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The statement said about $882 million will be returned or reapportioned by Congress in the next fiscal year.

The impasse over reapportioning votes has hampered efforts to increase funding levels, which countries across the board agree need to be increased.

Every 10 years, states rely on census data to redraw their legislative districts to reflect population changes and rebalance, or reapportion, congressional and legislative seats.

In advanced industrial giants like the United States, Britain and several European countries, political leaders turned out to be unable or unwilling to more broadly reapportion rewards and burdens.

“Furthermore, Congress cannot be reapportioned a second time.”