No Delay in Representation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7101 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7101 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 certified, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2026 Mrs. Grijalva (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Pou, Ms. Randall, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Rivas, Ms. Ross, Ms. Simon, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mr. Frost) introduced the following bill; 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 certified, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Delay in Representation Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO OATH OF OFFICE FOR INDIVIDUALS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT