[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 452 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 452

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Clerk 
  of the House to conduct the election of the Speaker of the House by 
                             secret ballot.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2015

 Mr. Ashford submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Clerk 
  of the House to conduct the election of the Speaker of the House by 
                             secret ballot.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Effective Leadership 
Elections for Congressional Trust Resolution''.

SEC. 2. ELECTION OF SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY SECRET 
              BALLOT.

    Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(l) The Clerk shall conduct the election of the Speaker by secret 
ballot.''.
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