It limited the number of seats in the House to 435
reapportionment act of 1929
The answer would be called the "REAPPORTIONMENT ACT OF 1929".
The Reapportionment Act of 1929
In 1929 Congress passed the Reapportionment Act that allowed a permanent plan for the 435 seats in the House of Representatives to be filled consistently. These seats are to be filled when a census of the people living in the states are completed and are to be based on the numbers.
Membership in the House needed to be capped to prevent an excessive number of members.
Reapportionment Act of 1929. This act established the current maximum number of seats in the House of Representatives at 435. The number of seats is allocated among the states based on their population, with each state being guaranteed at least one seat. The size of the House has remained fixed at 435 since then.
There were 435 members in the US House of Representatives in 2007.The number was officially established by Congress with the Reapportionment Act of 1929.
Membership in the House needed to be capped to prevent an excessive number of members.
In 1788 the first US Congress was elected. The House of Representatives had 65 members.The Constitution requires the House to reflect the populations of the states. It does not say how many Representatives there should be.As the country grew, the size of the House expanded to 435 seats. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 stopped any further growth of the House and required the Census Bureau to redistribute the seats among the states every ten years, after each Census.
No,the total number of representatives is currently fixed at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, though Congress has the authority to change that number.
There are 435 members of the United States House of Representatives. This was decided by the Reapportionment Act of 1929. It was set at this number only because at the time, this was the size of the House and Congress did not want the House to become too large.
There were 435 members in 2008. However, this number is subject to change, since Congress passed the Reapportionment Act of 1929 - when the US Census is taken, then the number of representative can be reapportioned as necessary, depending on population shifts.