Sec. 6. Transition provisions relating to House of Representatives

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Until the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the effective date of this Act— the individual serving as the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia shall serve as a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Maryland; the State of Maryland shall be entitled to 1 additional Representative until the taking effect of such reapportionment; and such Representative shall be in addition to the membership of the House of Representatives as now prescribed by law. The temporary increase in the membership of the House of Representatives provided under paragraph

(1)shall not operate to either increase or decrease the permanent membership of the House of Representatives as prescribed in the Act of August 8, 1911 (37 Stat. 13; 2 U.S.C. 2 ), nor shall such temporary increase affect the basis of reapportionment established by the Act of November 15, 1941 (55 Stat. 761; 2 U.S.C. 2a ), for the 82nd Congress and each Congress thereafter. Sections 202 and 204 of the District of Columbia Delegate Act ( Public Law 91–405 ; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such sections are restored or revived as if such sections had not been enacted. The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date on which the individual serving as the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia first serves as a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Maryland.

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