[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4742 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4742

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 
 principal campaign committee of a candidate in a general election for 
the office of President to file a certification that the candidate has 
undergone a medical examination conducted by a medical office under the 
               jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2018

  Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 
 principal campaign committee of a candidate in a general election for 
the office of President to file a certification that the candidate has 
undergone a medical examination conducted by a medical office under the 
               jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy.

    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 ``Standardizing Testing and 
Accountability Before Large Elections Giving Electors Necessary 
Information for Unobstructed Selection Act'' or the ``STABLE GENIUS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

    (a) Requiring Principal Campaign Committee To Certify That 
Candidate Has Undergone Examination.--Section 304 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Certification of Medical Examination of Presidential 
Candidate.--
            ``(1) Requiring filing of certification.--The principal 
        campaign committee of a candidate for election for the office 
        of President shall file a report with the Commission under this 
        section containing--
                    ``(A) a certification that a medical office under 
                the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy conducted 
                a medical examination of the candidate after the 
                candidate won the nomination of a political party to 
                run as a candidate in the general election for such 
                office; and
                    ``(B) the results of such medical examination.
            ``(2) Deadline.--A principal campaign committee of a 
        candidate for election for the office of President shall file 
        the report required under paragraph (1) not later than 21 days 
        after the date on which the candidate won the political party's 
        nomination to run as a candidate in the general election.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to the general election for the office of President 
held in November 2020 and each succeeding general election for such 
office.
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