3.0.0 3950 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z Senate S 2020-06-11 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-11T20:18:50Z 2020-06-11 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2020-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N Government Operations and Politics Advisory bodies Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government studies and investigations Libraries and archives Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-04T16:05:26Z Twentieth Amendment Section Four Study Act

This bill establishes the Twentieth Amendment Section Four Panel, which must recommend to Congress model legislation to resolve any vacancy created by the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice-presidential election. Such panel terminates 90 days after submitting its final report.

(The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution requires that presidential and vice-presidential candidates gain a majority of electoral votes to win an election. In the event that no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment requires the House of Representatives to elect the President and the Senate to elect the Vice President, which is known as a contingent election. The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution allows Congress to establish a process in the case of the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice-presidential election.)

]]> Twentieth Amendment Section Four Study Act Display Title Twentieth Amendment Section Four Study Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Twentieth Amendment Section Four Study Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a panel of constitutional experts to recommend to Congress an appropriate process for providing for the case of the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice-presidential selection. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3950is/xml/BILLS-116s3950is.xml 2020-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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.