Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 134 To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 2021 Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congres- sional redistricting after a decennial census and appor- tionment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL 3 AUTHORITY. 4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 5 ‘‘Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition 6 Act of 2021’’. 7 (b) FINDING.—Congress finds that it has the author- 8 ity to establish the terms and conditions States must fol- 9 low in carrying out Congressional redistricting after an 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Jan 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H134.IH H134 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 134 IH apportionment of Members of the House of Representa- 1 tives because— 2 (1) the authority granted to Congress under ar- 3 ticle I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United 4 States gives Congress the power to enact laws gov- 5 erning the time, place, and manner of elections for 6 Members of the House of Representatives; and 7 (2) the authority granted to Congress under 8 section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Con- 9 stitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to 10 enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires 11 Representatives to be apportioned among the several 12 States according to their number. 13 SEC. 2. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING AFTER 14 AN APPORTIONMENT. 15 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the relief of Doctor Ri- 16 cardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional re- 17 districting’’, approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), 18 is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘A State 19 which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law 20 after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act en- 21 titled ‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent 22 decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment 23 of Representatives in Congress’, approved June 18, 1929 24 (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted again until after 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Jan 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H134.IH H134 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 134 IH the next apportionment of Representatives under such sec- 1 tion, unless a court requires the State to conduct such 2 subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution 3 or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 4 1973 et seq.).’’. 5 SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL 6 OFFICE. 7 Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by 8 this Act may be construed to affect the manner in which 9 a State carries out elections for State or local office, in- 10 cluding the process by which a State establishes the dis- 11 tricts used in such elections. 12 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 13 This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall 14 apply with respect to any Congressional redistricting 15 which occurs after the regular decennial census conducted 16 during 2020. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:11 Jan 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H134.IH H134 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS