[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 127 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 127

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
      establish an elected Officer of the United States with the 
               responsibilities of the Attorney General.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1998

    Mr. Hall  of Texas (for himself and Mr. Taylor of Mississippi) 
 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 to 
      establish an elected Officer of the United States with the 
               responsibilities of the Attorney General.

    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 --

    ``An Officer of the United States having the responsibilities of 
the Attorney General as they exist under law as of the date of 
ratification of this article, and as they may be augmented by 
subsequent legislation, shall be elected by the people of the United 
States whenever an election for the President is held.''.
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