,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ca1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,vicente ,gonzalez of ,texas  
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,doggett1 ,mr4       
,veasey1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,ms4   
,garcia of ,texas1 and ,ms4 ,escobar7   
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 appointment unless 
it is strictly mandated in the          
legislation used to implement the new   
,congressional map or it is necessary to
 comply with the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states1 the ,voting ,rights    
,act of #aife1 or the ,constitution of  
the ,state1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title2 finding of constitutional
 authority  7a7 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,save ,american     
,democracy ,act or the ,,sad ,act4  7b7 
,finding of ,constitutional authority   

,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 ,prohibition with respect  
to mid-decade redistricting  7a7  ,in   
general  ,a ,state which has            
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 under such 
,act unless--  7#a7 a court requires the
 ,state to conduct such subsequent      
redistricting to comply with the        
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
the ,voting ,rights ,act of #aife 7#eb  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajcja et seq471 or the       
,constitution of the ,state2 or  7#b7   
legislation enacted by the ,state to    
implement such redistricting expressly  
requires such subsequent redistricting4 
7b7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in   
this ,act may be construed to affect the
 manner in which a ,state carries out   
elections for ,state or local office4   
7c7 ,effective date ,this section shall 
apply with respect to any ,congressional

 redistricting which occurs after the   
regular decennial census conducted      
during #bjbj4