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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7181
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 28, 2018Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To establish the number of Members of the House of Representatives at 400.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the 400 Act.
2.
Establishment of number of representatives at 400
(a)
In general
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 the then existing number of Representatives and inserting 400 Representatives.
(b)
Effective Date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census conducted for 2020 and each subsequent decennial census.