Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 223 (Introduced in House) — To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportion... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Requiring Redistricting to be Conducted Through Plan of Independent State Commission or Plan of Highest State Court

198 words·~1 min read·/bill/113/hr/223/ih/section-3

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Congressional redistricting conducted by a State shall be conducted in accordance with— the redistricting plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the State, in accordance with section 4; or if the plan developed by such commission is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the highest court in the State or developed by a United States district court, in accordance with section 5.
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act may be construed to prohibit a State from conducting Congressional redistricting in accordance with such criteria and procedures as the State considers appropriate, to the extent that such criteria and procedures are consistent with the applicable requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Section 22(c) 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(c) ), is amended by striking in the manner provided by the law thereof and inserting: in the manner provided by the John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act .
Connectionstraces to 1
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 3
Requiring Redistricting to be Conducted Through Plan of Independent State Commission or Plan of Highest State Court
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.