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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 8528 (Introduced in House) — To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, providing... · Sec. 172

Sec. 172. Establishment of panel of constitutional experts

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There is established the Twentieth Amendment Section Four Panel (in this section referred to as the Panel ). The Panel shall be composed of 6 constitutional experts, of whom— 1 shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 1 shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 1 shall be appointed jointly by the majority and minority leader of the Senate; 1 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 1 shall be appointed by minority leader of the House of Representatives; and 1 shall be appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
The appointments of the members of the Panel shall be made not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Panel shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. The Panel shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among the members of the Panel. The purpose of the Panel shall be to recommend to Congress model legislation, which shall provide for an appropriate process, pursuant to section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to resolve any vacancy created by the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice-presidential election.
Not later than 1 year after the date on which all of the appointments have been made under subsection (b)(2), the Panel shall submit to Congress an interim report containing the Panel’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Not later than 6 months after the submission of the interim report under paragraph (1), the Panel shall submit to Congress a final report containing the Panel’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Meetings of the Panel shall be held at the Law Library of Congress.
The Panel may secure from the Law Library of Congress such information as the Panel considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Members of the Panel shall receive no compensation. No amounts shall be appropriated for the purposes of this section, except for any amounts strictly necessary for the Law Library of Congress to execute its responsibilities under subsection (e). The panel established under subsection
(a)shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the panel submits the final report required under subsection (d)(2). Upon termination of the panel, all of its records shall become the records of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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