To amend title 3, United States Code, to permit an objection to the certificate of the electoral votes of a State to be received by the Senate and the House of Representatives if the objection is signed by either a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives.

Amends Federal law to permit the Senate and the House of Representatives, in the counting of electoral votes for election of the President and Vice President, to receive an objection to the certificate of the electoral votes of a State if the objection is signed by either a Senator or a Member of the House.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4867 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4867

  To amend title 3, United States Code, to permit an objection to the 
  certificate of the electoral votes of a State to be received by the 
 Senate and the House of Representatives if the objection is signed by 
     either a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2004

  Mr. Deutsch (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, and Ms. Corrine 
Brown of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 3, United States Code, to permit an objection to the 
  certificate of the electoral votes of a State to be received by the 
 Senate and the House of Representatives if the objection is signed by 
     either a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMITTING OBJECTION TO CERTIFICATE OF ELECTORAL VOTES TO BE 
              RECEIVED IF SIGNED BY SENATOR OR MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES.

    The fifth sentence of section 15 of title 3, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``and shall be signed by at least one Senator and 
one Member of the House of Representatives'' and inserting ``and shall 
be signed by at least one Senator or Member of the House of 
Representatives''.
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