HR 1813
97th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Commemorations
Election Day
Holidays
Presidential elections
Presidents and Vice Presidents
Vice Presidents
Voting
A bill to provide a uniform time for the closing of polling places in the 1984 election of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States and to make the day of the Presidential election in 1984 a national holiday.
Introduced: February 6, 1981
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 15, 1981
Committee Hearings Held.
Feb 18, 1981
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, OPM.
Feb 17, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Feb 6, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Feb 6, 1981
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Feb 6, 1981
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends Federal law to require all polling places (except in Hawaii and Alaska) to close at eight post meridiem eastern standard time for the 1984 Presidential elections.
Makes Election Day, 1984, a legal public holiday.
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Committee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1