3.0.0 1647 2022-02-03T05:28:12Z 2022-02-03T05:28:12Z House H HR 2005-04-14 109 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2005-04-14T13:58:25Z 2005-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2005-04-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E650) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 23 N H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2005-04-14 True A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 2005-04-14 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2005-04-14 True J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2005-04-14 True C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2005-04-14 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2005-04-14 True J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2005-04-14 True D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2005-06-14 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2005-06-14 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2005-06-14 False R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2005-06-14 False Government Operations and Politics Congress Congressional elections Election Day Labor and Employment Leave of absence Presidential elections Government Operations and Politics 00 2005-04-14 Introduced in House 2005-04-27T21:25:19Z Election Weekend Act - Amends Federal law to change the date for the election of: (1) President and of Vice President to the first consecutive Saturday and Sunday in November in every fourth year succeeding every presidential election; and (2) Members of Congress to the first consecutive Saturday and Sunday in November in every even numbered year.

Expresses the sense of Congress that private employers in the United States should give their employees a day off on either of such days starting in November 2006 to enable them to cast votes in the Federal and other elections held on that day.

]]> Election Weekend Act Short Titles as Introduced Election Weekend Act Display Title Election Weekend Act Official Title as Introduced To require that general Federal elections be held during the first consecutive Saturday and Sunday in November, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr1647ih/xml/BILLS-109hr1647ih.xml 2005-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. 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.