[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2093 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2093

 To provide for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration 
that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his 
 office in accordance with the provisions of the 25th Amendment of the 
                             Constitution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2017

Mr. Blumenauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration 
that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his 
 office in accordance with the provisions of the 25th Amendment of the 
                             Constitution.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE .

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening and Clarifying the 
25th Amendment Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to provide for an alternative body to 
transmit a written declaration that the President is unable to 
discharge the powers and duties of his office in accordance with 
section 4 of the 25th Amendment of the Constitution.

SEC. 3. PRESIDENTIAL INCAPACITY.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the 
following individuals shall constitute an alternative body to transmit 
a written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the 
powers and duties of his office in accordance with section 4 of the 
25th Amendment of the Constitution:
            (1) Each former living President.
            (2) Each former living Vice President.
    (b) Disqualification From Body.--The following individuals shall 
not be part of the body established under subsection (a):
            (1) Any individual impeached by the House of 
        Representatives and convicted by the Senate.
            (2) Any individual serving as President or Vice President 
        at the time the declaration of incapacity is made.
    (c) Removal From Body.--A member of the body identified in 
subsection (a) may be removed from such body by a majority vote of all 
members of such body.
    (d) Termination and Reestablishment of Body.--The body described in 
subsection (a) shall terminate whenever less than 2 individuals 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such subsection and not 
disqualified under subsection (b) are living. Such body shall be 
reestablished whenever 2 or more such individuals are living.
    (e) Definition.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
States and each territory or possession of the United States.
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