Bipartisan leaders on Tuesday delayed the official House photograph for the 115th Congress until Majority Whip Steve Scalise is well enough to participate.

The Louisiana Republican nearly lost his life on June 14 when a deranged gunman opened fire at a GOP congressional baseball practice in Virginia.

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Scalise was struck in the hip, and suffered broken bones, damage to his organs and internal bleeding. He had been making progress but last week was downgraded to “serious” condition and readmitted to intensive care at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to an infection.

The photo had been scheduled for July 18 in the House chamber. But House Administration Chairman Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) and the panel’s ranking member, Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.), emailed lawmakers Tuesday to inform them the photo had been postponed.

House members want to “wait until Whip Scalise is able to be present,” committee spokeswoman Erin McCracken confirmed.

Given the nature of Scalise’s injuries, it could be weeks or months before Scalise, the No. 3 House GOP leader, returns to Capitol Hill.

Bob Cusack contributed.