H.R. 10380 — Problem Solvers Independent Commissions Act

This section requires states to conduct congressional redistricting through a plan developed by an independent redistricting commission or, if that plan is not enacted into law, through a plan selected by the state's highest court.

This section requires each State to establish an independent redistricting commission with equal numbers of members (at least one) from the largest party in the State legislature, the second-largest party, and unaffiliated voters. It sets eligibility rules including U.S. citizenship, 3 years of continuous voter registration without party change or voting in 3 consecutive primaries for the same party, a 3-year bar on prior public office or political employment, and a 3-year post-service ban on running for office. Members must be chosen through open applications and random selection, with legislative leaders allowed to strike up to 20 percent of applicants from their respective pools. It requires training on redistricting law and ethics, removal only by two-thirds commission vote for specified grounds such as felony convictions or ethics violations, random filling of vacancies, and commission oversight of staff.

This section requires independent redistricting commissions to develop congressional plans meeting equal population, nonpartisan competition, contiguity, subdivision preservation, and compactness criteria. It mandates public meetings, 30-day preliminary plan comment periods, two-thirds commission approval with two-fifths support from each selection pool category for enactment, publication of all data and maps, bans on private communications with officials or parties, appointment of special masters by the state high court if no plan is enacted 30 days before candidate filing deadlines, state high court jurisdiction over challenges, and removal of certain claims to federal district court.

This section defines the "State apportionment notice" as the notice sent by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to a State under 2 U.S.C. 2a stating the number of Representatives to which the State is entitled.