[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 54

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
               regarding federally-mandated expenditures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 1995

  Mr. Gillmor (for himself, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
  Bartlett of Maryland, and Mr. Livingston), introduced the following 
 joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
               regarding federally-mandated expenditures.

    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 of the United States, 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 for ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``Section 1. The Congress shall not enact any provision of law that 
has the effect of requiring any State or local government to expend 
non-Federal funds to comply with any Federal law unless the Congress 
reimburses the State or local government for the non-Federal funds 
expended to comply with that Federal law.
    ``Section 2. Section 1 shall not prohibit the Congress from 
enacting a provision of law that permits a State or local government to 
choose to expend non-Federal funds in order to receive Federal funds.
    ``Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect five years after 
the ratification of this article.''.
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