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HRES 283 115th Congress House Congress Congressional districts and representation House of Representatives

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that congressional redistricting should be reformed to remove political gerrymandering.

Introduced: April 26, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Apr 27, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Apr 27, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2908)
Apr 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 26, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that congressional redistricting should be reformed to remove political gerrymandering.

What's happening now April 27, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 12 Republican 1
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 3, 2018
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 3, 2018
Blum, Rod
· May 11, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 25, 2017
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Oct 5, 2017
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 3, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Oct 2, 2017
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · May 4, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 4, 2017
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Apr 26, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 283: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that congressional redistricting should be reformed to remove political gerrymandering.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-283/
MLA
"H. Res. 283: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that congressional redistricting should be reformed to remove political gerrymandering.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-283/.
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H. Res. 283, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-283/.
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[H. Res. 283: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that congressional redistricting should be reformed to remove political gerrymandering.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-283/)
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