CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Amendments

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), consideration (H. Res. 811), H3110 [11AP]

Articles and editorials

Conservatives Irate Over GOP’s Spending Hypocrisy, H3109 [11AP]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 811), H3094 [10AP]

——— exempt Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from any Federal balanced budget requirement (see H.R. 5466), H3146 [11AP]

Citizenship: interpret 14th Amendment to the Constitution to disapprove birthright citizenship, pursue legislative action to end such practices, and support Presidential directives on interpreting such amendment (see H. Res. 1143), H9510 [13NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restore a veteran’s rights to own or possess a firearm by requiring proof a veteran is a danger to self or others before reporting to National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see S. 2386), S651 [6FE]

Ecology and environment: constitutional amendment to respect right to clean air, pure water, and sustainable preservation of ecological integrity, and aesthetic, scenic, and historical values of natural environment (see H.J. Res. 144), H10103 [11DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 136), H5816 [27JN]

——— constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and establishment of a mandatory public financing system for Federal elections (see H.J. Res. 126), H582 [19JA]

——— constitutional amendment on permissible sources of funding for elections for public office and State ballot measures (see H.J. Res. 141), H9090 [26SE]

——— constitutional amendment permitting Congress and the States to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office (see H.J. Res. 136), H5816 [27JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 134), H3929 [10MY]

——— constitutional amendment to prohibit receipt of compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect (see H.J. Res. 146), H10586 [21DE]

Territories: constitutional amendment to authorize U.S. territories to cast electoral votes in Presidential elections (see H.J. Res. 137), H7724 [26JY]

Voting: constitutional amendment to extend the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older (see H.J. Res. 138), H7742 [3AU]

Women: authorize Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs (see H.R. 7309), H10210 [13DE]

——— mint and issue quarter dollars in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 5308), H1651 [15MR]

——— recognize centennial commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, designate Salt Lake City, UT, as western center of commemoration, and commend Better Days 2020 (see H. Res. 1105), H9406 [28SE]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Nancy LeaMond, AARP (organization), H3107 [11AP], H3190 [12AP]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H3190 [12AP]

Lists

Organizations opposed to H.J. Res. 2, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H3187–H3189 [12AP]

Remarks in House

Arizona: convening of national convention of States to discuss constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, E25 [10JA]

Bill of Rights Day: observance, H10114 [12DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H3091 [10AP], H3153, H3157, H3158, H3160, H3162–H3193, H3204 [12AP], H3230, H3307 [13AP], E455 [13AP], E493 [18AP]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), consideration (H. Res. 811), H3105–H3112 [11AP]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 107), H23 [9JA], H3189 [12AP]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 109), H3174 [12AP]

——— exempt Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from any Federal balanced budget requirement, H3107–H3109 [11AP], H3175 [12AP], E493 [18AP]

Civil rights: anniversary of ratification of 14th Amendment relative to the rights of citizenship and equal protection of the law, E987 [10JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (H.J. Res. 136), E938 [27JN]

——— constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (H.J. Res. 31), H3185 [12AP], H6055, H6056 [11JY]

——— constitutional amendment permitting Congress and the States to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office (H.J. Res. 136), E938 [27JN]

——— constitutional amendment to reform the electoral college and to provide for direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 79), H1569 [14MR]

Federal-State relations: recognize historic and continuing importance of Federalism and uphold States’ rights, H473, H474 [17JA]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms, H7908–H7914 [6SE]

——— constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 24), H7913 [6SE]

Territories: constitutional amendment to authorize U.S. territories to cast electoral votes in Presidential elections (H.J. Res. 137), H7711 [26JY]

Women: anniversary of ratification of 19th Amendment providing for women’s suffrage, H93 [10JA], H398 [16JA]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restore a veteran’s rights to own or possess a firearm by requiring proof a veteran is a danger to self or others before reporting to National Instant Criminal Background Check System (S. 2386), S653 [6FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 46), S3941 [14JN]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (S.J. Res. 5), S1539, S1540 [8MR], S2055 [11AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act and H.J. Res. 2, Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 811) (H. Rept. 115–629), H3094 [10AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 811, consideration of H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act and H.J. Res. 2, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H3105 [11AP]

H.J. Res. 2, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H3162 [12AP]