HR 6972 118th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government liability Health information and medical records

Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act

Introduced: January 11, 2024 Introduced by: Kiggans, Jennifer A. Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 17, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.

Dec 17, 2024

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.

Nov 20, 2024

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

May 7, 2024

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

May 6, 2024

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

May 6, 2024

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841)

May 6, 2024

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)

May 6, 2024

Considered as unfinished business.

May 6, 2024

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6972.

May 6, 2024

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2840-2842)

May 6, 2024

Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Feb 6, 2024

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.

Feb 6, 2024

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Jan 11, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Jan 11, 2024

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now December 17, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.

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