Presidential Succession Act of 2004
Latest action · Nov 18, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedNov 18, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Presidential Succession Act of 2004 - Rewrites provisions concerning presidential succession. Modifies the presidential succession list to include: (1) following the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Homeland Security on the list; and (2) specified U.S. Ambassadors at the end of such list.
Requires the President-elect, prior to taking office, to file with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate a notice designating whether the Speaker or the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and whether the majority leader or minority leader of the Senate, should act as President.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2004Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2004Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Cabinet officers
- China
- Congress
- Congressional leadership
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Homeland Security
- Diplomats
- East Asia
- Electoral college
- Europe
- France
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- International Affairs
- Law
- Nominations for office
- Presidential appointments
- Presidential succession
- Presidential transitions
- Resignation from office
- Russia
- Supreme Court
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- Vice Presidents
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2004Introduced in House
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