(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 22(c) of the 
Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and sub-
sequent decennial censuses and to provide for an appor-
tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved June 
18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(c)), is amended by striking ‘‘in the 
manner provided by the law thereof’’ and inserting: ‘‘in 
the manner provided by the National Commission for 
Independent Redistricting Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 202. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION 
BILL BY CONGRESS. 
(a) INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSION BILL.—Upon re-
ceipt by Congress, the Commission bill shall be introduced 
within 30 days in the Senate and in the House of Rep-
resentatives by the majority leader of each House of Con-
gress, for himself, the minority leader of each House of 
Congress, for himself, or any member of the House des-
ignated by the majority leader or minority leader. If the 
Commission bill is not introduced in accordance with the 
preceding sentence in either House of Congress, then any 
Member of that House may introduce the Commission bill 
on any day thereafter. Upon introduction, the Commission 
bill shall be referred to the appropriate committees under 
subsection (b). 
(b) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A Commission 
bill introduced in either House of Congress shall be jointly 
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referred to the committee or committees of jurisdiction, 
which shall report the bill without any revision and with 
a favorable recommendation, an unfavorable recommenda-
tion, or without recommendation, not later than 7 cal-
endar days after the date of introduction of the bill in that 
House, or the first day thereafter on which that House 
is in session. If any committee fails to report the bill with-
in that period, that committee shall be automatically dis-
charged from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall 
be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(c) FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(1) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—It shall 
be in order, not later than 2 days of session after 
the date on which a Commission bill is reported or 
discharged from all committees to which it was re-
ferred, for the majority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the majority leader’s designee, to 
move to proceed to the consideration of the Commis-
sion bill. It shall also be in order for any Member 
of the House of Representatives to move to proceed 
to the consideration of the Commission bill at any 
time after the conclusion of such 2-day period. All 
points of order against the motion are waived. Such 
a motion shall not be in order after the House has 
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disposed of a motion to proceed on the Commission 
bill. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the motion to its adoption without inter-
vening motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A 
motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is disposed of shall not be in order. 
(2) CONSIDERATION.—The Commission bill 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the Commission bill and against its consider-
ation are waived. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the Commission bill to its pas-
sage without intervening motion except 2 hours of 
debate equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent, and any motion to limit de-
bate. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 
the Commission bill shall not be in order. 
(3) APPEALS.—Appeals from decisions of the 
chair relating to the application of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives to the procedure relating 
to a Commission bill shall be decided without debate. 
(4) APPLICATION OF HOUSE RULES.—Except to 
the extent specifically provided in paragraph (1), 
consideration of a Commission bill shall be governed 
by the Rules of the House of Representatives. It 
shall not be in order in the House of Representatives 
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to consider any Commission bill introduced pursuant 
to the provisions of this subsection under a suspen-
sion of the rules pursuant to Clause 1 of House Rule 
XV, or under a special rule reported by the Com-
mittee on Rules. 
(5) NO AMENDMENTS.—No amendment to the 
Commission bill shall be in order in the House of 
Representatives. 
(6) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—Immediately following 
the conclusion of consideration of the Commission 
bill, the vote on passage of the Commission bill shall 
occur without any intervening action or motion. If 
the Commission bill is passed, the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives shall cause the bill to be 
transmitted to the Senate before the close of the 
next day of session of the House. 
(d) FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, 
not later than 2 days of session after the date on 
which a Commission bill is reported or discharged 
from all committees to which it was referred, for the 
majority leader of the Senate or the majority lead-
er’s designee to move to proceed to the consideration 
of the Commission bill. It shall also be in order for 
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any Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the 
consideration of the Commission bill at any time 
after the conclusion of such 2-day period. A motion 
to proceed is in order even though a previous motion 
to the same effect has been disagreed to. All points 
of order against the motion to proceed to the Com-
mission bill are waived. The motion to proceed is not 
debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion to 
postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be 
in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the Commission bill is agreed to, the Commission 
bill shall remain the unfinished business until dis-
posed of. 
(2) DEBATE.—All points of order against the 
Commission bill and against consideration of the 
Commission bill are waived. Consideration of the 
Commission bill and of all debatable motions and 
appeals in connection therewith shall not exceed a 
total of 100 hours. Debate shall be divided equally 
between the majority and minority leaders or their 
designees. A motion further to limit debate on the 
Commission bill is in order and is not debatable. 
Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for not 
to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally between those 
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favoring and those opposing the motion or appeal. 
All time used for consideration of the Commission 
bill, including time used for quorum calls and voting, 
shall be counted against the total 100 hours of con-
sideration. 
(3) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to the 
Commission bill, or a motion to postpone, or a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness, or a motion to recommit the Commission bill, 
is not in order. 
(4) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 
shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 
the debate on a Commission bill, and a single 
quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if re-
quested. 
(5) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 
case may be, to the procedure relating to a Commis-
sion bill shall be decided without debate. 
(e) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
(1) REFERRAL.—If, before the passage by one 
House of a Commission bill of that House, that 
House receives from the other House a Commission 
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bill, then the Commission bill of the other House 
shall not be referred to a committee and shall imme-
diately be placed on the calendar. 
(2) PROCEDURE.—If the Senate receives the 
Commission bill passed by the House of Representa-
tives before the Senate has voted on passage of the 
Commission bill— 
(A) the procedure in the Senate shall be 
the same as if no Commission bill had been re-
ceived from the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the vote on passage in the Senate shall 
be on the Commission bill of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
COMMISSION
BILL
OF 
OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce or 
consider a Commission bill under this section, the 
Commission bill of the other House shall be entitled 
to expedited floor procedures under this section. 
(4) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN 
THE SENATE.—If following passage of the Commis-
sion bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives the 
Commission bill from the House of Representatives, 
the House-passed Commission bill shall not be de-
batable. The vote on passage of the Commission bill 
in the Senate shall be considered to be the vote on 
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passage of the Commission bill received from the 
House of Representatives. 
(5) VETOES.—If the President vetoes the Com-
mission bill, debate on a veto message in the Senate 
under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided be-
tween the majority and minority leaders or their des-
ignees. 
(f) SUSPENSION.—No motion to suspend the applica-
tion of this section shall be in order in the Senate or in 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 203. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING 
AFTER AN APPORTIONMENT. 
(a) LIMIT.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the relief 
of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for con-
gressional redistricting’’, approved December 14, 1967 (2 
U.S.C. 2c), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘A State which has been redistricted in the manner pro-
vided by law after an apportionment under section 22(a) 
of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth 
and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an 
apportionment of Representatives in Congress,’ approved 
June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted 
again until after the next apportionment of Representa-
tives under such section, unless a court requires the State 
to conduct such subsequent redistricting to comply with 
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the Constitution or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 204. NO EFFECT ON REDISTRICTING FOR STATE OR 
LOCAL ELECTIONS. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act may be construed to affect any procedures a State 
or a unit of local government in a State may use to con-
duct redistricting with respect to elections for State or 
local offices. 
TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 203, this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
any Congressional redistricting which occurs after the reg-
ular decennial census conducted during 2020. 
Æ 
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