Equal Voices Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4125 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4125 To establish the total number of Representatives at a number that provides that the average number of constituents represented by a Member from any State is equal to 500,000 and to apportion Representatives among the States accordingly, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2025 Mr. Casten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the total number of Representatives at a number that provides that the average number of constituents represented by a Member from any State is equal to 500,000 and to apportion Representatives among the States accordingly, 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; FINDINGS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Voices Act''. (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Our Nation's founders intended the House of Representatives to be the chamber closest to the American people: ``the People's House''. (2) The number of Representatives in Congress has been 435 since 1911 when the U.S. population was 92,228,531 (1910 U.S. Census). The U.S. population has grown to more than three times that size to 331,449,281 in 2020 (2020 U.S. Census) while the size of the House has remained the same. (3) Our electorate has changed significantly since the size of the Hou