[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 91 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 91

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                      relating to parental rights.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2016

  Mr. Franks of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
     Gosar, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Messer, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. 
Culberson, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, and Mr. Hensarling) 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 parental rights.

    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. The liberty of parents to direct the education of 
their children is a fundamental right.
    ``Section 2. Neither the United States nor any State shall infringe 
upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as 
applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served.
    ``Section 3. No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of 
international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply 
to any of the rights of parents guaranteed by--
            ``(1) this article;
            ``(2) any other provision of this Constitution;
            ``(3) the laws of the United States; or
            ``(4) the constitutions or laws of the several States.
    ``Section 4. The rights guaranteed by this article shall not be 
denied or abridged on account of disability.''.
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