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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 643 (Introduced in House) — To establish the total number of Representatives at a number that provides that the average number of constituents re... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Establishment of number of Members of House of Representatives on basis of number of constituents of least-populous State

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Section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial census and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress , approved June 18, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a(a) ), is amended— by striking
(a)On the first day and inserting (a)(1) On the first day ; by striking the then existing number of Representatives and inserting the number of Representatives determined under paragraph
(2); and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The number of Representatives determined under this paragraph is, with respect to a regular decennial census of the population of the United States, a number equal to— the whole number of persons in all States (as shown in the statement under paragraph (1)); divided by the whole number of persons in the State with the smallest whole number of persons (as shown in such statement), rounded to the nearest whole odd number. . The first section and section 2 of the Act entitled An Act For the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Thirteenth Census , approved August 8, 1911 ( 2 U.S.C. 2 note), are repealed. The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to the first regular decennial census conducted after the date of the enactment of this Act and each subsequent decennial census.
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