; and (2) no political party in the State has control over the commission. (c) Conforming amendment 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) ), is amended by striking in the manner provided by the law thereof and inserting: in the manner provided by the Open Our Democracy Act of 2017 . (d) Effective date This section and the amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to congressional redistricting carried out pursuant to the decennial census conducted during 2020 or any succeeding decennial census. 7. Member of the House defined In this Act, the term Member of the House of Representatives includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 8. Effective date Except as provided in sections 5(a) and 6, this Act shall apply with respect to elections occurring during 2018 or any succeeding year.