[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 54

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
   relating to the use of foreign law as authority in Federal courts.


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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, and Mr. Mulvaney) 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 
   relating to the use of foreign law as authority in Federal courts.

    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. Any legal opinion or ruling issued by any court in the 
United States, including those rulings and opinions issued by the 
Supreme Court of the United States, shall be based only on the United 
States Constitution, or on duly enacted statutes and domestic case law 
of the United States or any State and shall not be based on 
international laws, treaties, or religious laws.
    ``Section 2. Any action of a court in violation of section 1 is 
null and void.''.
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