,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ad1 #bjag,mr4
 ,blumenauer introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide for an alternative body to  
transmit a written declaration that the 
,president is unable to discharge the   
powers and duties of his office in      
accordance with the provisions of the   
#beth ,amendment of the ,constitution4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,strengthening and ,clarifying  
the #beth ,amendment ,act of #bjag4  #b4
 ,purpose ,the purpose of this ,act is  
to provide for an alternative body to   
transmit a written declaration that the 
,president is unable to discharge the   
powers and duties of his office in      
accordance with section #d of the #beth 
,amendment of the ,constitution4  #c4   
,presidential incapacity  7a7 ,in       
general ,except as provided in          
subsections 7b7 and 7c71 the following  

individuals shall constitute an         
alternative body to transmit a written  
declaration that the ,president is      
unable to discharge the powers and      
duties of his office in accordance with 
section #d of the #beth ,amendment of   
the ,constitution3 7#a7 ,each former    
living ,president4  7#b7 ,each former   
living ,vice ,president4  7b7           
,disqualification from body ,the        
following individuals shall not be part 
of the body established under subsection
 7a73  7#a7 ,any individual impeached by
 the ,house of ,representatives and     
convicted by the ,senate4  7#b7 ,any    
individual serving as ,president or     
,vice ,president at the time the        
declaration of incapacity is made4  7c7 
,removal from body ,a member of the body
 identified in subsection 7a7 may be    
removed from such body by a majority    
vote of all members of such body4  7d7  
,termination and reestablishment of body
 ,the body described in subsection 7a7  
shall terminate whenever less than #b   

individuals described in paragraphs 7#a7
 and 7#b7 of such subsection and not    
disqualified under subsection 7b7 are   
living4 ,such body shall be             
reestablished whenever #b or more such  
individuals are living4  7e7 ,definition
 ,the term ,state means each of the     
several ,states and each territory or   
possession of the ,united ,states4