H.R. 4889 — To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.

This section states Congress's finding of constitutional authority to establish terms and conditions for state redistricting following House apportionment, based on Article I, section 4 (elections clause), and section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment (enforcement of section 2 apportionment requirements).

This section limits states to one congressional redistricting following each decennial apportionment under 2 U.S.C. 2a, prohibiting subsequent redistricting until the next apportionment unless required by a court to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (Thus, mid-decade redistricting is generally barred absent court order.)

This section specifies that nothing in this Act affects the manner in which a State conducts elections for State or local office, including the process by which the State establishes election districts.