[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 71 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 71

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
         require legislative approval for certain regulations.


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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 to 
         require legislative approval for certain regulations.

    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. If one-fourth of the total membership of the House of 
Representatives or one-fourth of the total membership of the Senate 
sign a petition disapproving of any proposed department or agency 
regulation, the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate shall 
transmit such petition to the President. The proposed regulation 
subject to the petition shall not have force or effect until and unless 
a joint resolution approving such proposed regulation and not 
containing any other matter is agreed to by each body of the Congress 
by a recorded vote and is enacted.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.''.
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