United States · Bill · S
S. 1820 (108th)
Continuity of Congress Act of 2003
Introduced
5 November 2003
Last action
5 November 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sponsors
John Cornyn, Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Continuity of Congress Act of 2003 - Authorizes the legislature of each State to enact laws declaring who shall serve in the place of members of the House of Representatives and/or the Senate in the event that one-fourth of either or both Houses of Congress are killed or incapacitated.
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Timeline
5 November 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Source: IntroReferral
5 November 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14032-14033)
Source: IntroReferral
5 November 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 5 November 2003 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 November 2003
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 November 2003
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 5 November 2003
Sponsors
- John Cornyn · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssra00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1820
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1820
- us · 108-s-1820 · source updated 18 August 2025