2 USC § 2b - Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses

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title: "2 USC § 2b - Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "2b"
section_name: "Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses"
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chapter_name: "ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, § 2(a), 55 Stat. 762.)"
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# § 2b. Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses

section 2a of this titleJanuary 8, 1941

Each State shall be entitled, in the Seventy-eighth and in each Congress thereafter until the taking effect of a reapportionment under a subsequent statute or , to the number of Representatives shown in the statement transmitted to the Congress on , based upon the method known as the method of equal proportions, no State to receive less than one Member.

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**Source Credit**: (Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, § 2(a), 55 Stat. 762.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Certificates to Executives of States

, , required Clerk of House of Representatives, within 15 days of , to send a new certificate of entitlement of a State to Representatives, if such a certificate had been sent prior to , under provisions of .