,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #figb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #aa1        
#bjbd,mrs4 ,kiggans of ,virginia 7for   
herself1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,north          
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,mr4 ,fallon1 
,mr4 ,van ,orden1 ,ms4 ,mace1 ,mr4      
,gimenez1 ,mr4 ,moylan1 and ,mr4 ,owens7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,accountability  ,a      
,,bill  ,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 incapacitated1 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 ,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                
,representatives a notification that    
such head is 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 #cj days     
after the date on which 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          
,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                
,representatives 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         
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 during which such head was    
subject to such medical incapacity1     
including the date on which such head   
resumed performing the functions and    
duties of the office of the head2 and   
7,d7 an explanation why such head was   
medically incapacitated4  7#c7 ,in this 
subsection3 7,a7 ,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
 sickness 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 apply4  7,b7 ,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