H.R. 4358 Would Prohibit Mid-Decade Congressional Redistricting

H.R. 4358 Would Prohibit Mid-Decade Congressional Redistricting

Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX-33) introduced the Anti-Rigging Act (H.R. 4358), legislation that would allow for Congressional redistricting to mostly happen only once a decade following a decennial census headcount.

“A State which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law after an apportionment” following a decennial census would not be allowed under H.R. 4358 to “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.”

Nothing in the legislation could “be construed to affect the manner in which a State carries out elections for State or local office, including the process by which a State establishes the districts used in such elections.”

If enacted, the bill would “apply with respect to any Congressional redistricting which occurs after the regular decennial census conducted during 2020.”

It is not clear if the bill would have any retroactive impact on prior redistricting if passed into law.

H.R. 4358 has 8 cosponsors. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee.