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To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.
To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.
Summary
This bill prohibits states from conducting Congressional redistricting more than once following the decennial census and apportionment, which occurs every ten years. States would be restricted from redistricting between these ten-year cycles, with exceptions only when a court requires redistricting to comply with the Constitution or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The bill does not affect how states conduct elections for state or local office. The bill would apply to any Congressional redistricting that occurs after the November 2024 election.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Kiley, Kevin [R-CA-3] (R-CA)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Kevin Kiley’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SOVEREIGN NATION $17,700
- NULL $14,855
- LECAVALIER CELLARS $13,200
- STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $13,200
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Kevin Kiley → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- May 12, 2026 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Kiley (CA). Petition No: 119-21. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2026051221">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) · house
- Aug 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Aug 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 5, 2025
Mr. Kiley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.
Congress finds that it has the authority to establish the terms and conditions States must follow in carrying out Congressional redistricting after an apportionment of Members of the House of Representatives because—
(1) the authority granted to Congress under article I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws governing the time, place, and manner of elections for Members of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the authority granted to Congress under section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires Representatives to be apportioned among the several States according to their number.
SEC. 2. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING AFTER AN APPORTIONMENT.
The Act entitled “An Act for the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional redistricting”, approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), is amended by adding at the end the following: “A State which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives under such section, unless a court requires the State to conduct such subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.).”.
SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL OFFICE.
Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by this Act may be construed to affect the manner in which a State carries out elections for State or local office, including the process by which a State establishes the districts used in such elections.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to any Congressional redistricting which occurs after the November 2024 election. <all>
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