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 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

JOINT RESOLUTION rroposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to succession to the Presidency and Vice Presidency and to cases where the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his olfice.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled {two-thirds of each House concurring therein)^ That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress: "ARTICLE —

1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. "SEC. 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the oflEice of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. "SEC. 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his oflEice, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President. "SEC. 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal oflScers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the oflSce as Acting President. "SECTION

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