3.0.0 1905 2023-01-11T20:40:57Z 2023-01-11T20:40:57Z Senate S S 2007-07-31 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2007-09-19T15:55:43Z Referred to 2007-07-31T19:24:26Z Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007 110 3487 HR 2007-09-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Identical bill CRS 2007-09-19 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Committee 2007-07-31 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2007-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2007-07-31 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-07-31 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2007-09-05 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-09-17 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2007-09-17 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2007-09-17 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2007-10-02 False A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2007-11-08 False Government Operations and Politics Political conventions Presidential elections Primaries Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-18T19:20:57Z Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007 - Divides the United States into four regions of specified states (including the District of Columbia) for holding presidential primaries in each presidential election year. Requires four successive presidential primaries in each such year, to be held during the period beginning on the first Tuesday of March, April, May, and June and ending on the sixth day following such Tuesday.

Directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish procedures for the conduct of a lottery by March 1, 2010, to select which of four regions will hold the first primary.

Sets forth a rule for subsequent election cycles.

Provides that, in the case where a state elects to select delegates to a political party's national presidential nominating convention through a caucus, the state shall hold a caucus during the period in which its region is scheduled to hold a primary.

]]> Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection of delegates to a national Presidential nominating convention, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1905is/xml/BILLS-110s1905is.xml 2007-09-19 Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. 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.