CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, chairman,

Subcommittee on the Constitution

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Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina,

chairman, Committee on the Judiciary.

Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa

PROPOSED LEGISLATION

S.J. Res. 71, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of

the United States relative to the commencement of the terms of office of

the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress...

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Pell, Hon. Claiborne, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island, and Hon.

Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland

Scott, Hon. Hugh, a former U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania....

Macy, John W., Jr., National Executive Service Corps, and Harrison Wellford,

Esq.........

David, Paul T., professor emeritus, University of Virginia; Stephen J. Wayne,

professor of political science and public affairs, George Washington Univer-

sity; and Norman J. Ornstein, visiting scholar, American Enterprise Insti-

tute.....

ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED

David, Paul T.:

Testimony....

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Draft of proposed constitutional amendment on date of election, conven-

ing of Congress, and inauguration of the President

Ornstein, Norman J.:

Testimony

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"After the People Vote, Steps in Choosing the President," edited by

Walter Berns, published by the American Enterprise Institute for

Public Research, Washington and London.

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Prepared statement

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Pell, Hon. Claiborne:

Testimony.........

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"'Lame Duck' Sessions of Congress from 1933 through 1980," by Richard

S. Beth and Richard Sachs; summary prepared by the Congressional

Research Service, the Library of Congress, September 24, 1982

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"Time Span Between Election or Selection of an Official and the Subse-

quent Taking of Office in Various Foreign Countries," summary pre-

pared by members of the staff, Library of Congress...

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APPENDIX

ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

"Shortening the Interregnum," by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., April 19, 1984.........

"The Carter-Reagan Transition: Hitting the Ground Running," by James P.

Pfiffner, associate professor of political science, California State University,

Fullerton; from the Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 13, fall 1983

"What's Wrong With Transitions," by Lincoln P. Bloomfield; from Foreign

Policy, No. 55, summer 1984 ......

CORRESPONDENCE

Letter to President Carter, from Senator Claiborne Pell, March 21, 1984. ..........

Enclosures:

Letter to President Carter, from Senators Claiborne Pell and Charles

McC. Mathias, Jr., March 21, 1984............

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Letter to Hon. Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., from President Gerald R.

Ford, April 2, 1984.

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Letter to Hon. Orrin Hatch, chairman, Subcommittee on the Constitution,

from Jack H. Brier, president, National Association of Secretaries of State,

April 23, 1984......

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Enclosures: Letters to Jack H. Brier, president, National Association of

Secretaries of States, from:

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, March 27, 1984....

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