H.R. 5426 · 119th Congress · Government operations and politics
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act
John Tanner and Jim Cooper Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act
In committee since the day it was introduced
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary
- IntroducedSep 17, 2025
- CommitteeSep 17, 2025
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- Reform
- Gerrymandering
- Lobbying
- None read
- No filing read so far names H.R. 5426
What it does
In the official summary
John Tanner and Jim Cooper Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act
John Tanner and Jim Cooper Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act
This bill establishes requirements regarding congressional redistricting, including that redistricting plans must be developed by an independent redistricting commission.
A state that has been redistricted after an apportionment of Representatives may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct a subsequent redistricting in order to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Each state must establish an independent redistricting commission to develop redistricting plans that meet specified criteria. If such a plan is not enacted into law, a state's highest court may select a plan developed by the state's commission. If the state court does not select a plan, a U.S. district court must develop a plan.
The Election Assistance Commission must make payments to states to carry out redistricting.
The Congressional Research Service summary, introduced in House, of Sep 17, 2025, served by api.congress.gov.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
No organization named this measure in a lobbying filing we could read with confidence. That is not a finding that nobody lobbied it. The disclosure form takes a free text description of the issue, and a reference that could not be pinned to exactly one measure is refused rather than guessed.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov).