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Which act sets the “permanent” size of the House of Representatives to 435 members?

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Finally, in 1929 the Permanent Apportionment Act became law. It permanently set the maximum number of representatives at 435. In addition, the law determined a procedure for automatically reapportioning House seats after each census. (Reapportionment takes effect three years after the census.)

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