3.0.0 103 2023-01-11T13:34:05Z 2023-01-11T13:34:05Z House HJRES 2016-11-17 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 165 (Thursday, November 17, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RANGEL:H.J. Res. 103.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 5The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deemit necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution,or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds ofthe several States, shall call a Convention for proposingAmendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to allIntents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, whenratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the severalStates or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the oneor the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by theCongress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made priorto the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in anyManner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the NinthSection of the first Article; and that no State, without itsConsent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in theSenate.____________________[Page H6302]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2016-12-05T21:21:04Z Referred to 2016-11-17T14:01:25Z A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States. 114 41 SJRES 2016-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS Every Vote Counts Amendment 114 102 HJRES 2016-12-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. 114 104 HJRES 2016-12-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS 2016-12-05 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2016-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2016-11-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-11-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 13 N C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2016-11-30 False S001175 Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] Jackie Speier D CA 14 2016-12-02 False Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2016-11-17 Introduced in House 2017-04-24T16:07:54Z Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and the Vice President to be jointly elected by the direct vote of the qualified electors of the several states and territories and the District of Columbia.

]]> Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Display Title Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Official Title as Introduced Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hjres103ih/xml/BILLS-114hjres103ih.xml 2016-12-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. 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.