[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 89 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 89

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 relating to the equal application to the Senators and Representatives 
      of the laws that apply to all citizens of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2016

   Mr. DeSantis (for himself, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blum, Mr. 
  Ratcliffe, Mr. Poe of Texas, and Mr. Yoho) 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 equal application to the Senators and Representatives 
      of the laws that apply to all citizens of 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--

    ``Congress shall make no law respecting the citizens of the United 
States that does not also apply to the Senators and Representatives.''.
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