[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 1 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 1

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
provide for the appointment by the States of Electors for the election 
of the President and Vice President on the basis of the popular vote of 
each Congressional district of the State and for the appointment of two 
 electors by each State on the basis of the total popular vote of the 
                                 State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2001

   Mr. Clyburn introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
provide for the appointment by the States of Electors for the election 
of the President and Vice President on the basis of the popular vote of 
each Congressional district of the State and for the appointment of two 
 electors by each State on the basis of the total popular vote of the 
                                 State.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. In an election for President and Vice President, each 
State shall appoint two Electors to vote for the candidates for 
President and Vice President who received the greatest number of 
popular votes cast in the State for such election and, for each 
congressional district established pursuant to section 2 of this 
article, one Elector to vote for the candidates for President and Vice 
President who received the greatest number of popular votes in that 
district.
    ``Section 2. For purposes of section 1 of this article, each State 
shall by law establish a number of districts equal to the number of 
Representatives in Congress to which such State is entitled. All such 
districts shall be established by the States at such intervals as the 
Congress by law provides. Any district established for the election of 
Representatives in Congress as of the date of the ratification of this 
article shall be considered to be established pursuant to this section.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, the District 
constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall be 
treated as if it were a State, except that the number of electors for 
the District may not exceed the number of electors for the least 
populous State.
    ``Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the 
death of any candidate for President or Vice President before the day 
on which the President-elect or Vice President-elect has been chosen, 
and for the case of a tie in any election.
    ``Section 5. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.
    ``Section 6. This article shall apply with regard to any election 
for President and Vice President that is held more than one year after 
the date of the ratification of this article.''.
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