[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 148 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 148

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States barring 
                Federal unfunded mandates to the States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 27 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Burns, Mr. Craig, Mr. Faircloth, 
  Mr. Gregg, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. McCain, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Stevens) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States barring 
                Federal unfunded mandates to the States.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and 
purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures 
of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the 
date of its submission to the States for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Except during a fiscal emergency declared in a joint resolution 
adopted by a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress and signed by 
the President, the Government of the United States shall not require, 
directly or indirectly, that States or local governments take any 
action by or under any Federal laws which require them to engage in 
additional or expanded activities or services, unless such State or 
local governments receive from the Government of the United States 
compensation equal to the net additional costs. The duration of a 
fiscal emergency declared in a joint resolution shall not exceed 180 
days. This article shall apply to Federal laws enacted on or after one 
year after the date of ratification of this article of amendment.''.

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