Sec. 2. Limit on congressional redistricting after an apportionment
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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 ( 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.).
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U.S. Code
- Number of Congressional Districts; number of Representatives from each District§ 2c
- Reapportionment of Representatives; time and manner; existing decennial census figures as basis; statement by President; duty of clerk§ 2a
- Denial or abridgement of right to vote on account of race or color through voting qualifications or prerequisites; establishment of violation§ 10301
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