3.0.0 77 2023-01-15T08:18:17Z 2023-01-15T08:18:17Z House H HJRES 2003-11-19 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-10T21:05:25Z Referred to 2003-11-19T15:01:20Z 2003-12-10 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Committee 2003-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2003-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001229 Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] BRIAN BAIRD D WA 3 N Congress Congressional elections Constitutional amendments Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governors House of Representatives Law Members of Congress Special elections Congress 00 2003-11-19 Introduced in House 2004-02-10T21:03:35Z Constitutional Amendment - Requires an individual, who is elected to serve as a Member of the House of Representatives for a Congress, before taking the oath of office, to present to the chief executive of the State from which the individual is elected a list of at least two qualified nominees to take the individual's place in the event the individual dies or becomes incapacitated before the individual's term of office expires. Allows the individual, after such oath, to revise the list at any time during a Congress.

Provides that if at any time a majority of the whole membership of the House is unable to carry out its duties because of death or incapacity, or if at any time the House adopts a resolution declaring that extraordinary circumstances exist which threaten the ability of the House to represent the interests of the people of the United States, the chief executive of any State represented by a member who is dead or incapacitated at that time shall appoint, from the most recent list, an individual to take the Member's place. Requires: (1) the individual to be appointed as soon as practicable (but in no event later than seven days) after the Member's death or incapacity has been certified; (2) the individual to serve until the Member regains capacity or until another Member is elected to the vacancy; and (3) the State to provide for an election to fill the vacancy. Allows the appointed individual to be a candidate in the election. States that these provisions do not apply to any Member of the House who dies or becomes incapacitated before the seven-day period which ends on the date on which the event requiring such appointments occurs.

Provides that if the appointed individual is unable to carry out a Member's duties, the chief executive of the State involved shall appoint another individual from the same list of nominees.

]]> Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the appointment of individuals to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives. Display Title Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the appointment of individuals to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives. Official Title as Introduced Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the appointment of individuals to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2003-11-19T05:00:00Z 2003-12-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.