[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2727 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2727

To preclude the Department of Labor from allowing the Deputy Secretary 
            to serve as the Secretary of Labor indefinitely.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2023

  Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To preclude the Department of Labor from allowing the Deputy Secretary 
            to serve as the Secretary of Labor indefinitely.

    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 ``Advice and Consent Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR VACANCIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1 of the Act of April 17, 1946 (60 Stat. 
91; 29 U.S.C. 552) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``Notwithstanding the previous sentence or any other provision of law, 
if the Deputy Secretary is performing the duties of the Secretary due 
to the death, resignation, or removal of the Secretary and the 
individual serving in the position of Deputy Secretary has been 
nominated to the position of Secretary, the Deputy Secretary may not 
perform the duties of the Secretary after the date that is 210 days 
after the date on which the President submits such nomination to the 
Senate. If the Deputy Secretary is prohibited from performing the 
duties of the Secretary under the previous sentence, the President may 
direct an officer to perform the functions and duties of the Secretary 
temporarily in an acting capacity in accordance with subchapter III of 
chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Applicability.--In the case of a Deputy Secretary of Labor that 
is performing the duties of the Secretary of Labor under the authority 
under section 1 of the Act of April 17, 1946 (60 Stat. 91; 29 U.S.C. 
552) on the day before the date of enactment of this Act and who is 
prohibited from continuing to perform the duties of the Secretary under 
the amendment made by this Act, the termination of the authority of the 
Deputy Secretary to perform the duties of the Secretary shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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