,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,fitzpatrick introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the use of independent          
nonpartisan commissions to carry out    
congressional redistricting and to      
require ,states to hold open primaries  
for elections for ,federal office4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,citizen ,legislature               
,anti-,corruption ,reform of ,elections 
,act or the ,,clean ,elections ,act4    
#b4 ,requiring use of independent       
nonpartisan commissions to carry out    
redistricting  7a7 ,requirement  7#a7   

,congressional redistricting ,each      
,state shall conduct ,congressional     
redistricting 7beginning with the       
redistricting carried out pursuant to   
the decennial census conducted during   
#bjbj7 in accordance with a             
redistricting plan developed by a       
nonpartisan independent redistricting   
commission4  7#b7 ,redistricting for    
,state legislative districts            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 a ,state may not use any funds     
provided by the ,federal ,government    
directly for election administration    
purposes unless the ,state certifies to 
the ,election ,assistance ,commission   
that the ,state conducts redistricting  
for ,state legislative districts in the 
,state 7beginning with the first such   
redistricting carried out after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act7 in      
accordance with a redistricting plan    
developed by a nonpartisan independent  
redistricting commission4  7b7          
,nonpartisan independent status ,for    

purposes of this section1 a commission  
shall be considered to be a nonpartisan 
independent commission if--  7#a7 the   
number of its members who are affiliated
 with the political party with the      
largest percentage of the registered    
voters in the ,state who are affiliated 
with a political party 7as determined   
with respect to the most recent         
,statewide election for ,federal office 
held in the ,state for which such       
information is available7 is equal to   
the number of its members who are       
affiliated with the political party with
 the second largest percentage of the   
registered voters in the ,state who are 
affiliated with a political party 7as so
 determined72 and  7#b7 none of its     
members is an elected public official4  
7c7 ,state defined ,in this section1 the
 term ,state means each of the several  
,states4  #c4 ,requiring open primaries 
7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,elections for    
,federal office ,each ,state shall hold 
open primaries for elections for        

,federal office held in the ,state4     
7#b7 ,elections for ,state and local    
office ,notwithstanding any other       
provision of law1 a ,state may not use  
any funds provided by the ,federal      
,government directly for election       
administration purposes unless the      
,state certifies to the ,election       
,assistance ,commission that the ,state 
holds open primaries for elections for  
,state and local office4  7b7 ,open     
primaries described ,for purposes of    
this section1 a ,state holds open       
primaries for an election for an office 
if any individual who is registered to  
vote in a general election for such     
office in the ,state may cast a ballot  
in any primary election 7including a    
primary election held for the selection 
of delegates to a national nominating   
convention of a political party and a   
primary election held for the expression
 of a preference for the nomination of  
individuals for election to the office  
of ,president7 held by any political    

party to nominate candidates for        
election for that office1 including a   
convention or caucus of a political     
party which has authority to nominate a 
candidate4  7c7 ,state defined ,in this 
section1 the term ,state has the meaning
 given such term in section #ija of the 
,help ,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb 
,u4,s4,c4 #baada74  7d7 ,effective date 
,subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect
 to elections held after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4