[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 41 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 41

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
      prohibit the President from entering into a treaty or other 
  international agreement that would provide for the United States to 
  adopt as legal tender in the United States a currency issued by an 
                  entity other than the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2009

 Mrs. Bachmann (for herself, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
 Shadegg, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. McClintock, 
    Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Wamp, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Fleming, Mrs. 
Blackburn, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Akin, Mr. Issa, Mr. King of Iowa, 
 Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
  Lamborn, Mr. Paul, Mr. Culberson, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Brown of South 
Carolina, Mr. Jones, Mr. Posey, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, and Mr. Conaway) 
 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 
      prohibit the President from entering into a treaty or other 
  international agreement that would provide for the United States to 
  adopt as legal tender in the United States a currency issued by an 
                  entity other than the United 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 after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``The President may not enter into a treaty or other international 
agreement that would provide for the United States to adopt as legal 
tender in the United States a currency issued by an entity other than 
the United States.''.
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