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Other countries, however, opt for an Independent Commission which deals solely with constituency boundaries. For instance, Article 25 of the French Constitution requires the establishment of an independent Commission in charge of this task. Section 3 of the German Federal Elections Act also specifies that a Constituency Commission is responsible for boundary alterations. Germany has a Constituency Commission that reports changes in the population and presents a proposal on which changes should be made to constituency boundaries. In the United Kingdom, the different Boundary Commissions are responsible for reporting to Parliament regularly on necessary changes to constituency boundaries; and Parliament deals with all four reports together. In the United States, the States differ in the body that is in charge of the redrawing of constituencies.