Establishes 9:00 p.m., eastern standard time, as the poll closing time for presidential elections.
Allows polling places to close if all eligible voters have voted.
Amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to extend daylight saving time in the Pacific time zone in the year of a presidential election to the first Sunday after the date of such election.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Ordered to be Reported.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 101-15, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 101-15, Part I.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 117 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 18 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Forty minutes of debate time shall be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration and twenty minutes shall be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
Rule H. Res. 117 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 117.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 18 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Forty minutes of debate time shall be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration and twenty minutes shall be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 117 and Rule XXIII.
The Speaker designated the Honorable David R. Nagle to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 18.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 238 - 154 (Roll no. 18).
Roll Call #18 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 238 - 154 (Roll no. 18).
Roll Call #18 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules.
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line