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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 7219 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7219
To require the congressional districts established by a State to meet
certain requirements, to prohibit States from carrying out more than
one congressional redistricting after a decennial census and
apportionment, to exclude aliens without lawful status under the
immigration laws from number of persons used to determine apportionment
of representatives and number of electoral votes, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2026
Mr. Lawler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on
Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To require the congressional districts established by a State to meet
certain requirements, to prohibit States from carrying out more than
one congressional redistricting after a decennial census and
apportionment, to exclude aliens without lawful status under the
immigration laws from number of persons used to determine apportionment
of representatives and number of electoral votes, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Apportionment and Independent
Redistricting for Maps that Avoid Partisanship Act'' or the ``FAIR MAP
Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
(a) Requirements.--The congressional districts of a State shall
meet each of the following requirements:
(1) Each congressional district in the State shall consist
of contiguous territory (except to the extent necessary to
include any area which is surrounded by a body of water).
(2) Each congressional district in the State shall be as
compact in form as practicable.
(3) No congressional district in the State shall be drawn
to discourage competition, or for the purpose of favoring or
disfavoring an incumbent, a particular candidate, or a
particular political party. In establishing congressional
districts, the State shall consider the maintenance of cores of
existing districts, of pre-existing political subdivisions,
including counties, cities, and towns, and of communities of
interest.
(4) To the extent practicable, the population of each
congressional district in the State shall not vary from the
population of any other congressional district in the State (as
determined on the basis of the total count of citizens of the
United States and aliens with lawful status under the
immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) of the most
recent decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census).
(b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to
congressional districts established on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. 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 redistricting'', approved
December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), is amended by adding at the end the
following: ``A State which has been redistricted in the manner provided
by law after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act entitled
`An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses
and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress',
approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted again
until after the next apportionment of Representatives under such
section, unless a court requires the State to conduct such subsequent
redistricting to comply with the Constitution, to enforce the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.), or to comply with the FAIR
MAP Act.''.
SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF ALIENS WITHOUT LAWFUL STATUS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION
LAWS FROM NUMBER OF PERSONS USED TO DETERMINE
APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AND NUMBER OF ELECTORAL
VOTES.
(a) Immigration Status on Decennial Census.--Section 141 of title
13, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g) In conducting the 2030 decennial census and each decennial
census thereafter, the Secretary shall include in any questionnaire
distributed or otherwise used for the purpose of determining the total
population by States a checkbox or other similar option for the
respondent to indicate, for the respondent and for each of the members
of the household of the respondent, whether that individual is a
citizen of the United States or an alien with lawful status under the
immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).''.
(b) Exclusion.--
(1) In general.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act
to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses
and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in
Congress'', approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended
by inserting after ``not taxed'' the following: ``and aliens
without lawful status under the immigration laws (as such term
is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101))''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall apply with respect to the apportionment of
Representatives carried out pursuant to the decennial census
conducted during 2030 and any succeeding decennial census.
SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING CHALLENGES.
(a) Jurisdiction of Federal Courts.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any challenge to the congressional districts
established by a State shall be brought in a district court of the
United States.
(b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to
congressional districts established on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 6. PROHIBITING STATES FROM USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN FEDERAL
ELECTIONS.
(a) Requirement.--Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306
and 307, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following new
section:
``SEC. 305. PROHIBITING STATES FROM THE USE OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING
WITH RESPECT TO AN ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.
``A State may not carry out an election for Federal office in the
State using a system of ranked choice voting under which each voter
shall rank the candidates for the office in the order of the voter's
preference.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by
striking ``303, and 304'' and inserting ``303, 304, and 305''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is
amended--
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 305 and
306 as relating to sections 306 and 307, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the
following new item:
``Sec. 305. Prohibiting States from the use of ranked choice voting
with respect to an election for Federal
office.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to elections held on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 7. PHOTO IDENTIFICATION OR SIGNATURE VERIFICATION REQUIRED.
(a) Individuals Voting in Person.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no State or local election official may provide a
ballot for an election for Federal office to an individual voting in
person unless the individual presents to the official a valid photo
identification card issued by a Federal, State, or Tribal government
that identifies the individual.
(b) Individuals Voting Other Than in Person.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no State or local election official may accept a ballot
for an election for Federal office provided by an individual
voting other than in person unless--
(A) the individual submits with the ballot a card
or envelope signed by the individual; and
(B) such signature matches the signature associated
with the individual in the computerized statewide voter
registration list described in section 303(a) of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)).
(2) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with
respect to elections for Federal office held after the election
for Federal office held on November 3, 2026.
SEC. 8. SAME-DAY REGISTRATION PROHIBITED.
A State may not permit an individual to vote in an election for
Federal office unless the individual is duly registered to vote prior
to the date of such election.
SEC. 9. 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 office, including the process by which a State
establishes the districts used in such elections.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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