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Constitutional Approaches to Continuity of Congressional Representation : Background and Issues for Congress.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional amendments.
- Disasters.
- Planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (18 pages, digital, PDF file)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Provides background on issues related to continuity of Congressional representation in the event of a national disaster. Summarizes proposed constitutional amendments from 2001-2009 to address consequences of catastrophic losses of Congressional membership, and reviews related Cold War era proposals, from 1945-63. Analyzes pro/con arguments for constitutional proposals.
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- CRS Report.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Constitutional Approaches to Continuity of Congressional Representation
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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