End Prison Gerrymandering Act
USA117th CongressHR-6550| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Deborah K. Ross
Democratic Representative
North Carolina
Cosponsors (17)
John Garamendi (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Ritchie Torres (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Mondaire Jones (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Sara Jacobs (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)
Judiciary Committee, Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Government Operations and Politics
End Prison Gerrymandering Act
USA117th CongressHR-6550| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
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.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Deborah K. Ross
Democratic Representative
North Carolina
Cosponsors (17)
John Garamendi (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Ritchie Torres (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Mondaire Jones (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Sara Jacobs (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)
Judiciary Committee, Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted