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11/13/2007--Introduced.<br/>Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2007 - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.<br/>Requires such redistricting to be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.<br/>Prescribes requirements for: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission; (2) development of a redistricting plan; (3) its submission to the state legislature; (4) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. District court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (5) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (6) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.<br/>

1194930000 2007-11-13 Fri Nov 07 17:11:39 -0600 2008 introduced 47454 'act':6 '2007':8 'fair':1 'independ':3 'redistrict':5 54966 false short introduced 47454 'one':11 'bill':2 'carri':7 'state':5,22 'census':17 'purpos':33 'requir':21 'commiss':29 'conduct':24 'decenni':16 'independ':28 'prohibit':4 'apportion':19 'redistrict':13,26 'congression':12 54307 false official introduced 47454 1194930000 Tue Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 137193 J000177 1946-12-28 136 Hart Senate Office Building http://johnson.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-5765 Tim 'd':4 'sd':5 'sen':1 'tim':2,6,8 'johnson':3,7,9 M 300058 Johnson Tim_Johnson P. Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD] N00010084 7882 Democrat 202-224-5842 Lutheran SD Tim Johnson 4.07692307692308 http://johnson.senate.gov/ introduced 47454 1194930000 Tue Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 137193 action 47454 1194930000 Tue Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2007 137194 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.