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HR 830 109th Congress House Congress Congressional districts Government Operations and Politics Voting rights

To limit the redistricting that States may do after an apportionment of Representatives.

Introduced: February 15, 2005 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 15, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 15, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now April 4, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Green, Al
Texas · Jul 12, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 830: To limit the redistricting that States may do after an apportionment of Representatives.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-830/
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"H.R. 830: To limit the redistricting that States may do after an apportionment of Representatives.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-830/.
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