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Constitution of the United States/Twentieth Amend./Section 4 Congress and Presidential Succession
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Twentieth Amendment Presidential Term and Succession
Section 4 Congress and Presidential Succession
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The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them. |
Congress's Power to Provide Further for Presidential Succession
In 1947, Congress adopted the Presidential Succession Act,[1] which provided for the Speaker of the House to "act as President"[2] followed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and then by the department heads in the order in which each department had been established.
- ↑ Presidential Succession Act of 1947, Pub. L. No. 80-199, 61 Stat. 380 (codified as amended at 3 U.S.C. § 19).
- ↑ Id. § 19(1).