,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prohibit ,states from       
carrying out more than one              
,congressional redistricting after a    
decennial census and apportionment4  #a4
 ,short title2 finding of constitutional
 authority  7a7 ,short ,title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,coretta ,scott    
,king ,mid-,decade ,redistricting       
,prohibition ,act of #bjai4  7b7        
,finding ,congress finds that it has the
 authority to establish the terms and   
conditions ,states must follow in       
carrying out ,congressional             
redistricting after an apportionment of 
,members of the ,house of               
,representatives because--  7#a7 the    
authority granted to ,congress under    
article ,i1 section #d of the           
,constitution of the ,united ,states    

gives ,congress the power to enact laws 
governing the time1 place1 and manner of
 elections for ,members of the ,house of
 ,representatives2 and  7#b7 the        
authority granted to ,congress under    
section #e of the fourteenth amendment  
to the ,constitution gives ,congress the
 power to enact laws to enforce section 
#b of such amendment1 which requires    
,representatives to be apportioned among
 the several ,states according to their 
number4  #b4 ,limit on congressional    
redistricting after an apportionment    
,the ,act entitled ,an ,act for the     
relief of ,doctor ,ricardo ,vallejo     
,samala and to provide for congressional
 redistricting1 approved ,december #ad1 
#aifg 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #b;c71 is amended by
 adding at the end the following3 ,a    
,state which has been redistricted in   
the manner provided by law after an     
apportionment 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 may not be            
redistricted again until after the next 
apportionment of ,representatives under 
such section1 unless a court requires   
the ,state to conduct such subsequent   
redistricting to comply with the        
,constitution or to enforce the ,voting 
,rights ,act of #aife 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#aigc et seq4744  #c4 ,no effect on     
elections for ,state and local office   
,nothing in this ,act or in any         
amendment made by this ,act may be      
construed to affect the manner in which 
a ,state carries out elections for      
,state or local office1 including the   
process by which a ,state establishes   
the districts used in such elections4   
#d4 ,effective ,date ,this ,act and the 
amendment made by this ,act shall apply 
with respect to any ,congressional      
redistricting which occurs after the    
regular decennial census conducted      
during #bjbj4