400 Act

Bill: 115-hr-7181
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2018-11-28
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Congressional districts and representation

House of Representatives

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-11-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>400 Act</b></p> <p>This bill reduces the number of Members of the House of Representatives from 435 to 400. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7181 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 28, 2018 Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To establish the number of Members of the House of Representatives at 400.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 400 Act . 2. Establishment of number of representatives at 400 (a) In general Section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial census and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress , approved June 18, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a(a) ), is amended by striking the then existing number of Representatives and inserting 400 Representatives . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census conducted for 2020 and each subsequent decennial census.