,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #d1        
#bjbf,ms4 ,ross 7for herself1 ,mr4      
,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mrs4 ,sykes1    
,mr4 ,deluzio1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4 ,lee of
 ,pennsylvania1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 
,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
and ,ms4 ,dean of ,pennsylvania7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 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 amend title #ac1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to provide that          
individuals in prison shall1 for the    
purposes of a decennial census1 be      
attributed to the last usual place of   
residence before incarceration1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 

,act may be cited as the ,end ,prison   
,gerrymandering ,act4  #b4 ,residence of
 incarcerated individuals  7a7          
,residence ,section #ada of title #ac1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 by redesignating subsection 7g7 as 
subsection 7h72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7f7 the following3  7g7
 ,effective beginning with the #bjcj    
decennial census of population and every
 census thereafter1 in taking any census
 of population under subsection 7a7 the 
,secretary shall1 with respect to an    
individual incarcerated in a ,state1    
,federal1 county1 or municipal          
correctional facility1 or in a youth    
correctional facility or detention      
center1 as of the decennial census date1
 attribute such individual to such      
individual's last usual place of        
residence before incarceration4  4  7b7 
,use of residence for purposes of       
,congressional redistricting ,section   
#bb 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 is amended by adding  
at the end the following new subsection3
  7d7 ,if the tabulation of the number  
of persons in a ,state under subsection 
7a7 includes an individual incarcerated 
in a ,state1 ,federal1 county1 or       
municipal correctional facility1 or in a
 youth correctional facility or         
detention center1 who is treated as a   
resident of the ,state because the      
tabulation attributes the individual to 
the individual's last usual place of    
residence before incarceration1 as      
provided under section #ada7;g7 of title
 #ac1 ,united ,states ,code1 the ,state 
shall treat the individual's last usual 
place of residence in the ,state before 
incarceration as the individual's place 
of residence for purposes of            
congressional redistricting4  4