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

United States115th CongressHRES-364House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 7, 2017

Summary

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.

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  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    House of Representatives

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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