PRINTER'S NO. 2648
No. 2110 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY GALLEN, DECEMBER 8, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 8, 1981
AN ACT
1 To apportion the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania into congressional
2 districts in conformity with constitutional requirements; and
3 providing for the nomination and election of Congressmen.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. For the purpose of electing representatives of
7 the people of Pennsylvania to serve in the House of
8 Representatives in the Congress of the United States, this
9 Commonwealth shall be divided into twenty-three districts which
10 shall have one Congressman each, as follows:
11 The First District shall consist of Wards 1; 2; 5; 7; 8; 14;
12 15; 18; 19; 20; 25 (divisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27);
14 27; 29 (division 20); 30; 31; 36; 37; 39; 40 (divisions 1, 2, 3,
15 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
16 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 42, 47 and 51); 43; 48;
17 49; and 51 of the City of Philadelphia.
18 The Second District shall consist of Wards 3; 4; 6; 10; 11;
1 12; 13; 16; 17; 22; 24; 28; 29 (divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
2 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22); 32;
3 34; 38 (division 9); 44; 46; 47; 50; 52; 59 (divisions 1, 2, 3,
4 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22,
5 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28); and 60 of the City of Philadelphia.
6 The Third District shall consist of Wards 23; 25 (divisions 1
7 and 2); 33; 35; 41; 42; 45; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 61; 62; 63;
8 64; 65; and 66 of the City of Philadelphia.
9 The Fourth District shall consist of Crawford County; Erie
10 County; the Townships of Neshannock, Pulaski, Washington and
11 Wilmington, and the Boroughs of New Wilmington and Volant of
12 Lawrence County; and Mercer County.
13 The Fifth District shall consist of the Townships of
14 Birmingham, Caln, Charlestown, East Bradford, East Brandywine,
15 East Caln, East Fallowfield, East Goshen, East Marlborough, East
16 Nantmeal, East Pikeland, East Vincent, East Whiteland, Easttown,
17 Elk, Franklin, Highland, Kennett, London Britain, London Grove,
18 New Garden, New London, Newlin, Pennsbury, Pocopson, Schuylkill,
19 Thornbury, Tredyffrin, Upper Uwchlan, Uwchlan, Wallace, West
20 Bradford, West Goshen, West Marlborough, West Pikeland, West
21 Vincent, West Whiteland, Westtown and Willistown, and the
22 Boroughs of Avondale, Downingtown, Kennett Square, Malvern,
23 Modena, Phoenixville, South Coatesville, Spring City, West
24 Chester and West Grove of Chester County; the City of Chester,
25 the Townships of Bethel, Birmingham, Chester, Concord, Lower
26 Chichester, Thornbury and Upper Chichester, and the Boroughs of
27 Marcus Hook and Trainer of Delaware County; and the Townships of
28 Douglass, Franconia, Hatfield, Limerick, Lower Frederick, Lower
29 Pottsgrove, Lower Providence, Lower Salford, Marlborough,
30 Montgomery, New Hanover, Salford, Towamencin, Upper Frederick,
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1 Upper Hanover, Upper Pottsgrove, Upper Providence, Upper
2 Salford, West Norriton and West Pottsgrove, and the Boroughs of
3 Collegeville, East Greenville, Green Lane, Hatfield, Pennsburg,
4 Pottstown, Red Hill, Royersford, Souderton, Telford (Montgomery
5 County portion) and Trappe of Montgomery County.
6 The Sixth District shall consist of Berks County; the City of
7 Coatesville, the Townships of East Coventry, Honeybrook, North
8 Coventry, Sadsbury, South Coventry, Valley, Warwick, West
9 Brandywine, West Caln, West Nantmeal and West Sadsbury, and the
10 Boroughs of Atglen, Elverson, Honey Brook and Parkesburg of
11 Chester County; and the City of Pottsville, the Townships of
12 Barry, Blythe, Branch, Butler, Cass, Delano, East Brunswick,
13 East Norwegian, East Union, Eldred, Foster, Frailey, Hegins,
14 Hubley, Mahanoy, New Castle, North Manheim, North Union,
15 Norwegian, Pine Grove, Porter, Reilly, Ryan, Schuylkill, South
16 Manheim, Tremont, Union, Upper Mahantongo, Walker, Washington,
17 Wayne, West Brunswick, West Mahanoy and West Penn, and the
18 Boroughs of Ashland, Auburn, Cressona, Deer Lake, Frackville,
19 Gilberton, Girardville, Gordon, Landingville, Mahanoy City,
20 Mechanicsville, Middleport, Minersville, Mt. Carbon, New
21 Philadelphia, New Ringgold, Orwigsburg, Palo Alto, Pine Grove,
22 Port Carbon, Port Clinton, Ringtown, Schuylkill Haven,
23 Shenandoah, St. Clair, Tamaqua, Tower City and Tremont of
24 Schuylkill County.
25 The Seventh District shall consist of the Townships of Aston,
26 Darby, Edgemont, Haverford, Marple, Middletown, Nether
27 Providence, Newtown, Radnor, Ridley, Springfield, Tinicum, Upper
28 Darby and Upper Providence, and the Boroughs of Aldan,
29 Brookhaven, Chester Heights, Clifton Heights, Collingdale,
30 Colwyn, Darby, East Lansdowne, Eddystone, Folcroft, Glenolden,
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1 Lansdowne, Media, Millbourne, Morton, Norwood, Parkside,
2 Prospect Park, Ridley Park, Rose Valley, Rutledge, Sharon Hill,
3 Swarthmore, Upland and Yeadon of Delaware County and Wards 26
4 and 40 (divisions 14, 16, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
5 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55 and 56) of the City
6 of Philadelphia.
7 The Eighth District shall consist of Bucks County; and the
8 Townships of Horsham and Lower Moreland, and the Boroughs of
9 Bryn Athyn and Hatboro of Montgomery County.
10 The Ninth District shall consist of Bedford County; Blair
11 County; the Townships of Chest, Clearfield, Dean, Reade and
12 White, and the Borough of Patton of Cambria County; the
13 Townships of Beccaria, Bell, Bigler, Bloom, Boggs, Bradford,
14 Brady, Burnside, Chest, Cooper, Covington, Decatur, Ferguson,
15 Girard, Goshen, Graham, Greenwood, Gulich, Huston, Jordan,
16 Karthaus, Knox, Lawrence, Morris, Penn, Pike, Pine, Union and
17 Woodward, and the Boroughs of Brisbin, Burnside, Chester Hill,
18 Clearfield, Coalport, Curwensville, Glenhope, Grampian,
19 Houtzdale, Irvona, Lumber City, Mahaffey, New Washington,
20 Newburg, Osceola, Ramey, Troutville, Wallaceton and Westover of
21 Clearfield County; the Townships of Cooke, Dickinson, Hopewell,
22 Lower Frankford, Lower Mifflin, Monroe, North Newton, Penn,
23 Shippensburg, South Middleton, South Newton, Southampton, Upper
24 Frankford and Upper Mifflin, and the Boroughs of Mt. Holly
25 Springs, Newburg, Newville and Shippensburg (Cumberland County
26 Portion) of Cumberland County; Franklin County; Fulton County;
27 Huntingdon County; and Mifflin County.
28 The Tenth District shall consist of Bradford County;
29 Lackawanna County; the Townships of Barrett, Chestnuthill,
30 Coolbaugh, Eldred, Hamilton, Jackson, Middle Smithfield,
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1 Paradise, Pocono, Price, Ross, Smithfield, Stroud, Tobyhanna and
2 Tunkhannock, and the Boroughs of Delaware Water Gap, East
3 Stroudsburg, Mt. Pocono and Stroudsburg of Monroe County; Pike
4 County; Susquehanna County; Tioga County; Wayne County; and
5 Wyoming County.
6 The Eleventh District shall consist of the Townships of
7 Banks, East Penn, Franklin, Lausanne, Lehigh, Mahoning and
8 Packer, and the Boroughs of Beaver Meadows, East Side, Jim
9 Thorpe, Lansford, Lehighton, Nesquehoning, Parryville, Summit
10 Hill, Weatherly and Weissport of Carbon County; Columbia County;
11 Luzerne County; Montour County; the City of Shamokin, the
12 Townships of Coal, East Cameron and Mt. Carmel, and the Boroughs
13 of Kulpmont, Marion Heights and Mt. Carmel of Northumberland
14 County; the Townships of Kline and Rush, and the Boroughs of
15 Coaldale and McAdoo of Schuylkill County; and Sullivan County.
16 The Twelfth District shall consist of the Townships of
17 Burrell, Cowanshammock, Gilpin, Kiskiminetas, Parks, South Bend
18 and Wayne, and the Boroughs of Apollo, Atwood, Dayton,
19 Leechburg, North Apollo and Rural Valley of Armstrong County;
20 the City of Johnstown, the Townships of Adams, Allegheny, Barr,
21 Blacklick, Cambria, Conemaugh, Cresson, Croyle, East Carroll,
22 East Taylor, Elder, Gallitzin, Jackson, Lower Yoder, Middle
23 Taylor, Munster, Portage, Richland, Stonycreek, Summerhill,
24 Susquehanna, Upper Yoder, Washington, West Carroll and West
25 Taylor, and the Boroughs of Ashville, Barnesboro, Brownstown,
26 Carrolltown, Cassandra, Chest Springs, Cresson, Daisytown, Dale,
27 East Conemaugh, Ebensburg, Ehrenfeld, Ferndale, Franklin,
28 Gallitzin, Geistown, Hastings, Lilly, Lorain, Loretto, Nanty
29 Glo, Portage, Sankertown, Scalp Level, South Fork, Southmont,
30 Spangler, Summerhill, Tunnelhill (Cambria County Portion),
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1 Vintondale, Westmont and Wilmore of Cambria County; the Cities
2 of Connellsville and Uniontown, and the Townships of Bullskin,
3 Connellsville, Dunbar, Henry Clay, North Union, Saltlick, South
4 Union, Springfield, Stewart, Upper Tyrone and Wharton, and the
5 Boroughs of Dunbar, Everson, Markleysburg, Ohiopyle, South
6 Connellsville and Vanderbilt of Fayette County; Indiana County;
7 Somerset County; and the Townships of Cook, Derry, Donegal,
8 Fairfield, Ligonier and St. Clair, and the Boroughs of Bolivar,
9 Derry, Donegal, Latrobe, Ligonier, New Alexandria, New Florence
10 and Seward of Westmoreland County.
11 The Thirteenth District shall consist of the Townships of
12 Abington, Cheltenham, East Norriton, Lower Gwynedd, Lower
13 Merion, Perkiomen, Plymouth, Skippack, Springfield, Upper
14 Dublin, Upper Gwynedd, Upper Merion, Upper Moreland, Whitemarsh,
15 Whitpain and Worcester, and the Boroughs of Ambler, Bridgeport,
16 Conshohocken, Jenkintown, Lansdale, Narberth, Norristown, North
17 Wales, Rockledge, Schwenksville and West Conshohocken of
18 Montgomery County; and Wards 9; 21; 38 (divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
19 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
20 and 24); and 59 (divisions 20, 21 and 26) of the City of
21 Philadelphia.
22 The Fourteenth District shall consist of the City of
23 Pittsburgh; the Townships of Baldwin, Reserve and Stowe, and the
24 Boroughs of Bellevue, Castle Shannon, Edgewood, Homestead,
25 McKees Rocks, Millvale, Mt. Oliver, Sharpsburg and Wilkinsburg
26 of Allegheny County.
27 The Fifteenth District shall consist of the Townships of
28 Kidder, Lower Towamensing, Penn Forest and Towamensing, and the
29 Boroughs of Bowmanstown and Palmerton of Carbon County; Lehigh
30 County; the Township of Polk of Monroe County; and Northampton
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1 County.
2 The Sixteenth District shall consist of the Townships of East
3 Nottingham, Londonderry, Lower Oxford, Penn, Upper Oxford, West
4 Fallowfield and West Nottingham, and the Borough of Oxford of
5 Chester County; the Townships of Conewago, Londonderry and Lower
6 Swatara, and the Boroughs of Middletown and Royalton of Dauphin
7 County; Lancaster County; and Lebanon County.
8 The seventeenth District shall consist of the Townships of
9 Castanea, Crawford, Green, Lamar and Wayne, and the Borough of
10 Loganton of Clinton County; the City of Harrisburg, the
11 Townships of East Hanover, Halifax, Jackson, Jefferson, Lower
12 Paxton, Lykens, Middle Paxton, Mifflin, Reed, Rush, South
13 Hanover, Susquehanna, Swatara, Upper Paxton, Washington, Wayne,
14 West Hanover, Wiconisco and Williams, and the Boroughs of
15 Berrysburg, Dauphin, Elizabethville, Gratz, Halifax, Highspire,
16 Hummelstown, Lykens, Millersburg, Paxtang, Penbrook, Pillow,
17 Steelton and Williamstown of Dauphin County; Juniata County;
18 Lycoming County; the City of Sunbury, the Townships of Delaware,
19 East Chillisquaque, Jackson, Jordan, Lewis, Little Mahanoy,
20 Lower Augusta, Lower Mahanoy, Point, Ralpho, Rockefeller, Rush,
21 Shamokin, Turbot, Upper Augusta, Upper Mahanoy, Washington, West
22 Cameron, West Chillisquaque and Zerbe, and the Boroughs of
23 Herndon, McEwensville, Milton, Northumberland, Riverside,
24 Snydertown, Turbotville and Watsontown of Northumberland County;
25 Perry County; Snyder County; and Union County.
26 The Eighteenth District shall consist of Townships of Aleppo,
27 Collier, Hampton, Kennedy, Kilbuck, McCandless, Mt. Lebanon,
28 Neville, O'Hara, Ohio, Penn Hills, Richland, Robinson, Ross,
29 Scott, Shaler, South Fayette and Upper St. Clair, and the
30 Boroughs of Aspinwall, Avalon, Baldwin, Bell Acres, Ben Avon,
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1 Ben Avon Heights, Bethel Park, Blawnox, Brentwood, Bridgeville,
2 Carnegie, Churchill, Crafton, Dormont, Edgeworth, Emsworth,
3 Etna, Forest Hills, Fox Chapel, Franklin Park, Glenfield, Green
4 Tree, Haysville, Heidelberg, Ingram, McDonald (Allegheny County
5 Portion), Osborne, Pennsbury Village, Pleasant Hills, Rosslyn
6 Farms, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills, Thornburg,
7 West View and Whitehall of Allegheny County; and the Township of
8 Peters of Washington County.
9 The Nineteenth District shall consist of Adams County; the
10 Townships of East Pennsboro, Hampden, Lower Allen, Middlesex,
11 North Middleton, Silver Spring, Upper Allen and West Pennsboro,
12 and the Boroughs of Camp Hill, Carlisle, Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg,
13 New Cumberland, Shiremanstown, West Fairview and Wormleysburg of
14 Cumberland County; and York County.
15 The Twentieth District shall consist of the Cities of
16 Clairton, Duquesne and McKeesport, the Townships of East Deer,
17 Elizabeth, Fawn, Forward, Frazer, Harmar, Harrison, Indiana,
18 North Versailles, South Park, South Versailles, Springdale, West
19 Deer and Wilkins, and the Boroughs of Brackenridge, Braddock,
20 Braddock Hills, Chalfant, Cheswick, Dravosburg, East McKeesport,
21 East Pittsburgh, Elizabeth, Glassport, Jefferson, Liberty,
22 Lincoln, Monroeville, Munhall, North Braddock, Oakmont,
23 Pitcairn, Plum, Port Vue, Rankin, Springdale, Swissvale,
24 Tarentum, Trafford (Allegheny County Portion), Turtle Creek,
25 Verona, Versailles, Wall, West Elizabeth, West Homestead, West
26 Mifflin, Whitaker, White Oak and Wilmerding of Allegheny County;
27 and the City of Washington, the Townships of Amwell, Blaine,
28 Buffalo, Canton, Cecil, Chartiers, Cross Creek, Donegal, East
29 Finley, Hanover, Hopewell, Independence, Jefferson, Morris, Mt.
30 Pleasant, North Bethlehem, North Franklin, North Strabane,
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1 Nottingham, Robinson, Smith, Somerset, South Franklin, South
2 Strabane, Union and West Finley, and the Boroughs of
3 Beallsville, Bentleyville, Burgettstown, Canonsburg, Claysville,
4 Cokeburg, East Washington, Finleyville, Green Hills, Houston,
5 McDonald (Washington County Portion), Midway, West Alexander and
6 West Middletown of Washington County.
7 The Twenty-first District shall consist of the Townships of
8 Brownsville, Franklin, Georges, German, Jefferson, Lower Tyrone,
9 Luzerne, Menallen, Nicholson, Perry, Redstone, Springhill and
10 Washington, and the Boroughs of Belle Vernon, Brownsville,
11 Dawson, Fairchance, Fayette City, Masontown, Newell,
12 Perryopolis, Point Marion and Smithfield of Fayette County;
13 Greene County; the City of Monongahela, the Townships of
14 Carroll, East Bethlehem, Fallowfield, West Bethlehem and West
15 Pike Run, and the Boroughs of Allenport, California,
16 Centerville, Charleroi, Coal Center, Deemston, Donora, Dunlevy,
17 Elco, Ellsworth, Long Branch, Marianna, New Eagle, North
18 Charleroi, Roscoe, Speers, Stockdale, Twilight and West
19 Brownsville of Washington County; and the Cities of Arnold,
20 Greensburg, Jeannette, Lower Burrell, Monessen and New
21 Kensington, the Townships of Allegheny, Bell, East Huntingdon,
22 Hempfield, Loyalhanna, Mt. Pleasant, North Huntingdon, Penn
23 Rostraver, Salem, Sewickley, South Huntingdon, Unity, Upper
24 Burrell and Washington, and the Boroughs of Adamsburg, Arona,
25 Avonmore, Delmont, East Vandergrift, Export, Hunker, Hyde Park,
26 Irwin, Madison, Manor, Mt. Pleasant, Murrysville, New Stanton,
27 North Belle Vernon, North Irwin, Oklahoma, Penn, Scottdale,
28 Smithton, South Greensburg, Southwest Greensburg, Sutersville,
29 Trafford (Westmoreland County Portion), Vandergrift, West
30 Leechburg, West Newton, Youngstown and Youngwood of Westmoreland
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1 County.
2 The Twenty-second District shall consist of the Townships of
3 Crescent, Findlay, Leet, Marshall, Moon, North Fayette and Pine
4 and the Boroughs of Bradford Woods, Coraopolis, Leetsdale and
5 Oakdale of Allegheny County; the Townships of Bethel, Cadogan,
6 East Franklin, North Buffalo, South Buffalo, Sugar Creek and
7 West Franklin, and the Boroughs of Applewold, Freeport, West
8 Kittanning and Worthington of Armstrong County; Beaver County;
9 Butler County; and the City of New Castle, the Townships of
10 Hickory, Little Beaver, Mahoning, North Beaver, Perry, Plain
11 Grove, Scott, Shenango, Slippery Rock, Taylor, Union and Wayne,
12 and the Boroughs of Bessemer, Ellport, Ellwood City (Lawrence
13 County Portion), Enon Valley, New Beaver, Snpj, South New Castle
14 and Wampum of Lawrence County.
15 The Twenty-third District shall consist of the Townships of
16 Boggs, Bradys Bend, Hovey, Kittanning, Madison, Mahoning, Manor,
17 Perry, Pine, Plumcreek, Rayburn, Redbank, Valley and Washington,
18 and the Boroughs of Elderton, Ford City, Ford Cliff, Kittanning,
19 Manorville, Parker City and South Bethlehem of Armstrong County;
20 Cameron County; Centre County; Clarion County; the City of
21 Dubois, the Township of Sandy, and the Borough of Falls Creek
22 (Clearfield County Portion) of Clearfield County; the City of
23 Lock Haven, the Townships of Allison, Bald Eagle, Beech Creek,
24 Chapman, Colebrook, Dunnstable, East Keating, Gallagher, Grugan,
25 Leidy, Logan, Noyes, Pine Creek, Porter, West Keating and
26 Woodward, and the Boroughs of Avis, Beech Creek, Flemington,
27 Mill Hall, Renovo and South Renovo of Clinton County; Elk
28 County; Forest County; Jefferson County; McKean County; Potter
29 County; Venango County; and Warren County.
30 Section 2. The first election under this act shall be held
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1 at the primary election in the year 1982.
2 The members of Congress now in office shall continue in such
3 office until the expiration of their respective terms.
4 Vacancies now existing or happening after the passage of this
5 act and before the commencement of the terms of the members
6 elected at the election of 1982 shall be filled for the
7 unexpired terms in the manner now provided by law.
8 Section 3. In the event any political subdivision or part
9 thereof should be omitted in the description of the
10 congressional districts, such political subdivision or part
11 thereof shall be included as a part of the congressional
12 district which completely surrounds it. Should any omitted
13 political subdivision or part thereof be not completely
14 surrounded by one congressional district, it shall become a part
15 of that congressional district to which it is contiguous, or if
16 there are two or more such contiguous districts, it shall become
17 a part of that congressional district contiguous thereto which
18 has the least population.
19 Section 4. (a) The act of January 25, 1972 (P.L.7, No.3),
20 entitled "An act to apportion the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 into congressional districts in conformity with constitutional
22 requirements; and providing for the nomination and election of
23 Congressmen," is repealed except as to the filling of vacancies
24 under the provisions of section 2 of this act.
25 (b) All other acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as
26 they are inconsistent herewith.
27 Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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