[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 73 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 73

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses 
the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a 
                    majority of the electoral votes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2007

   Mr. Sherman 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 
 relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses 
the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a 
                    majority of the 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. Whenever the right to choose the President devolves 
upon the House of Representatives, the Members of the House shall cast 
votes on an individual basis, and the candidate receiving the greatest 
number of votes cast by the Members shall be the President so long as 
such number is a majority of the votes cast.
    ``Section 2. For purposes of a meeting of the House to cast votes 
under section 1, a majority of the House shall constitute a quorum.''.
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