HR 2760 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

National Advisory Voter Initiative Act of 2001

Introduced Aug 2, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Peter Hoekstra R-MI

Latest action · Aug 2, 2001 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedAug 2, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Advisory Voter Initiative Act of 2001 - Gives the people in each State who have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature the right to propose any law which the Congress has authority to pass and to propose the repeal of any provision of law passed by Congress which has become law.

Outlines the procedure for the people to exercise such right through petition and State vote.

Provides that if a law or repeal proposed under this Act receives a majority of the votes cast in 3/5 of the several States, the proposed law or repeal shall be introduced in the House of Representatives by the Speaker of the House and in the Senate by the President pro tempore on the first day of the first session of Congress following the vote.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Aug 2, 2001
House	Rules Committee	Referred Aug 2, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House
Aug 2, 2001Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide that the voters of the United States be given the right, through advisory voter initiative, to propose the enactment and repeal of Federal laws in a national election.
Short Titles as Introduced: National Advisory Voter Initiative Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

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Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House

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