Sec. 2. Requiring Redistricting to be Conducted Under Procedures Providing Opportunity for Public Participation
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Congressional redistricting conducted by a State shall be conducted in accordance with a process under which the entity responsible for developing Congressional redistricting plans in the State (hereafter in this Act referred to as the State redistricting entity )— in accordance with section 3, establishes and operates an Internet site; in accordance with section 4, provides opportunities for participation by members of the public in the initial development of such plans; in accordance with section 5, provides opportunities for members of the public to respond to the proposed final Congressional redistricting plan; and in accordance with section 6, notifies members of the public regarding the final Congressional redistricting plan adopted for the State.
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 procedures as the State considers appropriate, to the extent that such procedures are consistent with the applicable requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act may be construed to affect any procedures a State or a unit of local government in a State may use to conduct redistricting with respect to elections for State or local offices.
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 a manner consistent with the requirements of the Redistricting Transparency Act of 2013”.
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Requiring Redistricting to be Conducted Under Procedures Providing Opportunity for Public Participation
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