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1 Hays Baxter White, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 1 (1928)

handle is hein.cow/ppadmtcst0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 70TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES J REPORT 18t .Session t No. 333 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 20, 1928.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. WHITE of Kansas, from the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. J. Res. 471 The Committee on Election of Prasident, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress, having had under consideration Senate Joint Resolution 47, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, report it bapk to the Honse with amendments and recommend that the joint resolution, as amended, do pass. Your committee proposes to strike out the Senate resolution after the resolving clause and, to insert the House resolution (H. Con. Res. 18) as reported by your committee on January 18, 1928.. The report first explains the House resolution, then discusses the dif- ferences between the Senate resolution and the House resolution, and gives a legislative history of the various resolutions during the 67th, 68th, and 69th Congresses. For purposes of convenient refer- ence, the applicable provisions of the Constitution and of various statutes are printed as an appendix to the report. I. EXPLANATION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION PURPOSES OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT The constitutional amendment which this resolution proposes will accomplish the following; (1) The newly elected Congress will count the electoral votes, and in case a majority has not been received, the newly elected House of Representatives will choose the President, and the Senate (including the newly elected Senators) will choose the Vice President; (2) The newly elected President, Vice President, and Members of Congress will take office approximately two months after their election; Digitized from Best Copy Available

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