Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act

Bill: 118-hr-6972
Sponsor: Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2024-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government liability
Health information and medical records

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-11
text: 

Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act

This bill requires certain notifications whenever a head of an executive branch agency who is a member of the National Security Council (for example, the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Defense) becomes medically incapacitated.

In the event that such an agency head becomes medically incapacitated, the person serving in an acting capacity as the agency head (or, if no person is acting, the first assistant to the office of the agency head) must notify within 24 hours the Executive Office of the President, the Comptroller General, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

In the event that such notifications are not made, the bill requires a report containing certain information related to the medical incapacitation, the individual who served in an acting capacity, and an explanation of why the required notifications were not made.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-305.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-305.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-05-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
action_date: 2024-05-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
action_date: 2024-05-06
text: Considered as unfinished business.
action_date: 2024-05-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6972.
action_date: 2024-05-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2840-2842)
action_date: 2024-05-06
text: Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2024-02-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
action_date: 2024-02-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2024-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-01-11
text: Introduced in House