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H.Res. 509 · 112th Congress

Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a…

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Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.

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70 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Disapproves of the President's appointment of four federal officers or employees during a period when no congressional recess of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 10, 2012

Disapproves of the President's appointment of four federal officers or employees during a period when no congressional recess of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution.

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the U.S. Constitution.


Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.

Latest action (Jan 25, 2012): Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 10, 2012

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.