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<dc:title>119 HRES 308 RH: Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District of Florida.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-04-09</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code><calendar display="yes">House Calendar No. 16</calendar><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. RES. 308</legis-num><associated-doc role="report" display="yes">[Report No. 119–51]</associated-doc><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250409">April 9, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001213">Mr. Steil</sponsor>, from the Committee on House Administration<committee-name committee-id="HA00"></committee-name>, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed</action-desc></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District of Florida.</official-title></form><resolution-body style="traditional" id="H6D05152EDABC4CEFB62414EE1CA68DB9"><section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="H918C2649A4B046FCB9C40E3EAF355BB0"><enum/><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That the election contest filed on November 17, 2024, relating to the office of Representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District of Florida is dismissed on the grounds that, under section 2(1) of the Federal Contested Election Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/381">2 U.S.C. 381(1)</external-xref>), the House of Representatives has jurisdiction over official general and special elections to choose a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, but does not have jurisdiction over a primary election, or a caucus or convention of a political party. </text></section></resolution-body><endorsement><action-date date="20250409">April 9, 2025</action-date><action-desc> Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed</action-desc></endorsement></resolution> 

