[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 474 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 474

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not 
   give any Federal agency the power to postpone the date of Federal 
                               elections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2004

 Mr. Smith of Michigan submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not 
   give any Federal agency the power to postpone the date of Federal 
                               elections.

Whereas Election Assistance Commission Chairman DeForest Soaries has proposed a 
        policy for allowing the alteration of the schedule for Federal elections 
        in the event of an unspecified emergency;
Whereas the United States has never postponed or delayed a Federal election for 
        any reason, even during the Civil War;
Whereas Condoleeza Rice, the Assistant to the President for National Security 
        Affairs, has stated that the Administration has no intention of altering 
        the schedule for Federal elections and expects the elections to occur as 
        scheduled;
Whereas the American people have a longstanding and legitimate expectation that 
        regularly scheduled Federal elections will continue to be held in 
        accordance with Federal law; and
Whereas keeping the schedule for Federal elections is necessary to maintain 
        confidence in the legitimacy of the Presidency and Congress both in the 
        United States and around the world: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Federal Government should not give any Federal 
        agency the power to postpone the date of Federal elections; and
            (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security should not act on 
        the proposal submitted by Election Assistance Commission 
        Chairman DeForest Soaries.
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