[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 53 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 53

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
regarding the effect of treaties, Executive orders, and agreements with 
                  other nations or groups of nations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2013

  Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
 Texas, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Mulvaney, and Mr. Price of Georgia) 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 the effect of treaties, Executive orders, and agreements with 
                  other nations or groups of nations.

    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--

    ``No treaty, Executive order, or any agreement with any nation or 
group of nations or any of the provisions of such agreements, shall be 
construed to diminish any of the rights or privileges guaranteed to 
citizens of the United States under the Constitution of the United 
States, and Federal law.''.
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