No Delay in Representation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7101 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7101

To require that an individual elected to fill a vacancy in the House of 
  Representatives pursuant to a special election shall be provided an 
  opportunity to have the oath of office administered and seated as a 
member of that body not later than five legislative days after the day 
 that the results of the special election are certified, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2026

 Mrs. Grijalva (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
  Cisneros, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. 
   Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. 
 Garcia of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Kennedy of New York, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. 
Mannion, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Pou, Ms. Randall, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Rivas, 
 Ms. Ross, Ms. Simon, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, 
Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mr. Frost) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that an individual elected to fill a vacancy in the House of 
  Representatives pursuant to a special election shall be provided an 
  opportunity to have the oath of office administered and seated as a 
member of that body not later than five legislative days after the day 
 that the results of the special election are certified, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Delay in Representation Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO OATH OF OFFICE FOR INDIVIDUALS 
              ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PURSUANT TO 
              SPECIAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule 
of the House of Representatives, an individual elected to fill a 
vacancy in the House of Representatives pursuant to a special election 
shall be provided an opportunity to have the oath of office 
administered and be seated as a sworn Member of the House not later 
than five legislative days after the day that the results of such 
special election are certified.
    (b) Administration of Oath of Office Pursuant to Joint Agreement.--
In the case that an individual described in subsection (a) declines to 
have the oath of office administered during the period described in 
such subsection, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall 
administer the oath of office to such individual on such date as the 
individual and the Speaker jointly agree.
    (c) Legislative Day Defined.--For purposes of this section, the 
term ``legislative day'' means any day on which the House of 
Representatives is in session, including any day during which the House 
convenes in a pro forma session.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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