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  • H. R. 2797 — To establish a commission to study and develop proposals for expanding the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,047

    H. R. 2797, known as the "House Expansion Commission Act," aims to create a commission to explore and propose ways to expand the number of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill highlights that the House has been capped at 435 members since 1929,...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to form a special group to think about making the number of people in the U.S. House of Representatives bigger, because right now it’s been the same way for a long time and more people live in the country today than back then.