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 202(b)(1). 
(3) REPORTS ON EXPENDITURES FOR POLIT-
ICAL ACTIVITY.— 
(A) REPORT BY APPLICANTS.—Each indi-
vidual who applies for a position as an employee 
of the independent redistricting commission and 
each vendor who applies for a contract with the 
commission shall, at the time of applying, file 
with the commission a report summarizing— 
(i) any expenditure for political activ-
ity made by such individual or vendor dur-
ing the 10 most recent calendar years; and 
(ii) any income received by such indi-
vidual or vendor during the 10 most recent 
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calendar years which is attributable to an 
expenditure for political activity. 
(B) ANNUAL
REPORTS
BY
EMPLOYEES 
AND VENDORS.—Each person who is an em-
ployee or vendor of the independent redis-
tricting commission shall, not later than 1 year 
after the person is appointed as an employee or 
enters into a contract as a vendor (as the case 
may be) and annually thereafter for each year 
during which the person serves as an employee 
or a vendor, file with the commission a report 
summarizing the expenditures and income de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) during the 10 most 
recent calendar years. 
(C) EXPENDITURE FOR POLITICAL ACTIV-
ITY
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term 
‘‘expenditure for political activity’’ means a dis-
bursement for any of the following: 
(i) An independent expenditure, as de-
fined in section 301(17) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101(17)). 
(ii) An electioneering communication, 
as defined in section 304(f)(3) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)) or any other pub-
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lic communication, as defined in section 
301(22) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30101(22)) that would be an electioneering 
communication if it were a broadcast, 
cable, or satellite communication. 
(iii) Any dues or other payments to 
trade associations or organizations de-
scribed in section 501(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
tax under section 501(a) of such Code that 
are, or could reasonably be anticipated to 
be, used or transferred to another associa-
tion or organization for a use described in 
paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of section 501(c) 
of such Code. 
(4) 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 beyond the information on the per-
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son’s expenditures for political activity provided in 
the reports required under paragraph (3) (including 
donations to candidates, political committees, and 
political parties) as a condition of the appointment 
or the contract. 
(5) DISQUALIFICATION; WAIVER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The independent redis-
tricting commission may not appoint an indi-
vidual as an employee, and may not enter into 
a contract with a vendor, if the individual or 
vendor meets any of the criteria for the dis-
qualification of an individual from serving as a 
member of the commission which are set forth 
in section 202(a)(2). 
(B) WAIVER.—The commission may by 
unanimous vote of its members waive the appli-
cation of subparagraph (A) to an individual or 
a vendor after receiving and reviewing the re-
port filed by the individual or vendor under 
paragraph (3). 
(d) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The independent redis-
tricting commission of a State shall terminate on the 
earlier of— 
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(A) June 14 of the next year ending in the 
numeral zero; or 
(B) the day on which the nonpartisan 
agency established or designated by a State 
under section 204(a) has, in accordance with 
section 202(b)(1), submitted a selection pool to 
the Select Committee on Redistricting for the 
State established under section 204(b). 
(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. 202. 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: 
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(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 
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, with an attestation under 
penalty of perjury, containing the following in-
formation and assurances: 
(i) The full current name and any 
former names of, and the contact informa-
tion for, the individual, including an elec-
tronic mail address, the address of the in-
dividual’s residence, mailing address, and 
telephone numbers. 
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(ii) The individual’s race, ethnicity, 
gender, age, date of birth, and household 
income for the most recent taxable year. 
(iii) The political party with which the 
individual is affiliated, if any. 
(iv) The reason or reasons the indi-
vidual desires to serve on the independent 
redistricting commission, the individual’s 
qualifications, and information relevant to 
the ability of the individual to be fair and 
impartial, including, but not limited to— 
(I) any involvement with, or fi-
nancial support of, professional, so-
cial, political, religious, or community 
organizations or causes; or 
(II) the individual’s employment 
and educational history. 
(v) An assurance that the individual 
shall commit to carrying out the individ-
ual’s duties under this Act in an honest, 
independent, and impartial fashion, and to 
upholding public confidence in the integrity 
of the redistricting process. 
(vi) An assurance that, during the 
covered periods described in paragraph (3), 
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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): 
(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 or of any political ac-
tion committee (as determined in accordance 
with the law of the State). 
(C) The individual or (in the case of the 
covered periods described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of paragraph (3)) an immediate family 
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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 gov-
ernment of the State, or a donor to the cam-
paign of any candidate for public office or to 
any political action committee (other than a 
donor who, during any of such covered periods, 
gives an aggregate amount of $1,000 or less to 
the campaigns of all candidates for all public 
offices and to all political action committees). 
(E) The individual paid a civil money pen-
alty or criminal fine, or was sentenced to a 
term of imprisonment, for violating any provi-
sion of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.). 
(F) 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 agent of a for-
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eign principal under the Foreign Agents Reg-
istration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
611 et seq.). 
(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 10-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 10-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. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF SELECTION 
POOL.— 
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(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 204(a) shall develop and submit to the 
Select Committee on Redistricting for the State es-
tablished under section 204(b) a selection pool of 36 
individuals who are eligible to serve as members of 
the independent redistricting commission of the 
State under this Act, consisting of individuals in the 
following categories: 
(A) A majority category, consisting of 12 
individuals who are affiliated with the political 
party whose candidate received the most votes 
in the most recent statewide election for Fed-
eral office held in the State. 
(B) A minority category, consisting of 12 
individuals who are affiliated with the political 
party whose candidate received the second most 
votes in the most recent statewide election for 
Federal office held in the State. 
(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). 
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(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) ensure that the pool is representative 
of the demographic groups (including racial, 
ethnic, economic, and gender) and geographic 
regions of the State, and includes applicants 
who would allow racial, ethnic, and language 
minorities protected under the Voting Rights 
Act of 1965 a meaningful opportunity to par-
ticipate in the development of the State’s redis-
tricting plan; 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) INTERVIEWS
OF
APPLICANTS.—To assist 
the nonpartisan agency in developing the selection 
pool under this subsection, the nonpartisan agency 
shall conduct interviews of applicants under oath. If 
an individual is included in a selection pool devel-
oped under this section, all of the interviews of the 
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individual shall be transcribed and the transcriptions 
made available on the nonpartisan agency’s website 
contemporaneously with release of the report under 
paragraph (6). 
(4) 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 only 
if the nonpartisan agency is able to verify (to the 
greatest extent possible) the information the indi-
vidual provides in the application submitted under 
subsection (a)(1)(D), including by considering addi-
tional information provided by other persons with 
knowledge of the individual’s history of political ac-
tivity. 
(5) 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 
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individuals to apply for inclusion in the selection 
pool developed under this subsection. 
(6) 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 and post on the agency’s public website a report 
describing the process by which the pool was devel-
oped, 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 con-
sideration under paragraph (2). 
(7) PUBLIC COMMENT ON SELECTION POOL.— 
During the 14-day period which begins on the date 
the nonpartisan agency publishes the report under 
paragraph (6), the agency shall accept comments 
from the public on the individuals included in the se-
lection pool. The agency shall post all such com-
ments contemporaneously on the nonpartisan agen-
cy’s website and shall transmit them to the Select 
Committee on Redistricting immediately upon the 
expiration of such period. 
(8) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not earlier than 15 
days and not later than 21 days after receiving 
the selection pool from the nonpartisan agency 
under paragraph (1), the Select Committee on 
Redistricting shall, by majority vote— 
(i) approve the pool as submitted by 
the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 
pool shall be considered the approved selec-
tion pool for purposes of section 201(a)(1); 
or 
(ii) reject the pool, in which case the 
nonpartisan agency shall develop and sub-
mit a replacement selection pool in accord-
ance with subsection (c). 
(B) INACTION
DEEMED
REJECTION.—If 
the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 
approve or reject the pool within the deadline 
set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com-
mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 
for purposes of such subparagraph. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT
OF REPLACEMENT SELECTION 
POOL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Select Committee on 
Redistricting rejects the selection pool submitted by 
the nonpartisan agency under subsection (b), not 
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later than 14 days after the rejection, the non-
partisan agency shall develop and submit to the Se-
lect Committee a replacement selection pool, under 
the same terms and conditions that applied to the 
development and submission of the selection pool 
under paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b). 
The replacement pool submitted under this para-
graph may include individuals who were included in 
the rejected selection pool submitted under sub-
section (b), so long as at least one of the individuals 
in the replacement pool was not included in such re-
jected pool. 
(2) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 21 days 
after receiving the replacement selection pool 
from the nonpartisan agency under paragraph 
(1), the Select Committee on Redistricting 
shall, by majority vote— 
(i) approve the pool as submitted by 
the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 
pool shall be considered the approved selec-
tion pool for purposes of section 201(a)(1); 
or 
(ii) reject the pool, in which case the 
nonpartisan agency shall develop and sub-
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mit a second replacement selection pool in 
accordance with subsection (d). 
(B) INACTION
DEEMED
REJECTION.—If 
the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 
approve or reject the pool within the deadline 
set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com-
mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 
for purposes of such subparagraph. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT OF SECOND REPLACEMENT SE-
LECTION POOL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Select Committee on 
Redistricting rejects the replacement selection pool 
submitted by the nonpartisan agency under sub-
section (c), not later than 14 days after the rejec-
tion, the nonpartisan agency shall develop and sub-
mit to the Select Committee a second replacement 
selection pool, under the same terms and conditions 
that applied to the development and submission of 
the selection pool under paragraphs (1) through (7) 
of subsection (b). The second replacement selection 
pool submitted under this paragraph may include in-
dividuals who were included in the rejected selection 
pool submitted under subsection (b) or the rejected 
replacement selection pool submitted under sub-
section (c), so long as at least one of the individuals 
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in the replacement pool was not included in either 
such rejected pool. 
(2) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not earlier than 15 
days and not later than 14 days after receiving 
the second replacement selection pool from the 
nonpartisan agency under paragraph (1), the 
Select Committee on Redistricting shall, by ma-
jority vote— 
(i) approve the pool as submitted by 
the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 
pool shall be considered the approved selec-
tion pool for purposes of section 201(a)(1); 
or 
(ii) reject the pool. 
(B) INACTION
DEEMED
REJECTION.—If 
the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 
approve or reject the pool within the deadline 
set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com-
mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 
for purposes of such subparagraph. 
(C) EFFECT OF REJECTION.—If the Select 
Committee on Redistricting rejects the second 
replacement pool from the nonpartisan agency 
under paragraph (1), the redistricting plan for 
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the State shall be developed and enacted in ac-
cordance with title III. 
SEC. 203. PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT. 
(a) PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT.— 
(1) USE OF OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROC-
ESS.—The independent redistricting commission of a 
State shall hold each of its meetings in public, shall 
solicit and take into consideration comments from 
the public, including proposed maps, throughout the 
process of developing the redistricting plan for the 
State, and shall carry out its duties in an open and 
transparent manner which provides for the widest 
public dissemination reasonably possible of its pro-
posed and final redistricting plans. 
(2) WEBSITE.— 
(A) FEATURES.—The commission shall 
maintain a public Internet site which is not af-
filiated with or maintained by the office of any 
elected official and which includes the following 
features: 
(i) General information on the com-
mission, its role in the redistricting proc-
ess, and its members, including contact in-
formation. 
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(ii) An updated schedule of commis-
sion hearings and activities, including 
deadlines for the submission of comments. 
(iii) All draft redistricting plans devel-
oped by the commission under subsection 
(b) and the final redistricting plan devel-
oped under subsection (c), including the 
accompanying written evaluation under 
subsection (d). 
(iv) All comments received from the 
public on the commission’s activities, in-
cluding any proposed maps submitted 
under paragraph (1). 
(v) Live streaming of commission 
hearings and an archive of previous meet-
ings, including any documents considered 
at any such meeting, which the commission 
shall post not later than 24 hours after the 
conclusion of the meeting. 
(vi) Access in an easily useable format 
to the demographic and other data used by 
the commission to develop and analyze the 
proposed redistricting plans, together with 
access to any software used to draw maps 
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of proposed districts and to any reports 
analyzing and evaluating any such maps. 
(vii) A method by which members of 
the public may submit comments and pro-
posed maps directly to the commission. 
(viii) All records of the commission, 
including all communications to or from 
members, employees, and contractors re-
garding the work of the commission. 
(ix) A list of all contractors receiving 
payment from the commission, together 
with the annual disclosures submitted by 
the contractors under section 201(c)(3). 
(x) A list of the names of all individ-
uals who submitted applications to serve 
on the commission, together with the appli-
cations submitted by individuals included 
in any selection pool, except that the com-
mission may redact from such applications 
any financial or other personally sensitive 
information. 
(B) SEARCHABLE FORMAT.—The commis-
sion shall ensure that all information posted 
and maintained on the site under this para-
graph, including information and proposed 
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maps submitted by the public, shall be main-
tained in an easily searchable format. 
(C) DEADLINE.—The commission shall en-
sure that the public internet site under this 
paragraph is operational (in at least a prelimi-
nary format) not later than January 1 of the 
year ending in the numeral one. 
(3) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.—The commis-
sion shall solicit, accept, and consider comments 
from the public with respect to its duties, activities, 
and procedures at any time during the period— 
(A) which begins on January 1 of the year 
ending in the numeral one; and 
(B) which ends 7 days before the date of 
the meeting at which the commission shall vote 
on approving the final redistricting plan for en-
actment into law under subsection (c)(2). 
(4) MEETINGS AND HEARINGS IN VARIOUS GEO-
GRAPHIC LOCATIONS.—To the greatest extent prac-
ticable, the commission shall hold its meetings and 
hearings in various geographic regions and locations 
throughout the State. 
(5) MULTIPLE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
ALL NOTICES.—The commission shall make each no-
tice which is required to be posted and published 
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under this section available in any language in which 
the State (or any jurisdiction in the State) is re-
quired to provide election materials under section 
203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION OF PRELIMI-
NARY REDISTRICTING PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to developing and pub-
lishing a final redistricting plan under subsection 
(c), the independent redistricting commission of a 
State shall develop and publish a preliminary redis-
tricting plan. 
(2) MINIMUM PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OPPOR-
TUNITY FOR COMMENT PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) 3 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—Prior to de-
veloping a preliminary redistricting plan under 
this subsection, the commission shall hold not 
fewer than 3 public hearings at which members 
of the public may provide input and comments 
regarding the potential contents of redistricting 
plans for the State and the process by which 
the commission will develop the preliminary 
plan under this subsection. 
(B) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR NOTICE PRIOR 
TO HEARINGS.—Not fewer than 14 days prior 
to the date of each hearing held under this 
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paragraph, the commission shall post notices of 
the hearing in on the website maintained under 
subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the pub-
lication of such notices in newspapers of general 
circulation throughout the State. Each such no-
tice shall specify the date, time, and location of 
the hearing. 
(C) SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND MAPS BY 
MEMBERS
OF
THE
PUBLIC.—Any member of 
the public may submit maps or portions of 
maps for consideration by the commission. As 
provided under subsection (a)(2)(A), any such 
map shall be made publicly available on the 
commission’s website and open to comment. 
(3) PUBLICATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The commission shall 
post the preliminary redistricting plan devel-
oped under this subsection, together with a re-
port that includes the commission’s responses 
to any public comments received under sub-
section (a)(3), on the website maintained under 
subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the pub-
lication of each such plan in newspapers of gen-
eral circulation throughout the State. 
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(B) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR NOTICE PRIOR 
TO
PUBLICATION.—Not fewer than 14 days 
prior to the date on which the commission posts 
and publishes the preliminary plan under this 
paragraph, the commission shall notify the pub-
lic through the website maintained under sub-
section (a)(2), as well as through publication of 
notice in newspapers of general circulation 
throughout the State, of the pending publica-
tion of the plan. 
(4) MINIMUM POST-PUBLICATION PERIOD FOR 
PUBLIC
COMMENT.—The commission shall accept 
and consider comments from the public (including 
through the website maintained under subsection 
(a)(2)) with respect to the preliminary redistricting 
plan published under paragraph (3), including pro-
posed revisions to maps, for not fewer than 30 days 
after the date on which the plan is published. 
(5) POST-PUBLICATION HEARINGS.— 
(A) 3 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—After post-
ing and publishing the preliminary redistricting 
plan under paragraph (3), the commission shall 
hold not fewer than 3 public hearings in dif-
ferent geographic areas of the State at which 
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members of the public may provide input and 
comments regarding the preliminary plan. 
(B) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR NOTICE PRIOR 
TO HEARINGS.—Not fewer than 14 days prior 
to the date of each hearing held under this 
paragraph, the commission shall post notices of 
the hearing in on the website maintained under 
subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the pub-
lication of such notices in newspapers of general 
circulation throughout the State. Each such no-
tice shall specify the date, time, and location of 
the hearing. 
(6) 
PERMITTING
MULTIPLE
PRELIMINARY 
PLANS.—At the option of the commission, after de-
veloping and publishing the preliminary redistricting 
plan under this subsection, the commission may de-
velop and publish subsequent preliminary redis-
tricting plans, so long as the process for the develop-
ment and publication of each such subsequent plan 
meets the requirements set forth in this subsection 
for the development and publication of the first pre-
liminary redistricting plan. 
(c) PROCESS FOR ENACTMENT OF FINAL REDIS-
TRICTING PLAN.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—After taking into consider-
ation comments from the public on any preliminary 
redistricting plan developed and published under 
subsection (b), the independent redistricting commis-
sion of a State shall develop and publish a final re-
districting plan for the State. 
(2) MEETING; FINAL VOTE.—Not later than the 
deadline specified in subsection (e), the commission 
shall hold a public hearing at which the members of 
the commission shall vote on approving the final 
plan for enactment into law. 
(3) PUBLICATION OF PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING 
MATERIALS.—Not fewer than 14 days before the 
date of the meeting under paragraph (2), the com-
mission shall provide the following information to 
the public through the website maintained under 
subsection (a)(2), as well as through newspapers of 
general circulation throughout the State: 
(A) The final redistricting plan, including 
all relevant maps. 
(B) A report by the commission to accom-
pany the plan which provides the background 
for the plan and the commission’s reasons for 
selecting the plan as the final redistricting plan, 
including responses to the public comments re-
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ceived on any preliminary redistricting plan de-
veloped and published under subsection (b). 
(C) Any dissenting or additional views with 
respect to the plan of individual members of the 
commission. 
(4) ENACTMENT.—Subject to paragraph (5), 
the final redistricting plan developed and published 
under this subsection shall be deemed to be enacted 
into law upon the expiration of the 45-day period 
which begins on the date on which— 
(A) such final plan is approved by a major-
ity 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 
202(b)(1) approves such final plan. 
(5) REVIEW BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 
(A) REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF PLAN FOR 
REVIEW.—The final redistricting plan shall not 
be deemed to be enacted into law unless the 
State submits the plan to the Department of 
Justice for an administrative review to deter-
mine if the plan is in compliance with the cri-
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teria described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 
section 203(a)(1). 
(B) TERMINATION OF REVIEW.—The De-
partment of Justice shall terminate any admin-
istrative review under subparagraph (A) if, dur-
ing the 45-day period which begins on the date 
the plan is enacted into law, an action is filed 
in a United States district court alleging that 
the plan is not in compliance with the criteria 
described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of sec-
tion 203(a)(1). 
(d) WRITTEN EVALUATION OF PLAN AGAINST EX-
TERNAL METRICS.—The independent redistricting com-
mission shall include with each redistricting plan devel-
oped and published under this section a written evaluation 
that measures each such plan against external metrics 
which cover the criteria set forth in section 103(a), includ-
ing the impact of the plan on the ability of communities 
of color to elect candidates of choice, measures of partisan 
fairness using multiple accepted methodologies, and the 
degree to which the plan preserves or divides communities 
of interest. 
(e) TIMING.—The independent redistricting commis-
sion of a State may begin its work on the redistricting 
plan of the State upon receipt of relevant population infor-
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mation from the Bureau of the Census, and shall approve 
a final redistricting plan for the State in each year ending 
in the numeral one not later than 8 months after the date 
on which the State receives the State apportionment notice 
or October 1, whichever occurs later. 
SEC. 204. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATED ENTITIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OR DESIGNATION
OF NON-
PARTISAN AGENCY OF STATE LEGISLATURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall establish a 
nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch of the 
State government to appoint the members of the 
independent redistricting commission for the State 
in accordance with section 201. 
(2) NONPARTISANSHIP DESCRIBED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, an agency shall be consid-
ered to be nonpartisan if under law the agency— 
(A) is required to provide services on a 
nonpartisan basis; 
(B) is required to maintain impartiality; 
and 
(C) is prohibited from advocating for the 
adoption or rejection of any legislative proposal. 
(3) TRAINING
OF
MEMBERS
APPOINTED
TO 
COMMISSION.—Not later than January 15 of a year 
ending in the numeral one, the nonpartisan agency 
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established or designated under this subsection shall 
provide the members of the independent redistricting 
commission with initial training on their obligations 
as members of the commission, including obligations 
under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other ap-
plicable laws. 
(4) REGULATIONS.—The nonpartisan agency 
established or designated under this subsection shall 
adopt and publish regulations, after notice and op-
portunity for comment, establishing the procedures 
that the agency will follow in fulfilling its duties 
under this Act, including the procedures to be used 
in vetting the qualifications and political affiliation 
of applicants and in creating the selection pools, the 
randomized process to be used in selecting the initial 
members of the independent redistricting commis-
sion, and the rules that the agency will apply to en-
sure that the agency carries out its duties under this 
Act in a maximally transparent, publicly accessible, 
and impartial manner. 
(5) DESIGNATION
OF
EXISTING
AGENCY.—At 
its option, a State may designate an existing agency 
in the legislative branch of its government to appoint 
the members of the independent redistricting com-
mission plan for the State under this Act, so long 
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as the agency meets the requirements for non-
partisanship under this subsection. 
(6) TERMINATION
OF
AGENCY
SPECIFICALLY 
ESTABLISHED FOR REDISTRICTING.—If a State does 
not designate an existing agency under paragraph 
(5) but instead establishes a new agency to serve as 
the nonpartisan agency under this section, the new 
agency shall terminate upon the enactment into law 
of the redistricting plan for the State. 
(7) PRESERVATION
OF
RECORDS.—The State 
shall ensure that the records of the nonpartisan 
agency are retained in the appropriate State archive 
in such manner as may be necessary to enable the 
State to respond to any civil action brought with re-
spect to congressional redistricting in the State. 
(8) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re-
quirements of this subsection not later than each 
October 15 of a year ending in the numeral nine. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON RE-
DISTRICTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall appoint a 
Select Committee on Redistricting to approve or dis-
approve a selection pool developed by the inde-
pendent redistricting commission for the State under 
section 202. 
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(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Select Committee on 
Redistricting for a State under this subsection shall 
consist of the following members: 
(A) One member of the upper house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the greatest number of 
seats in the upper house. 
(B) One member of the upper house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the second greatest 
number of seats in the upper house. 
(C) One member of the lower house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the greatest number of 
seats in the lower house. 
(D) One member of the lower house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the second greatest 
number of seats in the lower house. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATES WITH UNICAM-
ERAL LEGISLATURE.—In the case of a State with a 
unicameral legislature, the Select Committee on Re-
districting for the State under this subsection shall 
consist of the following members: 
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(A) Two members of the State legislature 
appointed by the chair of the political party of 
the State whose candidate received the highest 
percentage of votes in the most recent statewide 
election for Federal office held in the State. 
(B) Two members of the State legislature 
appointed by the chair of the political party 
whose candidate received the second highest 
percentage of votes in the most recent statewide 
election for Federal office held in the State. 
(4) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re-
quirements of this subsection not later than each 
January 15 of a year ending in the numeral zero. 
(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed to prohibit the leader 
of any political party in a legislature from appoint-
ment to the Select Committee on Redistricting. 
SEC. 205. REPORT ON DIVERSITY OF MEMBERSHIPS OF 
INDEPENDENT 
REDISTRICTING 
COMMIS-
SIONS. 
Not later than May 15 of a year ending in the nu-
meral one, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report on the extent to which 
the memberships of independent redistricting commissions 
for States established under this title with respect to the 
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immediately preceding year ending in the numeral zero 
meet the diversity requirements as provided for in sections 
201(a)(2)(B) and 202(b)(2). 
TITLE III—ROLE OF COURTS IN 
DEVELOPMENT 
OF 
REDIS-
TRICTING PLANS 
SEC. 301. ENACTMENT OF PLAN DEVELOPED BY 3-JUDGE 
COURT. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—If any of the trig-
gering events described in subsection (f) occur with re-
spect to a State— 
(1) not later than December 15 of the year in 
which the triggering event occurs, the United States 
district court for the applicable venue, acting 
through a 3-judge Court convened pursuant to sec-
tion 2284 of title 28, United States Code, shall de-
velop and publish the congressional redistricting 
plan for the State; and 
(2) the final plan developed and published by 
the Court under this section shall be deemed to be 
enacted on the date on which the Court publishes 
the final plan, as described in subsection (d). 
(b) APPLICABLE VENUE DESCRIBED.—For purposes 
of this section, the ‘‘applicable venue’’ with respect to a 
State is the District of Columbia or the judicial district 
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in which the capital of the State is located, as selected 
by the first party to file with the court sufficient evidence 
of the occurrence of a triggering event described in sub-
section (f). 
(c) 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 independent 
redistricting commission of the State under section 
103. 
(2) ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND RECORDS OF 
COMMISSION.—The Court shall have access to any 
information, data, software, or other records and 
material that was used (or that would have been 
used, as the case may be) by the independent redis-
tricting commission of the State in carrying out its 
duties under this subtitle. 
(3) HEARING; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In de-
veloping a redistricting plan for a State, the Court 
shall— 
(A) hold one or more evidentiary hearings 
at which interested members of the public may 
appear and be heard and present testimony, in-
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cluding expert testimony, in accordance with 
the rules of the Court; and 
(B) consider other submissions and com-
ments by the public, including proposals for re-
districting plans to cover the entire State or 
any portion of the State. 
(4) USE OF SPECIAL MASTER.—To assist in the 
development and publication of a redistricting plan 
for a State under this section, the Court may ap-
point a special master to make recommendations to 
the Court on possible plans for the State. 
(d) PUBLICATION OF PLAN.— 
(1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INITIAL PLAN.— 
Upon completing the development of one or more 
initial redistricting plans, the Court shall make the 
plans available to the public at no cost, and shall 
also make available the underlying data used by the 
Court to develop the plans and a written evaluation 
of the plans against external metrics (as described in 
section 203(d)). 
(2) PUBLICATION
OF
FINAL
PLAN.—At any 
time after the expiration of the 14-day period which 
begins on the date the Court makes the plans avail-
able to the public under paragraph (1), and taking 
into consideration any submissions and comments by 
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the public which are received during such period, the 
Court shall develop and publish the final redis-
tricting plan for the State. 
(e) USE OF INTERIM PLAN.—In the event that the 
Court is not able to develop and publish a final redis-
tricting plan for the State with sufficient time for an up-
coming election to proceed, the Court may develop and 
publish an interim redistricting plan which shall serve as 
the redistricting plan for the State until the Court devel-
ops and publishes a final plan in accordance with this sec-
tion. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit 
or otherwise affect the authority or discretion of the Court 
to develop and publish the final redistricting plan, includ-
ing but not limited to the discretion to make any changes 
the Court deems necessary to an interim redistricting 
plan. 
(f) TRIGGERING EVENTS DESCRIBED.—The ‘‘trig-
gering events’’ described in this subsection are as follows: 
(1) The failure of the State to establish or des-
ignate a nonpartisan agency of the State legislature 
under section 204(a) prior to the expiration of the 
deadline set forth in section 204(a)(5). 
(2) The failure of the State to appoint a Select 
Committee on Redistricting under section 204(b) 
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prior to the expiration of the deadline set forth in 
section 204(b)(4). 
(3) The failure of the Select Committee on Re-
districting to approve any selection pool under sec-
tion 202 prior to the expiration of the deadline set 
forth for the approval of the second replacement se-
lection pool in section 202(d)(2). 
(4) The failure of the independent redistricting 
commission of the State to approve a final redis-
tricting plan for the State prior to the expiration of 
the deadline set forth in section 203(e). 
SEC. 302. SPECIAL RULE FOR REDISTRICTING CONDUCTED 
UNDER ORDER OF FEDERAL COURT. 
If a Federal court requires a State to conduct redis-
tricting subsequent to an apportionment of Representa-
tives in the State in order to comply with the Constitution 
or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965, section 203 
shall apply with respect to the redistricting, except that 
the court may revise any of the deadlines set forth in such 
section if the court determines that a revision is appro-
priate in order to provide for a timely enactment of a new 
redistricting plan for the State. 
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TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATIVE AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CARRYING OUT RE-
DISTRICTING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENTS.—Subject to sub-
section (d), not later than 30 days after a State receives 
a State apportionment notice, the Election Assistance 
Commission shall, subject to the availability of appropria-
tions provided pursuant to subsection (e), make a payment 
to the State in an amount equal to the product of— 
(1) the number of Representatives to which the 
State is entitled, as provided under the notice; and 
(2) $150,000. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A State shall use the payment 
made under this section to establish and operate the 
State’s independent redistricting commission, to imple-
ment the State redistricting plan, and to otherwise carry 
out congressional redistricting in the State. 
(c) NO PAYMENT TO STATES WITH SINGLE MEM-
BER.—The Election Assistance Commission shall not 
make a payment under this section to any State which 
is not entitled to more than one Representative under its 
State apportionment notice. 
(d) REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF SELECTION POOL AS 
CONDITION OF PAYMENT.— 
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(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the Election As-
sistance Commission may not make a payment to a 
State under this section until the State certifies to 
the Commission that the nonpartisan agency estab-
lished or designated by a State under section 204(a) 
has, in accordance with section 202(b)(1), submitted 
a selection pool to the Select Committee on Redis-
tricting for the State established under section 
204(b). 
(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
STATES
WITH
EXISTING 
COMMISSIONS.—In the case of a State which, pursu-
ant to section 101(c), is exempt from the require-
ments of section 101(a), the Commission may not 
make a payment to the State under this section until 
the State certifies to the Commission that its redis-
tricting commission meets the requirements of sec-
tion 101(c). 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR STATE OF IOWA.—In the 
case of the State of Iowa, the Commission may not 
make a payment to the State under this section until 
the State certifies to the Commission that it will 
carry out congressional redistricting pursuant to the 
State’s apportionment notice in accordance with a 
plan developed by the Iowa Legislative Services 
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Agency with the assistance of a Temporary Redis-
tricting Advisory Commission, as provided under the 
law described in section 101(d). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for payments under this section. 
SEC. 402. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) ACTIONS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The At-
torney General may bring a civil action in an appro-
priate district court for such relief as may be appro-
priate to carry out this subtitle. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF PRIVATE RIGHT OF AC-
TION.—Any citizen of a State who is aggrieved by 
the failure of the State to meet the requirements of 
this Act may bring a civil action in the United 
States district court for the applicable venue for 
such relief as may be appropriate to remedy the fail-
ure. For purposes of this section, the ‘‘applicable 
venue’’ is the District of Columbia or the judicial 
district in which the capital of the State is located, 
as selected by the person who brings the civil action. 
(b) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—In any action 
brought forth under this section, the following rules shall 
apply: 
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(1) The action shall be filed in the district court 
of the United States for the District of Columbia or 
for the judicial district in which the capital of the 
State is located, as selected by the person bringing 
the action. 
(2) The action shall be heard by a 3-judge 
court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
(3) The 3-judge court shall consolidate actions 
brought for relief under subsection (b)(1) with re-
spect to the same State redistricting plan. 
(4) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and the Secretary of the Senate. 
(5) A final decision in the action shall be re-
viewable 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. 
(6) It shall be the duty of the district court and 
the Supreme Court of the United States to advance 
on the docket and to expedite to the greatest pos-
sible extent the disposition of the action and appeal. 
(c) REMEDIES.— 
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(1) ADOPTION OF REPLACEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the district court in 
an action under this section finds that the con-
gressional redistricting plan of a State violates, 
in whole or in part, the requirements of this 
Act— 
(i) the Court shall adopt a replace-
ment congressional redistricting plan for 
the State in accordance with the process 
set forth in section 301; or 
(ii) if circumstances warrant and no 
delay to an upcoming regularly scheduled 
election for the House of Representatives 
in the State would result, the district court 
may allow a State to develop and propose 
a remedial congressional redistricting plan 
for consideration by the court, and such 
remedial plan may be developed by the 
State 
by 
adopting 
such 
appropriate 
changes to the State’s enacted plan as may 
be ordered by the court. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE IN CASE FINAL ADJU-
DICATION NOT EXPECTED WITHIN 3 MONTHS 
OF ELECTION.—If final adjudication of an ac-
tion under this section is not reasonably ex-
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pected to be completed at least three months 
prior to the next regularly scheduled election 
for the House of Representatives in the State, 
the district court shall, as the balance of equi-
ties warrant— 
(i) order development, adoption, and 
use of an interim congressional redis-
tricting plan in accordance with section 
301(e) to address any claims under this 
title for which a party seeking relief has 
demonstrated a substantial likelihood of 
success; or 
(ii) order adjustments to the timing of 
primary elections for the House of Rep-
resentatives, as needed, to allow sufficient 
opportunity for adjudication of the matter 
and adoption of a remedial or replacement 
plan for use in the next regularly sched-
uled general elections for the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) NO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF PERMITTED.—Any 
remedial or replacement congressional redistricting 
plan ordered under this subsection shall not be sub-
ject to temporary or preliminary injunctive relief 
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from any court unless the record establishes that a 
writ of mandamus is warranted. 
(3) NO
STAY
PENDING
APPEAL.—Notwith-
standing the appeal of an order finding that a con-
gressional redistricting plan of a State violates, in 
whole or in part, the requirements of this Act, no 
stay shall issue which shall bar the development or 
adoption of a replacement or remedial plan under 
this subsection, as may be directed by the district 
court, pending such appeal. 
(d) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—In a civil action under this 
section, the court may allow the prevailing party (other 
than the United States) reasonable attorney fees, includ-
ing litigation expenses, and costs. 
(e) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) RIGHTS
AND
REMEDIES
ADDITIONAL
TO 
OTHER
RIGHTS
AND
REMEDIES.—The rights and 
remedies established by this section are in addition 
to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and 
neither the rights and remedies established by this 
section nor any other provision of this Act shall su-
persede, restrict, or limit the application of the Vot-
ing Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.). 
(2) VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.—Nothing in 
this Act authorizes or requires conduct that is pro-
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hibited by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
10301 et seq.). 
(f) LEGISLATIVE PRIVILEGE.—No person, legisla-
ture, or State may claim legislative privilege under either 
State or Federal law in a civil action brought under this 
section or in any other legal challenge, under either State 
or Federal law, to a redistricting plan enacted under this 
subtitle. 
SEC. 403. STATE APPORTIONMENT NOTICE DEFINED. 
In this Act, the ‘‘State apportionment notice’’ means, 
with respect to a State, the notice sent to the State from 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 
22(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fif-
teenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide 
for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress’’, ap-
proved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), of the number of 
Representatives to which the State is entitled. 
SEC. 404. NO EFFECT ON ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND 
LOCAL OFFICE. 
Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by 
this Act may be construed to affect the manner in which 
a State carries out elections for State or local office, in-
cluding the process by which a State establishes the dis-
tricts used in such elections. 
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SEC. 405. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
apply with respect to redistricting carried out pursuant to 
the decennial census conducted during 2030 or any suc-
ceeding decennial census. 
TITLE V—REQUIREMENTS FOR 
REDISTRICTING 
CARRIED 
OUT PURSUANT TO 2020 CEN-
SUS 
Subtitle A—Application of Certain 
Requirements for Redistricting 
Carried Out Pursuant to 2020 
Census 
SEC. 501. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR 
REDISTRICTING CARRIED OUT PURSUANT TO 
2020 CENSUS. 
Notwithstanding section 405, titles I, III, and IV of 
this Act and the amendments made by such titles shall 
apply with respect to congressional redistricting carried 
out pursuant to the decennial census conducted during 
2020 in the same manner as such titles and the amend-
ments made by such titles apply with respect to redis-
tricting carried out pursuant to the decennial census con-
ducted during 2030, except as follows: 
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) and 
subsection (d) of section 101, the redistricting shall 
be conducted in accordance with— 
(A) the redistricting plan developed and 
enacted into law by the independent redis-
tricting commission established in the State in 
accordance with subtitle B; or 
(B) 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 in accordance with section 301. 
(2) If any of the triggering events described in 
section 502 occur with respect to the State, the 
United States district court for the applicable venue 
shall develop and publish the redistricting plan for 
the State, in accordance with section 301, not later 
than December 15, 2024. 
(3) For purposes of section 401(d)(1), the Elec-
tion Assistance Commission may not make a pay-
ment to a State under such section until the State 
certifies to the Commission that the nonpartisan 
agency established or designated by a State under 
section 514(a) has, in accordance with section 
512(b)(1), submitted a selection pool to the Select 
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Committee on Redistricting for the State established 
under section 514(b). 
SEC. 502. TRIGGERING EVENTS. 
For purposes of the redistricting carried out pursuant 
to the decennial census conducted during 2020, the trig-
gering events described in this section are as follows: 
(1) The failure of the State to establish or des-
ignate a nonpartisan agency under section 514(a) 
prior to the expiration of the deadline under section 
514(a)(6). 
(2) The failure of the State to appoint a Select 
Committee on Redistricting under section 514(b) 
prior to the expiration of the deadline under section 
514(b)(4). 
(3) The failure of the Select Committee on Re-
districting to approve a selection pool under section 
512(b) prior to the expiration of the deadline under 
section 512(b)(7). 
(4) The failure of the independent redistricting 
commission of the State to approve a final redis-
tricting plan for the State under section 513 prior 
to the expiration of the deadline under section 
513(e). 
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Subtitle 
B—Independent 
Redis-
tricting Commissions for Redis-
tricting Carried Out Pursuant 
to 2020 Census 
SEC. 511. USE OF INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMIS-
SIONS FOR REDISTRICTING CARRIED OUT 
PURSUANT TO 2020 CENSUS. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The nonpartisan agency es-
tablished or designated by a State under section 
514(a) shall establish an independent redistricting 
commission under this title for the State, which shall 
consist of 15 members appointed by the agency as 
follows: 
(A) Not later than August 5, 2024, the 
agency shall, at a public meeting held not ear-
lier than 15 days after notice of the meeting 
has been given to the public, first appoint 6 
members as follows: 
(i) The agency shall appoint 2 mem-
bers on a random basis from the majority 
category of the approved selection pool (as 
described in section 512(b)(1)(A)). 
(ii) The agency shall appoint 2 mem-
bers on a random basis from the minority 
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category of the approved selection pool (as 
described in section 512(b)(1)(B)). 
(iii) The agency shall appoint 2 mem-
bers on a random basis from the inde-
pendent category of the approved selection 
pool (as described in section 512(b)(1)(C)). 
(B) Not later than August 15, 2024, the 
members appointed by the agency under sub-
paragraph (A) shall, at a public meeting held 
not earlier than 15 days after notice of the 
meeting has been given to the public, then ap-
point 9 members as follows: 
(i) The members shall appoint 3 mem-
bers from the majority category of the ap-
proved selection pool (as described in sec-
tion 512(b)(1)(A)). 
(ii) The members shall appoint 3 
members from the minority category of the 
approved selection pool (as described in 
section 512(b)(1)(B)). 
(iii) The members shall appoint 3 
members from the independent category of 
the approved selection pool (as described in 
section 512(b)(1)(C)). 
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(2) RULES
FOR
APPOINTMENT
OF
MEMBERS 
APPOINTED BY FIRST MEMBERS.— 
(A) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST 4 
MEMBERS.—The appointment of any of the 9 
members of the independent redistricting com-
mission who are appointed by the first members 
of the commission pursuant to subparagraph 
(B) of paragraph (1) shall require the affirma-
tive vote of at least 4 of the members appointed 
by the nonpartisan agency under subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (1), including at least one 
member from each of the categories referred to 
in such subparagraph. 
(B) ENSURING DIVERSITY.—In appointing 
the 9 members pursuant to subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (1), the first members of the inde-
pendent redistricting commission shall ensure 
that the membership is representative of the de-
mographic groups (including racial, ethnic, eco-
nomic, and gender) and geographic regions of 
the State, and provides racial, ethnic, and lan-
guage minorities protected under the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 with a meaningful oppor-
tunity to participate in the development of the 
State’s redistricting plan. 
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(3) REMOVAL.—A member of the independent 
redistricting commission may be removed by a ma-
jority vote of the remaining members of the commis-
sion if it is shown by a preponderance of the evi-
dence that the member is not eligible to serve on the 
commission under section 512(a). 
(b) PROCEDURES
FOR CONDUCTING COMMISSION 
BUSINESS.— 
(1) REQUIRING MAJORITY APPROVAL FOR AC-
TIONS.—The independent redistricting commission 
of a State under this title may not publish and dis-
seminate 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 
512(b)(1). 
(2) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the commission shall constitute a quorum. 
(c) STAFF; CONTRACTORS.— 
(1) STAFF.—Under a public application process 
in which all application materials are available for 
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public inspection, the independent redistricting com-
mission of a State under this title shall appoint and 
set the pay of technical experts, legal counsel, con-
sultants, and such other staff as it considers appro-
priate, 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 512(b)(1). 
(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. 
(d) PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.—The State shall 
ensure that the records of the independent redistricting 
commission are retained in the appropriate State archive 
in such manner as may be necessary to enable the State 
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to respond to any civil action brought with respect to con-
gressional redistricting in the State. 
SEC. 512. 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 under this title if the individual meets 
each of the following 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 
State under section 514, 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, with an attestation under 
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penalty of perjury, containing the following in-
formation and assurances: 
(i) The full current name and any 
former names of, and the contact informa-
tion for, the individual, including an elec-
tronic mail address, the address of the in-
dividual’s residence, mailing address, and 
telephone numbers. 
(ii) The individual’s race, ethnicity, 
gender, age, date of birth, and household 
income for the most recent taxable year. 
(iii) The political party with which the 
individual is affiliated, if any. 
(iv) The reason or reasons the indi-
vidual desires to serve on the independent 
redistricting commission, the individual’s 
qualifications, and information relevant to 
the ability of the individual to be fair and 
impartial, including, but not limited to— 
(I) any involvement with, or fi-
nancial support of, professional, so-
cial, political, religious, or community 
organizations or causes; or 
(II) the individual’s employment 
and educational history. 
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(v) An assurance that the individual 
shall commit to carrying out the individ-
ual’s duties under this Act in an honest, 
independent, and impartial fashion, and to 
upholding public confidence in the integrity 
of the redistricting process. 
(vi) An assurance that, during such 
covered period as the State may establish 
with respect to any of the subparagraphs 
of paragraph (2), the individual has not 
taken and will not take any action which 
would disqualify the individual from serv-
ing as a member of the commission under 
such paragraph. 
(2) DISQUALIFICATIONS.—An individual is not 
eligible to serve as a member of the commission if 
any of the following applies with respect to such cov-
ered period as the State may establish: 
(A) The individual or an immediate family 
member of the individual holds public office or 
is a candidate for election for public office. 
(B) The individual or 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 
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candidate for public office or of any political ac-
tion committee (as determined in accordance 
with the law of the State). 
(C) The individual or 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 an immediate family 
member of the individual is an employee of an 
elected public official, a contractor with the gov-
ernment of the State, or a donor to the cam-
paign of any candidate for public office or to 
any political action committee (other than a 
donor who, during any of such covered periods, 
gives an aggregate amount of $1,000 or less to 
the campaigns of all candidates for all public 
offices and to all political action committees). 
(E) The individual paid a civil money pen-
alty or criminal fine, or was sentenced to a 
term of imprisonment, for violating any provi-
sion of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.). 
(F) The individual or an immediate family 
member of the individual is an agent of a for-
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eign principal under the Foreign Agents Reg-
istration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
611 et seq.). 
(3) 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. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF SELECTION 
POOL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than July 15, 
2024, the nonpartisan agency established or des-
ignated by a State under section 514(a) shall de-
velop and submit to the Select Committee on Redis-
tricting for the State established under section 
514(b) a selection pool of 36 individuals who are eli-
gible to serve as members of the independent redis-
tricting 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 whose candidate received the most votes 
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in the most recent Statewide election for Fed-
eral office held in the State. 
(B) A minority category, consisting of 12 
individuals who are affiliated with the political 
party whose candidate received the second most 
votes in the most recent Statewide election for 
Federal office held in the State. 
(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) ensure that the pool is representative 
of the demographic groups (including racial, 
ethnic, economic, and gender) and geographic 
regions of the State, and includes applicants 
who would allow racial, ethnic, and language 
minorities protected under the Voting Rights 
Act of 1965 a meaningful opportunity to par-
ticipate in the development of the State’s redis-
tricting plan; and 
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(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 only 
if the nonpartisan agency is able to verify (to the 
greatest extent possible) the information the indi-
vidual provides in the application submitted under 
subsection (a)(1)(C), including by considering addi-
tional information provided by other persons with 
knowledge of the individual’s history of political ac-
tivity. 
(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 
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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) PUBLIC COMMENT ON SELECTION POOL.— 
During the 14-day period which begins on the date 
the nonpartisan agency publishes the report under 
paragraph (5), the agency shall accept comments 
from the public on the individuals included in the se-
lection pool. The agency shall transmit all such com-
ments to the Select Committee on Redistricting im-
mediately upon the expiration of such period. 
(7) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than August 
1, 2024, the Select Committee on Redistricting 
shall— 
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(i) approve the pool as submitted by 
the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 
pool shall be considered the approved selec-
tion pool for purposes of section 511(a)(1); 
or 
(ii) reject the pool, in which case the 
redistricting plan for the State shall be de-
veloped and enacted in accordance with 
title III. 
(B) INACTION
DEEMED
REJECTION.—If 
the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 
approve or reject the pool within the deadline 
set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com-
mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 
for purposes of such subparagraph. 
SEC. 513. CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING PLAN; PUBLIC NO-
TICE AND INPUT. 
(a) PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT.— 
(1) USE OF OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROC-
ESS.—The independent redistricting commission of a 
State under this title shall hold each of its meetings 
in public, shall solicit and take into consideration 
comments from the public, including proposed maps, 
throughout the process of developing the redis-
tricting plan for the State, and shall carry out its 
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duties in an open and transparent manner which 
provides for the widest public dissemination reason-
ably possible of its proposed and final redistricting 
plans. 
(2) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.—The commis-
sion shall solicit, accept, and consider comments 
from the public with respect to its duties, activities, 
and procedures at any time until 7 days before the 
date of the meeting at which the commission shall 
vote on approving the final redistricting plan for en-
actment into law under subsection (c)(2). 
(3) MEETINGS AND HEARINGS IN VARIOUS GEO-
GRAPHIC LOCATIONS.—To the greatest extent prac-
ticable, the commission shall hold its meetings and 
hearings in various geographic regions and locations 
throughout the State. 
(4) MULTIPLE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
ALL NOTICES.—The commission shall make each no-
tice which is required to be published under this sec-
tion available in any language in which the State (or 
any jurisdiction in the State) is required to provide 
election materials under section 203 of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION OF PRELIMI-
NARY REDISTRICTING PLAN.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to developing and pub-
lishing a final redistricting plan under subsection 
(c), the independent redistricting commission of a 
State under this title shall develop and publish a 
preliminary redistricting plan. 
(2) MINIMUM PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OPPOR-
TUNITY FOR COMMENT PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) 2 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—Prior to de-
veloping a preliminary redistricting plan under 
this subsection, the commission shall hold not 
fewer than 2 public hearings at which members 
of the public may provide input and comments 
regarding the potential contents of redistricting 
plans for the State and the process by which 
the commission will develop the preliminary 
plan under this subsection. 
(B) NOTICE
PRIOR
TO
HEARINGS.—The 
commission shall provide for the publication of 
notices of each hearing held under this para-
graph, including in newspapers of general cir-
culation throughout the State. Each such notice 
shall specify the date, time, and location of the 
hearing. 
(C) SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND MAPS BY 
MEMBERS
OF
THE
PUBLIC.—Any member of 
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the public may submit maps or portions of 
maps for consideration by the commission. 
(3) PUBLICATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAN.—The 
commission shall provide for the publication of the 
preliminary redistricting plan developed under this 
subsection, including in newspapers of general cir-
culation throughout the State, and shall make pub-
licly available a report that includes the commis-
sion’s responses to any public comments received 
under this subsection. 
(4) PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER PUBLICATION.— 
The commission shall accept and consider comments 
from the public with respect to the preliminary re-
districting plan published under paragraph (3), in-
cluding proposed revisions to maps, until 14 days 
before the date of the meeting under subsection 
(c)(2) at which the members of the commission shall 
vote on approving the final redistricting plan for en-
actment into law. 
(5) POST-PUBLICATION HEARINGS.— 
(A) 2 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—After pub-
lishing the preliminary redistricting plan under 
paragraph (3), and not later than 14 days be-
fore the date of the meeting under subsection 
(c)(2) at which the members of the commission 
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shall vote on approving the final redistricting 
plan for enactment into law, the commission 
shall hold not fewer than 2 public hearings in 
different geographic areas of the State at which 
members of the public may provide input and 
comments regarding the preliminary plan. 
(B) NOTICE
PRIOR
TO
HEARINGS.—The 
commission shall provide for the publication of 
notices of each hearing held under this para-
graph, including in newspapers of general cir-
culation throughout the State. Each such notice 
shall specify the date, time, and location of the 
hearing. 
(6) 
PERMITTING
MULTIPLE
PRELIMINARY 
PLANS.—At the option of the commission, after de-
veloping and publishing the preliminary redistricting 
plan under this subsection, the commission may de-
velop and publish subsequent preliminary redis-
tricting plans, so long as the process for the develop-
ment and publication of each such subsequent plan 
meets the requirements set forth in this subsection 
for the development and publication of the first pre-
liminary redistricting plan. 
(c) PROCESS FOR ENACTMENT OF FINAL REDIS-
TRICTING PLAN.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—After taking into consider-
ation comments from the public on any preliminary 
redistricting plan developed and published under 
subsection (b), the independent redistricting commis-
sion of a State under this title shall develop and 
publish a final redistricting plan for the State. 
(2) MEETING; FINAL VOTE.—Not later than the 
deadline specified in subsection (e), the commission 
shall hold a public hearing at which the members of 
the commission shall vote on approving the final 
plan for enactment into law. 
(3) PUBLICATION OF PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING 
MATERIALS.—Not fewer than 14 days before the 
date of the meeting under paragraph (2), the com-
mission shall make the following information to the 
public, including through newspapers of general cir-
culation throughout the State: 
(A) The final redistricting plan, including 
all relevant maps. 
(B) A report by the commission to accom-
pany the plan which provides the background 
for the plan and the commission’s reasons for 
selecting the plan as the final redistricting plan, 
including responses to the public comments re-
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ceived on any preliminary redistricting plan de-
veloped and published under subsection (b). 
(C) Any dissenting or additional views with 
respect to the plan of individual members of the 
commission. 
(4) ENACTMENT.—The final redistricting plan 
developed and published under this subsection shall 
be deemed to be enacted into law upon the expira-
tion of the 45-day period which begins on the date 
on which— 
(A) such final plan is approved by a major-
ity 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 
512(b)(1) approves such final plan. 
(d) WRITTEN EVALUATION OF PLAN AGAINST EX-
TERNAL METRICS.—The independent redistricting com-
mission of a State under this title shall include with each 
redistricting plan developed and published under this sec-
tion a written evaluation that measures each such plan 
against external metrics which cover the criteria set forth 
section 103(a), including the impact of the plan on the 
ability of communities of color to elect candidates of 
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choice, measures of partisan fairness using multiple ac-
cepted methodologies, and the degree to which the plan 
preserves or divides communities of interest. 
(e) DEADLINE.—The independent redistricting com-
mission of a State under this title shall approve a final 
redistricting plan for the State not later than November 
15, 2024. 
SEC. 514. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATED ENTITIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OR DESIGNATION
OF NON-
PARTISAN AGENCY OF STATE LEGISLATURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall establish a 
nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch of the 
State government to appoint the members of the 
independent redistricting commission for the State 
under this title in accordance with section 511. 
(2) NONPARTISANSHIP DESCRIBED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, an agency shall be consid-
ered to be nonpartisan if under law the agency— 
(A) is required to provide services on a 
nonpartisan basis; 
(B) is required to maintain impartiality; 
and 
(C) is prohibited from advocating for the 
adoption or rejection of any legislative proposal. 
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(3) DESIGNATION
OF
EXISTING
AGENCY.—At 
its option, a State may designate an existing agency 
in the legislative branch of its government to appoint 
the members of the independent redistricting com-
mission plan for the State under this Act, so long 
as the agency meets the requirements for non-
partisanship under this subsection. 
(4) TERMINATION
OF
AGENCY
SPECIFICALLY 
ESTABLISHED FOR REDISTRICTING.—If a State does 
not designate an existing agency under paragraph 
(3) but instead establishes a new agency to serve as 
the nonpartisan agency under this section, the new 
agency shall terminate upon the enactment into law 
of the redistricting plan for the State. 
(5) PRESERVATION
OF
RECORDS.—The State 
shall ensure that the records of the nonpartisan 
agency are retained in the appropriate State archive 
in such manner as may be necessary to enable the 
State to respond to any civil action brought with re-
spect to congressional redistricting in the State. 
(6) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re-
quirements of this subsection not later than June 1, 
2024. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON RE-
DISTRICTING.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall appoint a 
Select Committee on Redistricting to approve or dis-
approve a selection pool developed by the inde-
pendent redistricting commission for the State under 
this title under section 512. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Select Committee on 
Redistricting for a State under this subsection shall 
consist of the following members: 
(A) One member of the upper house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the greatest number of 
seats in the upper house. 
(B) One member of the upper house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the second greatest 
number of seats in the upper house. 
(C) One member of the lower house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the greatest number of 
seats in the lower house. 
(D) One member of the lower house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the second greatest 
number of seats in the lower house. 
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SEC. 515. REPORT ON DIVERSITY OF MEMBERSHIPS OF 
INDEPENDENT 
REDISTRICTING 
COMMIS-
SIONS. 
Not later than November 15, 2024, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to Congress a 
report on the extent to which the memberships of inde-
pendent redistricting commissions for States established 
under this title with respect to the immediately preceding 
year ending in the numeral zero meet the diversity require-
ments as provided for in sections 511(a)(2)(B) and 
512(b)(2). 
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