H.R. 4358 – Anti-Rigging Act of 2025

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The Anti‑Rigging Act of 2025 limits how often a state can change its congressional district map after each ten‑year census. It allows only one redistricting per apportionment, unless a court requires a new map to comply with the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act. The law does not affect the drawing of districts for state or local offices.

Key Provisions

A state may only redraw its congressional districts once after each decennial census and apportionment, unless a court orders another redistricting to meet constitutional requirements or the Voting Rights Act.
The restriction does not apply to how states draw districts for state or local elections.
The rule takes effect for any congressional redistricting that follows the 2020 census.

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

July 10, 2025

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Introduced in House

July 10, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

July 10, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued July 10, 2025

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4358

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 10, 2025

Mr. Veasey (for himself, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Escobar, and Ms. Crockett) introduced the following bill; 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 apportionment.

1.

Short title; finding of constitutional authority

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Anti-Rigging Act of 2025.

(b)

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—

(1)

the authority granted to Congress under article I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws governing the time, place, and manner of elections for Members of the House of Representatives; and

(2)

the authority granted to Congress under section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires Representatives to be apportioned among the several States according to their number.

2.

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 or to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 5 1973 et seq.)..

3.

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.

4.

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 2020.