Representation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10089 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10089 To prohibit States from dividing documented communities of interest into multiple congressional districts, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 13, 2026 Mr. Gallagher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit States from dividing documented communities of interest into multiple congressional districts, 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 ``Representation Act''. SEC. 2. COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST PRESERVED IN REDISTRICTING. (a) State Requirements.-- (1) Identification of communities of interest.--Prior to any congressional redistricting conducted by a State, the entity responsible for developing congressional redistricting plans in the State shall-- (A) identify and document communities of interest within such State, which may be provided in accordance with State law; (B) accept and publish each proposed community of interest submitted by a resident of such State; and (C) consider adding each such proposed community of interest to the communities of interest documented under subparagraph (A). (2) Prohibition on division of communities of interest.--A congressional redistricting conducted by a State may not divide a community of interest documented under paragraph (1)(A) into multiple congressional districts unless such division is necessary-- (A) to ensure that congressional districts in such State have substantially equal populations as required by law; (B) to comply with the requirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C.