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H.R. 4491 118th Congress House

Solving an Overlooked Loophole in Votes for Executives (SOLVE) Act

Official title: To establish the Twentieth Amendment Section Four Panel to recommend to Congress model legislation to provide for an appropriate process to resolve any vacancy… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish the Twentieth Amendment Section Four Panel to recommend to Congress model legislation to provide for an appropriate process to resolve any vacancy created by the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice-presidential election.

Introduced: July 6, 2023 Introduced by: Mike Johnson Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Solving an Overlooked Loophole in Votes for Executives (SOLVE) Act

This bill establishes the Twentieth Amendment Section Four Panel, which must recommend to Congress model legislation to resolve any vacancy created by the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice-presidential election. Such panel terminates 90 days after submitting its final report.

(The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution requires that presidential and vice-presidential candidates gain a majority of electoral votes to win an election. In the event that no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment requires the House of Representatives to elect the President and the Senate to elect the Vice President, which is known as a contingent election. The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution allows Congress to establish a process in the case of the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice-presidential election.)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4491: Solving an Overlooked Loophole in Votes for Executives (SOLVE) Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4491/
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"H.R. 4491: Solving an Overlooked Loophole in Votes for Executives (SOLVE) Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4491/.
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H.R. 4491, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4491/.
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