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HOUSE 6972118th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.

Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act

Last Action
12/17/2024

Actions

  • 2024-12-17Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
  • 2024-12-17Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-305.
  • 2024-12-17Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-305.
  • 2024-11-20Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • 2024-05-07Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • 2024-05-06Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2024-05-06On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
  • 2024-05-06Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
  • 2024-05-06Considered as unfinished business.
  • 2024-05-06DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6972.
  • 2024-05-06Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2840-2842)
  • 2024-05-06Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  • 2024-02-06Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
  • 2024-02-06Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • 2024-01-11Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

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CRS Summary

As of 2024-01-11 (00)

Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act

This bill requires certain notifications whenever a head of an executive branch agency who is a member of the National Security Council (for example, the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Defense) becomes medically incapacitated.

In the event that such an agency head becomes medically incapacitated, the person serving in an acting capacity as the agency head (or, if no person is acting, the first assistant to the office of the agency head) must notify within 24 hours the Executive Office of the President, the Comptroller General, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

In the event that such notifications are not made, the bill requires a report containing certain information related to the medical incapacitation, the individual who served in an acting capacity, and an explanation of why the required notifications were not made.

Cosponsors (14)

  • Donald Davis (D-NC)
  • Robert Wittman (R-VA)
  • Pat Fallon (R-TX)
  • Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
  • Nancy Mace (R-SC)
  • Carlos Gimenez (R-FL)
  • James Moylan (R-GU)
  • Burgess Owens (R-UT)
  • Michael Lawler (R-NY)
  • Cory Mills (R-FL)
  • Stephanie Bice (R-OK)
  • Brad Finstad (R-MN)
  • Erin Houchin (R-IN)
  • Nick LaLota (R-NY)

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  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
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  • Government liability
  • Health information and medical records
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