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Proposed Federal House Legislation HR357

Legislation Overview

Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need to eliminate partisan redistricting and gerrymandering.

Subject: Congressional districts and representation: Judicial review and appeals: Political parties and affiliation: State and local courts: Congress

Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need to eliminate partisan redistricting and gerrymandering. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: Congress should establish a federal reapportionment system that would create compact and contiguous congressional districts that, to the greatest extent possible, follow geographic boundaries and county lines; congressional districts should not favor or disfavor an incumbent or political party; congressional districts should adhere to the existing standards of equal population; and the highest court of each state should have the power to reject congressional district maps that do not meet the above criteria.

Session: 114th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Last Action Date: July 29, 2015

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/357/all-info

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Richard Nolan (D)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Jul 29 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
House	Jul 10 2015	Introduced in House
House	Jul 10 2015	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Jul 11 2015	federal bill text	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill