Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2093
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-14
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Legislative rules and procedure

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill provides for an alternative body to transmit a written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of office in accordance with the 25th Amendment. </p> <p>Each former living President and each former living Vice President shall constitute such body, except any such individual who has been impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate or who is serving as President or Vice President at the time the declaration of incapacity is made. Such body shall terminate whenever less than two such eligible individuals are living and shall be reestablished whenever two or more such eligible individuals are living.</p> <p> A member of such body may be removed by a majority vote of all members of such body.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2093 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2017 Mr. Blumenauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening and Clarifying the 25th Amendment Act of 2017 . 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. 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.