; and (C) the identification and number of candidates who advance to the general election for the office is determined without regard to the candidates’ political party preferences or lack thereof. (c) Exception for States not holding primary elections prior to date of regularly scheduled general elections This section does not apply in the case of a State that does not hold primary elections for the office of Representative prior to the date established under section 25 of Revised Statutes of the United States ( 2 U.S.C. 7 ) for the regularly scheduled general election for such offices. 204. Conforming amendments The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: (1) Section 22(c) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress , approved June 18, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a(c) ). (2) The Act entitled An Act for the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional redistricting , approved December 14, 1967 ( 2 U.S.C. 2c ). (3) Section 5 of the Act entitled An Act For the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Thirteenth Census , approved August 8, 1911 ( 2 U.S.C. 5 ). 205. Effective date This title and the amendments made by this title shall apply with respect to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress and each subsequent Congress. III Requirements for Congressional Redistricting A General Requirements 301. Limit on Congressional redistricting after an apportionment A State which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress , approved June 18, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a ), may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives under such section, unless a court requires the State to conduct such subsequent redistricting to