[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 15 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 15

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Franks of New Jersey 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 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 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 of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``No State shall be obligated to take any action under Federal law 
(other than this Constitution), enacted after the ratification of this 
article, unless the expenses of taking such action are paid by the 
Federal Government; nor shall Congress impose any conditions upon 
spending grants to the States unless such conditions are substantially 
related to the specific subject matter to which the funds are 
expended.''.
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