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Presidential Succession Act Of 2010, United States. House Of Representatives
Presidential Succession Act Of 2010, United States. House Of Representatives
Proposed Presidential Succession Legislation
A proposed bill to allow the President to submit a presidential succession list. The individual next in line after the President and Vice President would be either the Speaker of the House, the Majority Leader of the House, or the Minority Leader of the House (or the Speaker until the President submits such name). If that individual is unable to serve, the next in line would be either the Majority Leader of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or the Minority Leader of the Senate (or the Majority Leader of the Senate until the President submits such …
Presidential Succession Act Of 2007, United States. House Of Representatives
Presidential Succession Act Of 2007, United States. House Of Representatives
Proposed Presidential Succession Legislation
A proposed bill that modifies the presidential succession list to include, following the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Ambassador to the United Nations, the Ambassador to Great Britain, the Ambassador to Russia, the Ambassador to China, and the Ambassador to France.
Presidential Succession Act Of 2005, United States. House Of Representatives
Presidential Succession Act Of 2005, United States. House Of Representatives
Proposed Presidential Succession Legislation
A proposed bill to modify the presidential succession list after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The list would include the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Ambassador to the United Nations, the Ambassador to Great Britain, the Ambassador to Russia, the Ambassador to China, and the Ambassador to France.
Presidential Succession Act Of 2005, United States. Senate
Presidential Succession Act Of 2005, United States. Senate
Proposed Presidential Succession Legislation
A proposed bill to modify the presidential succession list after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The list would include the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Ambassador to the United Nations, the Ambassador to Great Britain, the Ambassador to Russia, the Ambassador to China, and the Ambassador to France.
Presidential Succession Act Of 2004, United States. House Of Representatives
Presidential Succession Act Of 2004, United States. House Of Representatives
Proposed Presidential Succession Legislation
A proposed bill to modify the presidential succession list after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The list would include the Secretary of Homeland Security and selected U.S. Ambassadors.
Presidential And Vice Presidential Succession: Overview And Current Legislation, Thomas H. Neale, Congressional Research Service. Library Of Congress, Government And Finance Division. Library Of Congress
Presidential And Vice Presidential Succession: Overview And Current Legislation, Thomas H. Neale, Congressional Research Service. Library Of Congress, Government And Finance Division. Library Of Congress
Congressional Materials
Review of legislative history of Presidential and Vice Presidential succession.
Presidential Succession Act Of 2004, United States. Senate
Presidential Succession Act Of 2004, United States. Senate
Proposed Presidential Succession Legislation
A proposed bill to remove members of Congress from the line of Presidential succession, which places the Secretary of State first in line in the event the President and Vice President are unable to serve. This proposed bill also adds the Secretary of Homeland Security to the line of succession immediately following the Attorney General.
Presidential Succession Act Of 2003, United States. House Of Representatives
Presidential Succession Act Of 2003, United States. House Of Representatives
Proposed Presidential Succession Legislation
A proposed bill to enable the President to select a successor in the case that both the President and Vice President are unable to serve. This proposed bill requires the President to submit the presidential succession list, with either the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the office of the Minority Leader of the House as the office designated as the highest on the presidential succession list and either the Office of the Majority Leader of the Senate or the office of the Minority Leader of the Senate as next highest on the list.
Presidential And Vice Presidential Succession: Overview And Current Legislation, Thomas H. Neale, Congressional Research Service. Library Of Congress, Government And Finance Division. Library Of Congress
Presidential And Vice Presidential Succession: Overview And Current Legislation, Thomas H. Neale, Congressional Research Service. Library Of Congress, Government And Finance Division. Library Of Congress
Congressional Materials
Reviews legislative history of presidential and vice presidential succession.
Presidential Succession Act Of 2002, United States. House Of Representatives
Presidential Succession Act Of 2002, United States. House Of Representatives
Proposed Presidential Succession Legislation
A proposed bill to allow the President to designate the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives or Minority Leader of the House as the office that would discharge the duties of President if the President and Vice President are unable. The President would also select either the office of Majority Leader of the Senate or Minority Leader of the Senate as the office to assume the role of President following the inability of the previous individual. The Acting President must resign from his or her position in Congress.
Vice Presidential Vacancies: Congressional Procedures In The Ford And Rockefeller Nominations, Congressional Research Service. Library Of Congress, Government And Finance Division. Library Of Congress
Vice Presidential Vacancies: Congressional Procedures In The Ford And Rockefeller Nominations, Congressional Research Service. Library Of Congress, Government And Finance Division. Library Of Congress
Congressional Materials
This report was issued approximately a month and a half before the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton. If Clinton had been impeached and removed, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment would have been used to fill the vice presidential vacancy.
Operation Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Respecting Presidential Succession, Ralph W. Tarr, Office Of Legal Counsel. Department Of Justice. United States.
Operation Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Respecting Presidential Succession, Ralph W. Tarr, Office Of Legal Counsel. Department Of Justice. United States.
Executive Branch Materials
Memo issued a month before President Reagan temporarily transferred his powers and duties to Vice President Bush before undergoing cancer surgery.
Presidential Succession And Delegation In Case Of Disability, Larry L. Simms, Office Of Legal Counsel. Department Of Justice. United States.
Presidential Succession And Delegation In Case Of Disability, Larry L. Simms, Office Of Legal Counsel. Department Of Justice. United States.
Executive Branch Materials
Memo issued four days after the Reagan assassination attempt.
Documents From Carter's Contemplated Use Of Section 3 (1978), Robert J. Lipshutz, Office Of White House Counsel
Documents From Carter's Contemplated Use Of Section 3 (1978), Robert J. Lipshutz, Office Of White House Counsel
Executive Branch Materials
Forms drafted in response to the possibility that President Carter might undergo hemorrhoid surgery under anesthesia. Handwritten notes at the end of the document relate to the draft language and the procedures for notifying congressional leaders of the transfer of powers. The author of the notes is unclear.
House Of Representatives Floor Debates: Presidential Inability And Vacancies In The Office Of The Vice President, United States. House Of Representatives
House Of Representatives Floor Debates: Presidential Inability And Vacancies In The Office Of The Vice President, United States. House Of Representatives
Congressional Materials
Discussion of House Resolution 314. Further debate on the proposed constitutional amendment regarding presidential succession and inability.
Presidential Inability And Vice Presidential Vacany: With Questions And Answers, American Bar Association, John D. Feerick
Presidential Inability And Vice Presidential Vacany: With Questions And Answers, American Bar Association, John D. Feerick
Miscellanea
Pamphlet distributed at ABA luncheon in May 1964 at which former President Eisenhower expressed his position on the proposed Twenty-Fifth Amendment. The pamphlet subsequently was distributed to lawyers across the country. Dean John Feerick assisted in the drafting.
John D. Feerick To Lowell R. Beck, John D. Feerick
John D. Feerick To Lowell R. Beck, John D. Feerick
Correspondence
Letter from John D. Feerick to Lowell R. Beck, regarding presidential and vice presidential succession and inability and the proposed constitutional amendment.
Lowell R. Beck To John D. Feerick, Lowell R. Beck
Lowell R. Beck To John D. Feerick, Lowell R. Beck
Correspondence
Letter from Lowell R. Beck to John D. Feerick, asking for Feerick's thoughts on a legal debate concerning the ability to appoint a Vice President.
Presidential Succession: Communication From The President Of The United States: Recommending Revision Of The Laws As Suggested In His Message To Congress Of June 19, 1945, Harry S. Truman, United States. President (1945-1953: Truman)
Presidential Succession: Communication From The President Of The United States: Recommending Revision Of The Laws As Suggested In His Message To Congress Of June 19, 1945, Harry S. Truman, United States. President (1945-1953: Truman)
Executive Branch Materials
President Harry Truman's second message to Congress calling for the inclusion of legislators in the line succession. Congress approved such a statute five months later. That statute remains in effect.
Question Of The Presidential Succession: Message From The President Of The United States: Transmitting Request For Legislation Dealing With The Question Of The Presidential Succession, Harry S. Truman, United States. President (1945-1953: Truman)
Question Of The Presidential Succession: Message From The President Of The United States: Transmitting Request For Legislation Dealing With The Question Of The Presidential Succession, Harry S. Truman, United States. President (1945-1953: Truman)
Executive Branch Materials
Two months after President Franklin Roosevelt's death, President Harry Truman delivered this message to Congress. Truman called on Congress to reevaluate the presidential line of succession.