[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 75 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 75

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2007

Mr. Goode 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 selects 
    the President in the event 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. 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 votes cast by 
a majority of the Members of the House shall be the President.
    ``Section 2. For purposes of a meeting of the House to cast votes 
under section 1, two-thirds of the Members of the House shall 
constitute a quorum.''.
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