,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,fitzpatrick introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require the use of          
independent nonpartisan commissions to  
carry out congressional redistricting4  
#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