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H.J.Res. 526 (102nd): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for direct popular election of the President and the Vice President.

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Introduced
Jul 9, 1992
102nd Congress (1991–1992)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This resolution was introduced on July 9, 1992, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Sponsor

Thomas Huckaby

Representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district

Democrat

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History

Jul 9, 1992
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

H.J.Res. 526 (102nd) was a joint resolution in the United States Congress.

A joint resolution is often used in the same manner as a bill. If passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and signed by the President, it becomes a law. Joint resolutions are also used to propose amendments to the Constitution.

Resolutions numbers restart every two years. That means there are other resolutions with the number H.J.Res. 526. This is the one from the 102nd Congress.

This joint resolution was introduced in the 102nd Congress, which met from Jan 3, 1991 to Oct 9, 1992. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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