House Expansion Commission Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2797 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2797 To establish a commission to study and develop proposals for expanding the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2025 Ms. Stevens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a commission to study and develop proposals for expanding the House of Representatives, 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 ``House Expansion Commission Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) For nearly a century, the number of members of the House of Representatives has been set at the 1929 cap of 435 members. (2) The number of constituents represented by each member of the House of Representatives has dramatically increas…