Pub. L. 104-186, tit. II, sec. 211

PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

EnactedYear: 1996Length: 484 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 211. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTESTED ELECTIONS. The provisions of law relating to contested elections, as codified in chapter 12 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows: (1) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elections Act (2 U.S.C. 381) is amended— (A) by redesignating subdivisions (a) through (i) as paragraphs (1) through (9), respectively; (B) in the matter before paragraph (1), as so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking out “Act—” and inserting in lieu thereof “Act:”; 110 STAT. 1744 (C) by indenting paragraphs (1) through (9), as so redesignated by subparagraph (A), two ems; and (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated by subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking out “(1) whose” and inserting in lieu thereof “(A) whose”; and (ii) by striking out “or (2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “or (B)”. (2) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elections Act (2 U.S.C. 381), as amended by paragraph (1), is further amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “or Resident Commissioner” and all that follows through “but” and inserting in lieu thereof “, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, but that term”; (B) in paragraph (2), as amended by paragraph (1) of this section— (i) by striking out “House of Representatives of the United States” in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof “office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress”; and (ii) by striking out “House of Representatives” in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof “office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress”; (C) in paragraph (3), by striking out “of the United States”; (D) in paragraph (4), by striking out “of the United States”; (E) in paragraph (5), by striking out “term” and all that follows through “offices” and inserting in lieu thereof “term ‘Member of the House of Representatives’ means an incumbent Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, or an individual who has been elected to such office”; (F) in paragraph (6), by striking out “of the United States”; (G) in paragraph (7), by striking out “House Administration of the House of Representatives of the United States” and inserting in lieu thereof “House Oversight of the House of Representatives”; and (H) in paragraph (8), by striking out “includes territory and” and inserting in lieu thereof “means a State of the United States and any territory or”. (3) Section 3 of the Federal Contested Elections Act (2 U.S.C. 382) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking out “to the House of Representatives”; and (B) in subsection (c)— (i) by striking out “or” after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (4); and (ii) by inserting “or” after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (5). (4) Section 17 of the Federal Contested Elections Act (2 U.S.C. 396) is amended by striking out “contingent fund” and inserting in lieu thereof “applicable accounts”.
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