H.R. 4889

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4889 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4889

To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional 
redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 5, 2025

Mr. Kiley of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional 
redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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 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 Members of the House of 
Representatives; and
(2) the authority granted to Congress under section 5 of 
the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution 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. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING AFTER AN APPORTIONMENT.

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), is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``A State which has been 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 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 Representatives under such 
section, unless a court requires the State to conduct such subsequent 
redistricting to comply with the Constitution or to enforce the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.).''.

SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL OFFICE.

Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by this Act may be 
construed to affect the manner in which a State carries out elections 
for State or local office, including the process by which a State 
establishes the districts used in such elections.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to any Congressional redistricting which occurs after the 
November 2024 election.
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