199 -- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to temporarily fill vacancies in the House of Representatives to further the continuity of Congress. | Poliscope

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to temporarily fill vacancies in the House of Representatives to further the continuity of Congress.

199

119th Congress

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Introduced

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Introduced

July 2, 2026

Latest Action

July 2, 2026

Primary Sponsor

William R. Timmons IVRepublican(SC)

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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

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vs 220 other HJRES bills in the 119th — cohort avg 14d

Summary

No CRS summary is available for this bill yet. The source title, actions, sponsors, and text versions below come from Congress.gov.

Actions (2)

July 2, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

July 2, 2026

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Judiciary Committee	House	Referred To	July 2, 2026

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	July 2, 2026	XML

Cosponsors (1)

Name	Party	State
Emanuel Cleaver	Democratic	MO

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Sources: Congress.gov