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Subtitle D—Administrative and 
Miscellaneous Provisions 
SEC. 3401. 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 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.—The Election Assistance Com-
mission may not make a payment to a State under this 
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section until the State certifies to the Commission that 
the nonpartisan agency established or designated by a 
State under section 3204(a) has, in accordance with sec-
tion 3202(b)(1), submitted a selection pool to the Select 
Committee on Redistricting for the State established 
under section 3204(b). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for payments under this section. 
SEC. 3402. 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 title. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF PRIVATE RIGHT OF AC-
TION.—Any citizen of a State who is aggrieved by 
the failure of the State redistricting plan which is 
enacted into law under section 3203 to meet the re-
quirements for such a plan under this title may 
bring a civil action in an appropriate district court 
for such relief as may be appropriate to remedy the 
failure, so long as the individual brings the action 
during the 45-day period which begins on the date 
on which the plan is enacted into law. 
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(b) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—In any action 
brought forth under this section, the following rules shall 
apply: 
(1) The action shall be filed in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia 
and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur-
suant to section 2284 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(2) The 3-judge court shall consolidate actions 
brought for relief under subsection (b)(1) with re-
spect to the same State redistricting plan. 
(3) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and the Secretary of the Senate. 
(4) 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. 
(5) 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. 
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(c) 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. 
(d) 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 title 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 title authorizes or requires conduct that is pro-
hibited by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
10301 et seq.). 
SEC. 3403. STATE APPORTIONMENT NOTICE DEFINED. 
In this title, 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-
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proved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), of the number of 
Representatives to which the State is entitled. 
SEC. 3404. NO EFFECT ON ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND 
LOCAL OFFICE. 
Nothing in this title or in any amendment made by 
this title 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. 
SEC. 3405. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title and the amendments made by this title 
shall apply with respect to redistricting carried out pursu-
ant to the decennial census conducted during 2020 or any 
succeeding decennial census. 
TITLE IV—VOTER 
REGISTRATION 
Subtitle A—Automatic Voter 
Registration 
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the 
‘‘Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017’’. 
(b) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the right to vote is a fundamental 
right of citizens of the United States; 
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