Urging the Vice President and the Cabinet to fulfill their duties pursuant to Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Bill: 115-hres-497
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2017-08-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Congressional-executive branch relations

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Federal officials

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Mental health

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-08-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Urges the Vice President and the Cabinet to: (1) quickly secure the services of medical and psychiatric professionals to examine the President to assist in their deliberations under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to determine whether the President suffers from mental disorder or other injury that impairs his abilities and prevents him from discharging his constitutional duties, and (2) take immediate action pursuant to&nbsp;the Twenty-fifth Amendment and report to Congress.</p> <ul></ul>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 497 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2017 Ms. Lofgren submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Urging the Vice President and the Cabinet to fulfill their duties pursuant to Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Whereas, Section 4 of the 25th Amendment states that Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President ; and Whereas, President Donald J. Trump has exhibited an alarming pattern of behavior and speech causing concern that a mental disorder may have rendered him unfit and unable to fulfill his Constitutional duties: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) urges the Vice President and the Cabinet to quickly secure the services of medical and psychiatric professionals to examine the President to assist in their deliberations under the 25th Amendment to determine whether the President suffers from mental disorder or other injury that impairs his abilities and prevents him from discharging his Constitutional duties; and (2) strongly encourages the Vice President and the Cabinet to take immediate action pursuant to the 25th Amendment and report to Congress as outlined in that Amendment.