Federal law sets rules for how states draw voting districts
H.R. 10379 — Problem Solvers MAPS Act · Filed by Michael Lawler (R-NY) · 10 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 15, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill makes states follow new rules when they redraw congressional districts. Districts must be connected, compact, and have roughly equal numbers of people. States must also try to keep county and city lines the same. The rules apply to any district redrawn after the law passes. Districts cannot be drawn to help or hurt any political party.
Who it affects
State legislatures that draw district maps are affected. Voters are affected because the rules aim to make districts fairer. Political parties are affected because they cannot use districts unfairly.
One thing to notice
The bill does not explain how to measure if a district is compact enough. States may get different answers from courts about what the rules mean.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
10 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
- Sep 15, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 15, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- congressional districts — Areas of a state that elect one person to the U.S. House of Representatives
- compact — Shaped so the district is not stretched out in odd ways
- political party — A group of people who share similar ideas about how government should work
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,438 characters) on Sep 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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