IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1573 
Establishing the Select Committee on Electoral Reform. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2024 
Ms. PEREZ (for herself and Mr. GOLDEN of Maine) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing the Select Committee on Electoral Reform. 
Whereas approval of Congress is unacceptably low, and this 
disapproval is in part caused by the structure of Con-
gress and how it is elected; 
Whereas Americans are increasingly turning to electoral re-
form to improve their experience of politics and elections, 
including by adopting proportional representation, ranked 
choice voting, open primaries, and various redistricting 
reform measures; 
Whereas article I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
States gives Congress the power to enact laws governing 
the time, place, and manner of elections for Senators and 
Members of the House of Representatives; 
Whereas the law commonly known as the Uniform Congres-
sional District Act, passed in 1967, requires every State 
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to elect its delegation to the House of Representatives ex-
clusively from single-member districts; and 
Whereas the law commonly known as the Permanent Appor-
tionment Act of 1929 established that the House of Rep-
resentatives would permanently have 435 representatives, 
a departure from the earlier practice of adding members 
after each census to reflect the Nation’s growing popu-
lation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is hereby established the Select Committee on 
Electoral Reform (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Select 
Committee’’). 
SEC. 2. COMPOSITION. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Speaker shall 
appoint 14 Members to the Select Committee, 7 of whom 
shall be appointed after consultation with the minority 
leader. 
(b) DESIGNATION
OF CO-CHAIRS.—The Speaker 
shall designate one Member to serve as co-chair of the Se-
lect Committee. The minority leader shall designate one 
member to serve as co-chair of the Select Committee. 
(c) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Select Com-
mittee shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
appointment. 
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SEC. 3. DUTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The duties of the Select Com-
mittee are the following: 
(1) To examine the current methods by which 
citizens of the United States elect Members of Con-
gress. 
(2) To examine alternatives to these methods to 
determine how such alternatives would affect the re-
sponsiveness, accountability, and functionality of 
Congress, including— 
(A) adopting multi-member congressional 
districts with proportional representation; 
(B) adjusting the number of Members of 
the House of Representatives; 
(C) adopting alternative methods of voting, 
such as ranked-choice voting and cumulative 
voting, as well as changes to ballot design such 
as fusion voting, in which parties may nominate 
candidates also nominated by another party; 
(D) holding open and nonpartisan pri-
maries; and 
(E) establishing independent congressional 
redistricting commissions. 
(3) To conduct hearings to take testimony and 
receive evidence from witnesses selected for their rel-
evant expertise, including— 
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(A) political scientists; 
(B) current and former Members of Con-
gress; 
(C) officials from States and local govern-
ments that have previously adopted one or more 
of the alternative methods to be examined by 
the Select Committee; and 
(D) officials from countries which cur-
rently use one or more of the alternative meth-
ods to be examined by the Select Committee. 
(4) To examine Federal barriers to State ex-
perimentation with alternative electoral systems, in-
cluding the Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the relief of 
Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for 
congressional redistricting’’, approved December 14, 
1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), commonly known as the Uni-
form Congressional District Act, and its requirement 
that States use single-member districts. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the first 
meeting of the Select Committee, the Select Committee 
shall issue a final report to Congress and the President, 
and shall include in the report such recommendations as 
it considers appropriate. 
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