H.R. 830 · 109th Congress
To limit the redistricting that States may do after an apportionment of Representatives.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Maxine Waters
- Introduced
- 2005-02-15
- Latest action
- 2005-04-04 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Summary
Amends Federal law to prohibit a State that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the State is ordered by a Federal court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 or otherwise enforce the voting rights of the people of the State.