3.0.0 1000 2024-07-24T15:23:44Z 2024-07-24T15:23:44Z House H HR 2023-02-14 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. FOXX:H.R. 1000.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution which states``Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings . ..''The single subject of this legislation is:Changing when and how the Oath of Office is Administered toHouse Members-elect.[Page H840]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2023-02-14T15:02:15Z 2023-02-14 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2023-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000450 Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] Virginia Foxx R NC 5 N G000558 Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] Brett Guthrie R KY 2 2023-02-14 True C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2023-02-14 True Congress Congress 2023-03-17T00:15:16Z 00 2023-02-14 Introduced in House 2023-04-11T21:24:50Z Ordering Authentication in The House's Swearing-in Act or the OATHS Act

This bill modifies procedures related to the oath of office that is taken by Members of the House of Representatives.

First, the bill eliminates the statutory requirement that the oath of office be administered at the first session of Congress after every general election of Representatives.

Second, the bill requires that the Clerk of the House of Representatives provide Members with two printed copies of the oath of office to sign before the first session of Congress rather than on the first day of that session. Generally, a Member shall be deemed to have taken the oath of office when they return the signed oath to the clerk for filing in official records. However, if a Member returns the signed oath before noon on the first day of the first session, the signed oath is effective at noon on the first day of that session.

]]> OATHS Act Display Title 45 OATHS Act 2024-07-24T15:23:44Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 OATHS Act 2024-05-24T13:42:25Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Ordering Authentication in The House’s Swearing-in Act 2024-05-24T13:42:25Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To direct the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide Members-elect of the House with written copies of the oath of office prior to the first session of a Congress and to provide that a Member-elect who signs such copies shall be considered to have taken the oath of office. 2024-03-18T20:20:16Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr1000ih/xml/BILLS-118hr1000ih.xml 2023-02-14 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.