[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 310 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 310

Expressing the sense of the Congress that any comprehensive health care 
  reform legislation that is enacted should not take effect until the 
         legislation is approved through a national referendum.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 1994

 Mr. Browder submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and 
                                 Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that any comprehensive health care 
  reform legislation that is enacted should not take effect until the 
         legislation is approved through a national referendum.

Whereas comprehensive health care reform will profoundly affect the lives of all 
        citizens of the United States;
Whereas the problems relating to the health care system require solutions that 
        have broad support among the people of the United States;
Whereas the people of the United States have called for a greater voice in 
        deciding the issues that face our Nation;
Whereas almost all States and the District of Columbia permit their citizens to 
        participate in governance through a referendum process; and
Whereas the Supreme Court held in Currin v. Wallace, 306 U.S. 1, 15 (1939), that 
        the Congress may prescribe conditions for the application of a law and 
        may impose a requirement that a law be approved by a favorable vote upon 
        a referendum: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that any comprehensive health care 
reform legislation that is enacted should provide that the legislation 
does not take effect until it is approved in a national referendum by a 
majority of the citizens of the United States who are eligible to vote 
for electors for President and Vice President.
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