National Advisory Voter Initiative Act of 2001

The National Advisory Voter Initiative Act of 2001 (H.R. 2760) proposed a process to allow citizens to directly influence federal law through a national petition and voting system. Under this bill, voters in each state could propose new federal laws or the repeal of existing ones, provided the subject matter falls under the authority of Congress.

If a proposal gained majority support in at least three-fifths of the states, it would be formally introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate for legislative consideration. While the bill would have created a direct mechanism for the public to place items on the congressional agenda, the results of the votes would have functioned as advisory initiatives rather than becoming law automatically.