What is the reapportionment act?

Answer 1

# The act of reapportioning or the state of being reapportioned. # Redistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic reallotment of U.S. congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution.

Answer 2

The Reapportionment Act was a combined reapportionment and census bill that the United States Congress passed. It established a method for apportioning the seats of the House according to each census.

Answer 3

The Reapportioned Act was made so Congress didn't have to go over the same chaos that occured in the 1920's census. This enforces that there is a set number of members in the House of Representatives, also the number of seats per state should have, this being called the Census Bureau. It is then sent to the President, where it is then sent to Congress. In the 60 days it will be effective, neither house can reject this plan.

Answer 4

The Reapportionment Act of 1929 was a bill passed by the United States Congress to establish a method to appoint a continuous 435 seats in the United States House of Representative relative to the census.