#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #figb  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to require an
 ,executive agency whose head is a      
member of the ,national ,security       
,council to notify the ,executive       
,office of the ,president1 the          
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states1 and congressional leadership of
 such head becoming medically           
incapacitated within #bd hours1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,securing      
,chain of ,command ,continuity ,act4    
#b4 ,national ,security ,council medical
 incapacity notification enhancement    
,section #ccdi of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subsection3   
7c7  7#a7 ,not later than #bd hours     
after the head of an ,executive agency  
who is a member of the ,national        
,security ,council becomes medically    
incapacitated or #bd hours in advance of
 a planned medical procedure where      

incapacitation is known or may be       
reasonably assumed1 the person serving  
or who will be serving in an acting     
capacity as such head or1 if no person  
is or will be so acting1 the first      
assistant to the office of such head1   
shall submit to the appropriate ,federal
 officials a notification that such head
 is or will be medically incapacitated4 
7#b7 ,if the notification required by   
paragraph 7#a7 with respect to a head of
 an ,executive agency becoming medically
 incapacitated is not submitted in      
accordance with the requirements of such
 paragraph1 not later than #gb hours    
after such head became subject to such  
medical incapacity the person serving in
 an acting capacity as such head or1 if 
no person is so acting1 the first       
assistant to the office of such head1   
shall submit to the appropriate ,federal
 officials a report including--  7,a7   
the name of each individual who served  
in an acting capacity as such head      
pursuant to such medical incapacity and1

 for each such individual-- 7i7 the     
dates of such service2  7ii7 whether    
such individual was authorized to serve 
in such acting capacity2 and  7iii7 a   
comprehensive list of resources and     
authorities allocated to such individual
 while serving in such acting capacity  
to ensure that such individual could    
perform the functions and duties of the 
office of such head2  7,b7 an           
explanation why the notification        
required by paragraph 7#a7 was not      
submitted in accordance with the        
requirements of such paragraph2  7,c7   
the dates of such head's medical        
incapacitation1 and if such head has    
resumed performing the functions and    
duties of the office1 the date such head
 so resumed performing such functions   
and duties2 and  7,d7 an explanation why
 such head was medically incapacitated4 
7#c7 ,in the event the head of an       
,executive agency remains medically     
incapacitated on the date the report is 
submitted under paragraph 7#b71 the     

person serving in an acting capacity as 
such head or1 if no person is so acting1
 the first assistant to the office of   
such head1 shall submit periodic        
updates1 as such person or first        
assistant considers appropriate1 to such
 report to the appropriate ,federal     
officials4  7#d7 ,in this subsection--  
7,a7 the term appropriate ,federal      
officials means the ,executive ,office  
of the ,president1 the ,comptroller     
,general of the ,united ,states1 the    
,majority ,leader of the ,senate1 the   
,minority ,leader of the ,senate1 the   
,speaker of the ,house of               
,representatives1 and the ,minority     
,leader of the ,house of                
,representatives2  7,b7 the terms       
medical incapacity and medically        
incapacitated mean1 with respect to the 
head of an ,executive agency1 that such 
head is unable to perform the functions 
and duties of the office of such head   
due to sickness1 injury1 or other       
medical condition and such inability to 

perform the functions and duties of the 
office of such head constitutes a       
vacancy of the office of such head to   
which this section and sections #ccde1  
#ccdf1 #ccdg1 #ccdh1 #ccdi;a1 #ccdi;b1  
#ccdi;c1 and #ccdi;d apply2 and  7,c7   
the term ,national ,security ,council   
means the council established under     
section #aja of the ,national ,security 
,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjba74  4 
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,may #f1 #bjbd4;,clerk4