Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2840-2842)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6972.
Considered as unfinished business.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee 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.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2840-2842)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6972.
Considered as unfinished business.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee 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.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
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Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act
USA118th CongressHR-6972| House
| Updated: 12/17/2024
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2840-2842)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6972.
Considered as unfinished business.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee 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.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2840-2842)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6972.
Considered as unfinished business.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee 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.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Federal officialsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment liabilityHealth information and medical records