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<item congress="113" measure-type="hjres" measure-number="97" measure-id="id113hjres97" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-10-22" update-date="2013-11-02">
<title>Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the United States and the Federal Government.</title>
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<action-date>2013-10-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law that is applicable to a U.S. citizen but not equally applicable to: (1) Congress; (2) the executive branch, including the President, Vice President, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and all other officers of the United States, including those provided for under the Constitution and by law; and (3) Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior courts.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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