[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 70 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 70

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
    prohibiting the delegation of the legislative powers granted to 
                               Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2019

Mr. Perry submitted 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 
    prohibiting the delegation of the legislative powers granted to 
                               Congress.

    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. Congress may not delegate any of the legislative 
powers granted to Congress under article I or any article of amendment 
to any other authority of the United States, any State, or any private 
authority.
    ``Section 2. Congress may enact such legislation as it considers 
appropriate, and the President may rescind or terminate any rule, 
regulation, or order as the President considers appropriate, to address 
the treatment of any legislative power delegated by Congress prior to 
the ratification of this article.''.
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