[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 37 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 37

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 provide for the appointment and voting, by congressional district, of 
   electors for the election of President and Vice President, and to 
provide procedures for electing the President and Vice President if no 
           candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2001

   Mr. Clement 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 and voting, by congressional district, of 
   electors for the election of President and Vice President, and to 
provide procedures for electing the President and Vice President if no 
           candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.

    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 one elector for each district in that State 
represented by a member of the House of Representatives. Each elector 
shall cast a vote for the candidates for President and Vice President 
who received the greatest number of popular votes in that district.
    ``Section 2. Each State shall appoint two electors who shall each 
cast a vote for the candidates for President and Vice President who 
received the greatest number of popular votes in that State.
    ``Section 3. Electors for the District constituting the seat of 
Government of the United States as provided by the twenty-third article 
of amendment shall each cast a vote for the candidates for President 
and Vice President who received the the greatest number of popular 
votes in the District.
    ``Section 4. If no candidate for an office receives a majority of 
the votes cast by the electors, then from the two candidates for that 
office receiving the highest number of electoral votes, the House of 
Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, one candidate who 
shall serve in that office.
    ``Section 5. If ratification of this article by three fourths of 
the several States occurs within the calendar year of a Presidential 
election, this article shall not take effect until the following 
Presidential election.
    ``Section 6. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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