STABLE GENIUS Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3736 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate in a general election for the office of President to file a certification that the candidate has undergone a medical examination conducted by a medical office under the jurisdic- tion of the Secretary of the Navy. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 12, 2019 Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate in a general election for the office of President to file a certification that the candidate has undergone a med- ical examination conducted by a medical office under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Standardizing Testing 4 and Accountability Before Large Elections Giving Electors 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3736.IH H3736 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3736 IH Necessary Information for Unobstructed Selection Act’’ or 1 the ‘‘STABLE GENIUS Act’’. 2 SEC. 2. MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CAN- 3 DIDATES. 4 (a) REQUIRING PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE 5 TO CERTIFY THAT CANDIDATE HAS UNDERGONE EXAM- 6 INATION.—Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign 7 Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended by adding at 8 the end the following new subsection: 9 ‘‘(j) CERTIFICATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF 10 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.— 11 ‘‘(1) REQUIRING FILING OF CERTIFICATION.— 12 The principal campaign committee of a candidate for 13 election for the office of President shall file a report 14 with the Commission under this section containing— 15 ‘‘(A) a certification that a medical office 16 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 17 Navy conducted a medical examination of the 18 candidate after the candidate won the nomina- 19 tion of a political party to run as a candidate 20 in the general election for such office; and 21 ‘‘(B) the results of such medical examina- 22 tion. 23 ‘‘(2) DEADLINE.—A principal campaign com- 24 mittee of a candidate for election for the office of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3736.IH H3736 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3736 IH President shall file the report required under para- 1 graph (1) not later than 21 days after the date on 2 which the candidate won the political party’s nomi- 3 nation to run as a candidate in the general elec- 4 tion.’’. 5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 6 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the general elec- 7 tion for the office of President held in November 2020 8 and each succeeding general election for such office. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3736.IH H3736 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS