3.0.0 2981 2023-01-11T13:37:47Z 2023-01-11T13:37:47Z House HR 2017-06-21 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DELANEY:H.R. 2981.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 4, Clause 1``The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections forSenators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in eachState by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at anytime by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to thePlaces of chusing Senators.''[Page H5049]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2017-07-10T16:49:19Z Referred to 2017-06-21T14:00:26Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-06-21T14:00:21Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2017-06-21T14:00:16Z 2017-07-10 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2017-06-21 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-06-21 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-06-21 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2017-06-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-06-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000620 Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] John Delaney D MD K. 6 N Y000062 Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] John Yarmuth D KY A. 3 2017-06-21 True K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2017-06-21 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2017-06-21 True P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2017-06-22 False Government Operations and Politics Commemorative events and holidays Congressional districts and representation Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management House of Representatives Political parties and affiliation Senate State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-06-21 Introduced in House 2019-08-16T19:45:58Z Open Our Democracy Act of 2017

This bill requires open primaries for elections for the office of Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, with general elections between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in each open primary regardless of political party preference. The bill also makes Election Day (the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years) a legal public holiday for federal employees and requires congressional redistricting to be conducted by an independent state commission.


]]> Open Our Democracy Act of 2017 Display Title Open Our Democracy Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To require all candidates for election for the office of Senator or Member of the House of Representatives to run in an open primary regardless of political party preference or lack thereof, to limit the ensuing general election for such office to the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in such open primary, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Open Our Democracy Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2981ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2981ih.xml 2017-07-10 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.