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HR 6550 117th Congress House Government Operations and Politics

End Prison Gerrymandering Act

Introduced: February 1, 2022 Introduced by: Ross, Deborah K. Democratic · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Feb 1, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 1, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Prison Gerrymandering Act

This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to attribute an individual incarcerated in a correctional center to the individual's last place of residence before incarceration. Further, a state must treat such an individual's last place of residence in the state before incarceration as the individual's place of residence for purposes of congressional redistricting.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 14
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Garamendi, John
California · Mar 15, 2022
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 18, 2022
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 2, 2022
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Feb 1, 2022
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García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 1, 2022
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Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Feb 1, 2022
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Jacobs, Sara
California · Feb 1, 2022
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 1, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· Feb 1, 2022
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 1, 2022
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 1, 2022
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Feb 1, 2022
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Feb 1, 2022
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Torres, Ritchie
New York · Feb 1, 2022
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 1, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6550: End Prison Gerrymandering Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6550/
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"H.R. 6550: End Prison Gerrymandering Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6550/.
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H.R. 6550, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6550/.
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