Rule of law

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 233 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 232 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person," with respect to due process and equal protection, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits the deprivation of life of an unborn person, except pursuant to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 225 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in national emergency.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal appropriations from exceeding estimated Federal revenues, excluding revenues derived from borrowing, in any fiscal year. Suspends such prohibition upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of both Houses of Congress with a Presidential proclamation of national emergency.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 226 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit compelling attendance in schools other than the one nearest the residence and to insure equal educational opportunities for all students wherever located.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits compelling a student to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence. Grants Congress the power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this amendment, and to insure equal educational opportunities for all students wherever located.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 227 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 223 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to modernize the presidential electoral system.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Directs that the President and Vice President shall be elected by a majority of all electoral votes. Allows each state one electoral vote for each Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate. States that the District of Columbia shall have a number of electoral votes equal to the number of Members it would be entitled to if it were a State. Directs that these votes shall be allocated by State to the candidates who received the most popular votes in each State. Establishes a national pool of electoral votes which shall be equivalent to the number of Senators, including two for the District of Columbia and such votes shall be allocated to the candidates who win the most popular votes across the Nation for each office. Stipulates that if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, there shall be a second election between the two top candidates in the national popular vote.

Bill· HRH.R. 2349 (96th)referred

A bill to protect the rights of individuals guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and to prevent unwarranted invasion of their privacy by prohibiting the use of polygraph equipment for certain purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Prohibits any Federal employee or officer or any person engaged in interstate commerce from: (1) requiring any employee, officer, or applicant for employment to take a polygraph test in connection with such individual's employment; (2) denying employment or disciplining an employee by reason of such individual's refusal to submit to such test; or (3) using the results of such test in connection with such individual's employment. Exempts specified Federal employees from such provisions. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of such provisions. Authorizes civil actions in U.S. district courts in behalf of aggrieved individuals.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 218 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the expenditure of Government funds for any fiscal year to the projected revenue of the Government for that year and to limit the outstanding debt of the United States to thirty percent of the projected gross national product.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal expenditures from exceeding estimated revenues during any fiscal year. Prohibits the total outstanding debt of the United States from exceeding 30 percent of the gross national product. Suspends such prohibitions during a declared war or upon the adoption of a joint resolution, approved by the President, stating that a national emergency so requires. Permits expenditures to exceed revenues in any fiscal year for which the Congress projects a real growth rate of the economy of less than three percent. Requires any resulting deficit to be extinguished within five fiscal years.

Bill· HRH.R. 2274 (96th)referred

Federal Constitution Convention Amendment Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Federal Constitutional Convention Procedures Act - Sets forth procedures for Federal constitutional conventions with respect to: (1) applications, (2) calling, (3) delegates, (4) convening, (5) operation, (6) congressional approval, (7) ratification, (8) rescission of ratification, and (9) proclamation of constitutional amendments.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 213 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that the level of total outlays of the United States for any fiscal year shall not exceed the level of total receipts of the United States for such fiscal year and for the disposition of unanticipated deficits.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total expenditures in any fiscal year shall not exceed the net amount of revenue received by the Government in that year. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war declared by Congress or by a concurrent resolution passed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress. Stipulates that any unanticipated deficit in any fiscal year shall be considered an expenditure for the succeeding fiscal year. Directs the Congress to provide an appropriate increase in the level of total receipts if the amount of such deficit exceeds two percent of the total expenditures for the succeeding fiscal year. Authorizes the Congress to apportion any deficit over the four following fiscal years or, by a two-thirds vote of both Houses, to include such deficit in the debts of the United States.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 214 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to insure that due process and equal protection are afforded to an individual with respect to the right to life.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person," with respect to due process and equal protection, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits abortion except when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy would result in the death of the mother. Requires the person performing the abortion to make every reasonable effort to preserve the life of any unborn person.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 208 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number is at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest numbers of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 211 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person," with respect to due process and equal protection, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits abortion except when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy would result in the death of the mother. Requires the person performing the abortion to make every reasonable effort to preserve the life of any unborn person.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 207 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of the President and Vice President.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Empowers each State to choose electors for President and Vice President equal to the total number of Senators and Representatives the State is entitled to in Congress. Mandates the popular election of electors. Requires electors who are elected according to the number of Representatives in the State to be chosen from the electoral districts formed by the State legislature. Requires that successor electors are bound to follow the declaration of voting intention that each elector must make. Stipulates that any vote cast by an elector contrary to the declaration made by the elector shall be counted as a vote cast in accordance with his declaration. States that in case of a tie the person having a majority of votes cast by electors from electoral districts shall be President. Directs that in a situation of none receiving such a majority, the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, each having one vote, shall choose the President and Vice President from the top three votegetters. Declares a person constitutionally ineligible to be President ineligible to be Vice President. Directs each State legislature to divide the State into electoral districts containing substantially equal number of inhabitants.

Bill· HRH.R. 2101 (96th)referred

A bill to authorize the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation to file in the Court of Claims any claims against the United States for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the United States Constitution, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Confers jurisdiction on the Court of Claims over any claims of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the Constitution.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 202 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the purpose of limiting the power of Congress to tax or increase the public debt.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Requires a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress to effect any tax law that would increase the revenue of the Federal Government or that would increase the public debt.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 204 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that the total expenditures of the Government of the United States may not exceed the total revenues received by such Government in any fiscal year except in time of war or economic emergency declared by the Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total expenditures of the Federal Government from exceeding its revenues in any fiscal year. Suspends such prohibition during a war declared by Congress or upon the adoption of a concurrent resolution by a three-fourths vote of both Houses of Congress, stating that a national economic emergency exists.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 113 (96th)referred

A resolution designating May 3 as "Polish Constitution Day".

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 3 of each year as "Polish Constitution Day."

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 38 (96th)referred

A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to mandate a balanced budget.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Directs the Congress to assure that total Federal outlays do not exceed total receipts in any fiscal year. Excludes from such requirement all outlays and receipts derived from the redemption or issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations of the United States. Authorizes suspension of such requirement in time of national emergency upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of both Houses of Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 1964 (96th)referred

Federal Constitution Convention Amendment Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Federal Constitutional Convention Procedures Act - Sets forth procedures for Federal constitutional conventions with respect to: (1) applications, (2) calling, (3) delegates, (4) convening, (5) operation, (6) congressional approval, (7) ratification, (8) rescission of ratification, and (9) proclamation of constitutional amendments.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 197 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person," with respect to due process and equal protection, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits the deprivation of life of an unborn person, except pursuant to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 196 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit citizens through a popular initiative process to propose, repeal, and amend the laws of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Allows the enactment, amendment, and repeal of laws by popular vote. Excludes specified areas, including the right to: (1) propose constitutional amendments; (2) declare war; and (3) call forth the militia. Requires a petition signed by at least three percent of the registered voters and which includes the signatures of registered voters in each of 15 States equal to three percent of the ballots cast in the last general election for President in each of the 15 States in order to place such an issue on the ballot. Requires a majority vote for a proposed law to become law. Declares that any law to repeal or amend a law passed by popular vote during the two years immediately following its effective date must receive an affirmative rollcall vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 192 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit compelling attendance in schools other than the one nearest the residence and to insure equal educational opportunities for all students wherever located.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits compelling a student to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence. Grants Congress the power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this amendment, and to insure equal educational opportunities for all students wherever located.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 191 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the terms of office of the judges of the Supreme and inferior courts.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of office of a Justice or judge of the United States to six years during good behavior and limits the total service of such persons to 12 years.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 36 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit appropriations for a fiscal year which would cause the total appropriations to exceed estimated receipts for such fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the Congress from making any appropriation which would result in a level of total appropriations for any fiscal year exceeding the total estimated receipts of the United States for such year. Authorizes suspension of such prohibition in the case of a national emergency, including a state of war formally declared by Congress, by either a concurrent resolution recommended by the President or a joint resolution introduced in either House of Congress.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 34 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the term of office of Members of the United States House of Representatives shall be four years.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - States that the term of office of Members of the House of Representatives shall be four years. Requires a Member of the House of Representatives to submit a resignation from the House in order to be eligible for election to the Senate for a term which begins before the expiration of such Member's term in the House.

Law· SS. 341 (96th)open

A bill to authorize the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation to file in the Court of Claims any claims against the United States for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the United States Constitution, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979

Confers jurisdiction on the Court of Claims over any claims of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the Constitution.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 33 (96th)referred

A joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the proposal and the enactment of laws by popular vote of the people of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Allows the enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Excludes specified areas, including the right to: (1) propose Constitutional amendments; (2) declare war; and (3) call forth the militia. Requires a petition signed by at least three percent of the registered voters and which includes the signatures of registered voters in each of ten states equal to three percent of the ballots cast in the last general election for President in each of the ten States in order to place such an issue on the ballot. Requires a majority vote for a proposed law to become law. Declares that any law to repeal or amend a law passed by popular vote during the two years immediately following its effective date must receive an affirmative rollcall vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 189 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District constituting the Seat of Government of the United States shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest number of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Declares that no such election, other than a runoff election, shall be held later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and the results declared within 30 days. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 190 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States to have Representatives in the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Allows the territories and areas of the United States (which are not States or parts thereof) to have Representatives in the House of Representatives.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 188 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the continuance in office of judges of the Supreme Court and of inferior courts.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of office of a Justice or judge of the United States to six years after: (1) such person took office; (2) the Senate last consented to such person's continuance in office; or (3) the ratification of this Article, whichever last occurs.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 187 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the maintenance of neighborhood public schools.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - States that the Constitution shall not be construed to require a school system which assigns pupils on the basis of neighborhood attendance areas to assign pupils in any other manner. Grants Congress the power to enforce this amendment by appropriate legislation.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 185 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which, except in times of war or national emergency, prohibits the Congress from making appropriations for a fiscal year in excess of the amount of estimated revenue during that year and requires that the amount of the debt of the United States not exceed the amount of that debt on the date of the adoption of the amendment.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total appropriations from exceeding estimated revenues in any fiscal year, except in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this Article is adopted.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 181 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to alter the manner in which candidates are elected President and Vice President of the United States and creating a National Canvassing Board.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the President and Vice President shall be elected by direct popular vote. Establishes the National Canvassing Board to which the State canvassing boards shall report the results of their State vote for President and Vice President. Directs the National Canvassing Board to meet to canvass the results of the State canvassing boards and report such results.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 186 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a six-year term for the President and the Vice President, to limit the number of terms the President and the Vice President may serve, to provide for three-year terms for Representatives, to limit the number of consecutive terms Senators and Representatives may serve, and to provide a maximum age for persons serving as President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a single six-year term of office for the President and Vice President and a three-year term of office for Members of the House of Representatives. Limits to three the number of consecutive terms a Senator may serve and to five the number of consecutive terms a Representative may serve. Prohibits any person from serving as the President, the Vice President, a Senator, or a Representative in Congress who has attained the age of 75 years, or would attain the age of 75 years, before the end of that term.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 182 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution changing the term of office of President and Vice President and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and amending the length of time a person may serve as President, Vice President, United States Senator, or United States Representative.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a single six year term of office for the President and Vice President. Allows a person succeeding to an unexpired term of less than three years to be elected to a full six-year term. Establishes a six year term of office for a Senator and limits the number of consecutive terms a person may serve to two six-year terms. Allows a person succeeding to an unexpired term of less than three years to be elected to two consecutive six-year terms. Requires, as close as practicable, one-third of the Senate to be elected every even-numbered year. Establishes a four-year term for Members of the House of Representatives and limits the number of consecutive terms a person may serve to three four-year terms. Allows a person succeeding to an unexpired term of less than two years to be elected to three consecutive four-year terms. Requires the entire membership of the House of Representatives to be elected in the same even-numbered year. Exempts any person holding the office of President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative at the time of the ratification of this amendment from the provisions of such amendment.

Bill· HRH.R. 1661 (96th)referred