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H.R. 2248: the bill

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2248 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2248

To require the President to personally sign any pardon or reprieve, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2025

Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the President to personally sign any pardon or reprieve, 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 ``Signature Integrity for Granting 
National Pardons Act'' or the ``SIGN Pardons Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE REQUIRED FOR PARDONS.

    The President shall personally sign any pardon or reprieve that the 
President grants pursuant to Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the 
Constitution of the United States.
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