,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ai1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,al ,green of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4        
,hinojosa1 ,mr4 ,honda1 and ,ms4 ,moore7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require any  
,state which1 after enacting a          
,congressional redistricting plan after 
a decennial census and apportionment of 
,representatives1 enacts a subsequent   
,congressional redistricting plan prior 
to the next decennial census and        
apportionment of ,representatives1 to   
obtain a declaratory judgment or        
preclearance in the manner provided     
under section #e of the ,voting ,rights 
,act of #aife in order for the          
subsequent plan to take effect4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,redistricting and ,voter           
,protection ,act of #bjac4  #b4         
,requiring declaratory judgment or      

preclearance as prerequisite for        
multiple congressional redistricting    
plans enacted pursuant to same decennial
 census and apportionment of            
representatives  7a7 ,declaratory       
,judgment that ,plan ,does ,not ,deny or
 ,abridge ,right ,to ,vote on ,account  
of ,race or ,color ,except as provided  
in subsection 7b71 after a ,state enacts
 a ,congressional redistricting plan in 
the manner provided by law after an     
apportionment of ,representatives under 
section #bb7;a7 of the ,act entitled ,an
 ,act to provide for the fifteenth and  
subsequent decennial censuses and to    
provide for an apportionment of         
,representatives in ,congress1 approved 
,june #ah1 #aibi 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #b;a71   
any subsequent ,congressional           
redistricting plan enacted by the ,state
 prior to the next apportionment of     
,representatives under such section     
shall not take effect unless and until--
  7#a7 the ,state commences a civil     
action in the ,united ,states ,district 

,court for the ,district of ,columbia   
for a declaratory judgment that such    
subsequent plan neither has the purpose 
nor will have the effect of denying or  
abridging the right to vote on account  
of race or color1 or in contravention of
 the guarantees set forth in section    
#d7;f77#b7 of the ,voting ,rights ,act  
of #aife 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;b7b772 and
  7#b7 the court enters such a          
declaratory judgment4  7b7 ,preclearance
 ,a subsequent ,congressional           
redistricting plan described in         
subsection 7a7 may take effect if--     
7#a7 the chief legal officer or other   
appropriate official of the ,state      
involved submits the plan to the        
,attorney ,general and the ,attorney    
,general has not interposed an objection
 within #fj days of such submission2 or 
7#b7 upon good cause shown1 to          
facilitate an expedited approval within 
#fj days of such submission1 the        
,attorney ,general has affirmatively    
indicated that such objection will not  

be made4  7c7 ,application of ,voting   
,rights ,act of #aife ,for purposes of  
the ,voting ,rights ,act of #aife1 a    
declaratory judgment under subsection   
7a7 or a preclearance under subsection  
7b71 and the proceedings related to such
 judgment or preclearance1 shall be     
treated as a declaratory judgment or    
preclearance under section #e of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;c74  #c4 ,no  
effect on redistricting plans enacted   
pursuant to court order ,section #a does
 not apply with respect to any          
subsequent ,congressional redistricting 
plan described in section #a7;a7 if the 
plan is enacted by a ,state pursuant to 
a court order in order to comply with   
the ,constitution or to enforce the     
,voting ,rights ,act of #aife 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #aigc et seq474