HR 50 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Uniform Poll Closing Act of 2000

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Edward J. Markey D-MA

Latest action · Feb 7, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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.

IntroducedJan 3, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Uniform Poll Closing Act of 2000 (sic) - Amends Federal presidential elections and vacancies law to: (1) establish 9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, as the single poll closing time for presidential general elections; (2) allow the States of Alaska and Hawaii to open polling places for such an election during the day preceding election day; and (3) provide for extended daylight saving time in the Pacific time zone in presidential election years.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2001 to Feb 14, 2001; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-AL	Bob Riley	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-CA	Christopher Cox	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-IL	David D. Phelps	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-SC	James E. Clyburn	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-MI	John D. Dingell	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-CO	Mark Udall	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-GA	Nathan Deal	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-NC	Richard Burr	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-LA	W. J. (Billy) Tauzin	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-FL	Carrie P. Meek		Jan 30, 2001
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Jan 30, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green		Jan 30, 2001
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Jan 30, 2001
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Jan 30, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Feb 8, 2001
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Feb 14, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans		Feb 14, 2001
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Feb 14, 2001

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 Jan 3, 2001
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2001
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred Feb 7, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2001Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-25	ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE BY THE NETWORKS246 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Feb 14, 2001

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 3, United States Code, and the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to establish a single poll closing time for Presidential general elections.
Short Titles as Introduced: Uniform Poll Closing Act of 2000
Popular Titles: Election Polls bill

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House

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