,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjbf,mrs4 ,grijalva 7for herself1 ,ms4 
,ansari1 ,ms4 ,balint1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1  
,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,dean of           
,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mrs4    
,dingell1 ,mr4 ,doggett1 ,ms4 ,elfreth1 
,mrs4 ,foushee1 ,mr4 ,garcia of         
,california1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1    
,mr4 ,goldman of ,new ,york1 ,mrs4      
,hayes1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,kennedy of  
,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,leger ,fernandez1 ,mr4
 ,levin1 ,mr4 ,liccardo1 ,mr4 ,mannion1 
,mr4 ,olszewski1 ,ms4 ,pou1 ,ms4        
,randall1 ,mrs4 ,ramirez1 ,ms4 ,rivas1  
,ms4 ,ross1 ,ms4 ,simon1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 
,mr4 ,thanedar1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4       
,tonko1 ,ms4 ,williams of ,georgia1 and 
,mr4 ,frost7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to require that an individual 
elected to fill a vacancy in the ,house 
of ,representatives pursuant to a       

special election shall be provided an   
opportunity to have the oath of office  
administered and seated as a member of  
that body not later than five           
legislative days after the day that the 
results of the special election are     
certified1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,delay in ,representation ,act4 
#b4 ,requirements with respect to oath  
of office for individuals elected to the
 ,house of ,representatives pursuant to 
special elections  7a7 ,in general      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or rule of the ,house of            
,representatives1 an individual elected 
to fill a vacancy in the ,house of      
,representatives pursuant to a special  
election shall be provided an           
opportunity to have the oath of office  
administered and be seated as a sworn   
,member of the ,house not later than    
five legislative days after the day that
 the results of such special election   
are certified4  7b7 ,administration of  

oath of office pursuant to joint        
agreement ,in the case that an          
individual described in subsection 7a7  
declines to have the oath of office     
administered during the period described
 in such subsection1 the ,speaker of the
 ,house of ,representatives shall       
administer the oath of office to such   
individual on such date as the          
individual and the ,speaker jointly     
agree4  7c7 ,legislative day defined    
,for purposes of this section1 the term 
legislative day means any day on which  
the ,house of ,representatives is in    
session1 including any day during which 
the ,house convenes in a pro forma      
session4  7d7 ,effective date ,this     
section shall take effect on the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4