I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5879 
To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redis-
tricting after a decennial census and appointment unless it is strictly 
mandated in the legislation used to implement the new Congressional 
map or it is necessary to comply with the Constitution of the United 
States, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, or the Constitution of the State, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2025 
Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas (for himself, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. VEASEY, 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, and Ms. ESCOBAR) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congres-
sional redistricting after a decennial census and appoint-
ment unless it is strictly mandated in the legislation 
used to implement the new Congressional map or it 
is necessary to comply with the Constitution of the 
United States, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, or the 
Constitution of the State, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Save American Democracy Act’’ or the ‘‘SAD Act’’. 
(b) FINDING
OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.— 
Congress finds that it has the authority to establish the 
terms and conditions States must follow in carrying out 
Congressional redistricting after an apportionment of 
Members of the House of Representatives because— 
(1) the authority granted to Congress under ar-
ticle I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
States gives Congress the power to enact laws gov-
erning the time, place, and manner of elections for 
Members of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the authority granted to Congress under 
section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Con-
stitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to 
enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires 
Representatives to be apportioned among the several 
States according to their number. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO MID-DECADE RE-
DISTRICTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State which has redistricted in 
the manner provided 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 
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provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Con-
gress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not 
be redistricted again until after the next apportionment 
under such Act unless— 
(1) a court requires the State to conduct such 
subsequent redistricting to comply with the Con-
stitution of the United States, the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), or the Constitu-
tion of the State; or 
(2) legislation enacted by the State to imple-
ment such redistricting expressly requires such sub-
sequent redistricting. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to affect the manner in which a State 
carries out elections for State or local office. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to any Congressional redistricting which occurs 
after the regular decennial census conducted during 2020. 
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