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States' Choice of Voting Systems Act (Introduced in the House)
HR 1173 IH 
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1173
To provide that States may use redistricting systems for Congressional 
districts other than single-member districts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 1999
Mr. WATT of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. 
SANDERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Ms. LEE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BROWN of 
California, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary 

A BILL
To provide that States may use redistricting systems for Congressional 
districts other than single-member districts. 

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 `States' Choice of Voting Systems Act'.

SEC. 2. RIGHT OF STATES TO CHOOSE DISTRICTING SYSTEMS.

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 striking `In each State' and all that 
follows and inserting the following:

`SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING.

`In each State entitled in the One Hundred Eighth Congress or in any 
Congress thereafter to more than one Representative in Congress under an 
apportionment made pursuant to the provisions of section 22(a) of the 
Act of June 18, 1929 (ch. 28; 46 Stat. 26)--

`(1) there may be established by law a number of districts equal to the 
number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled and 
Representatives may be elected only from single-member districts so 
established, or

`(2) such State may establish a number of districts for election of 
Representatives that is less than the number of Representatives to which 
the State is entitled and Representatives may be elected from 
single-member districts, multi-member districts, or a combination of 
single-member and multi-member districts, if that State uses a system 
that meets the constitutional standard that each voter should have equal 
voting power and does not violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 1973 et seq.).'.