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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 165 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 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. 163 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Government expenditures from exceeding estimated revenues by more than two percent during any fiscal year. Authorizes suspension of such prohibition in time of war declared by Congress or national emergency declared by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress and approved by the President. Requires any deficit to be extinguished within five fiscal years. Applies any surplus to the revenues of the Government in the succeeding fiscal year.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 25 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the number of terms of office that a Member of the Senate may serve to two and a Member of the House of Representatives to six. Declares that only elections occurring because of the expiration of a term of office, and elections occurring before the date this article is ratified shall be taken into account.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 27 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the number of terms of office that a Member of the Senate may serve to two and a Member of the House of Representatives to seven. Declares that a person may not serve more than 14 years as a Senator nor more than 15 years as a Representative. Declares that elections and service occurring before the date this article is ratified shall not be taken into account.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 158 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the term of office of the President and Vice President shall be six years, and no person shall be elected to the office of President or Vice President more than once. Makes a person who has been elected Vice President for any term eligible for election as President for a later term.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 150 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 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 Members of Congress from that State 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. Allows Congress to prescribe the qualifications for electors from the District of Columbia. 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 if the candidate entitled to election as President shall have died, the vice-presidential candidate elect shall be declared elected President. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death 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. 160 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving as a Representative for more than 13 years or as a Senator for more than 15 consecutive years. Establishes a six year term of office for the President and Vice President. Prohibits any person from serving a term as President or Vice President if at the end of such term such person would have served or acted as the President or Vice President for periods aggregating more than nine years. Establishes a single 15 year term of office for Federal judges, and Supreme Court Justices.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 156 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Permits voluntary prayer in public buildings.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 151 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to disapprove any reprieve or pardon granted by the President. Requires each House of Congress to disapprove such reprieve or pardon by a two-thirds vote within 90 days.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 22 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Makes 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 under laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· HRH.R. 1293 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1979
Prohibits any Federal, State, or other governmental authority from issuing a warrant or subpoena for journalistic property.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 146 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 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 or by a concurrent resolution passed by the Senate and the House stating that a national economic emergency requires such suspension.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 142 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Deems every human being to be a person from the moment of fertilization, and entitled to the right to life.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 147 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the enactment and repeal of law by popular vote. Excludes specified areas, including the right to: (1) propose constitutional amendments; (2) declare war; (3) grant letters of marque or reprisal; (4) make rules concerning captures on land or water; and (5) call forth the militia. Requires a petition signed by at least three percent of the whole number of citizens, in each of at least ten States who voted in the most recent election for electors for President, and the total number of signatures on such petition shall be at least three percent of the whole number of people, from all of the several States, who votes in such election in order to place such an issue on the ballot. Requires a majority vote in all of the several States for a proposed law to become law. Declares that no law passed by popular vote shall be subject to the approval of the President or to amendment or repeal, during a two-year period following enactment, by Congress except by a two-thirds affirmative vote of each House of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 143 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the Congress from making appropriations for any fiscal year in an aggregate amount in excess of the estimated Federal revenues for such fiscal year. Authorizes suspension of such prohibition in time of national emergency declared by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress. Requires repayment of any resulting indebtedness within one year from the lapse of such suspension. Prohibits any increase in the public debt of the United States and requires repayment of the existing debt within 50 years.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 141 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Permits the offering of prayers or Biblical scriptures, as long as participation is voluntary, in any governmental or public school, institution, or place. Permits references to God or a Supreme Being in public documents, proceedings, schools, or upon U.S. currency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 133 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to review, at specified times, the estimated revenue and budgeted expenditures of the Government and, if expenditures are found to exceed revenues, to levy a surtax so that receipts equal expenditures. Authorizes the suspension of such measures in the case of a grave national emergency declared by Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 129 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits assigning public school students or teachers to particular schools on the basis of race, creed, or color.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 125 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress by law to designate the day upon which each election shall be held for President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in a State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. Requires the electors from the District of Columbia to have such qualifications as the Congress or a governmental authority in the District designated by the Congress shall prescribe. Requires each candidate for the office of President to be paired with a candidate for the office of Vice President. Prohibits any candidate from being paired with more than one other person. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who are paired as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires each State and the District to tabulate the votes cast in such election. Requires each State to establish by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which each State is entitled. Declares that each congressional district shall receive one electoral vote and each State shall receive two electoral votes and that the District of Columbia shall have a number of electoral votes equal to the number of Senators or Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State. Declares that, for each district established, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes in that district shall receive the one electoral vote. Declares that for each State, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive the two electoral votes. Declares that in the District of Columbia the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive the electoral votes for the District. Directs the Secretary of State of each State or other designated official to certify and transmit sealed to the President of the Senate a list of the pairs of candidates and the number of electoral votes received by each pair specifying which pair received the electoral votes for each congressional district and for the State. Directs that the pair of candidates receiving the majority of the electoral votes shall become President and Vice President. Directs that if when all electoral votes have been counted there is a tie, then the electoral votes of the congressional districts and the District shall be counted, and if there is still a tie the House of Representatives shall choose, from the three pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of all the electoral votes tabulated in the election, one such pair by ballot. Requires Congress to provide for the case of death, disability, or withdrawal of any candidate on or before the date of the election.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 138 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 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. 130 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Eliminates the force and effect of any treaty provision which denies or abridges any constitutionally enumerated right. Prohibits a treaty from permitting any foreign power or international organization to supervise, control, or adjudicate (1) the rights of United States citizens within the United States or (2) matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United States. Predicates the effectiveness of a treaty as internal law of the United States upon the passage of appropriate legislation. Requires executive agreements with foreign powers or international organizations to be made in the manner and to the extent prescribed by law.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 140 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares vacant the office of any Senator or Representative who fails to be recorded in person on 70 percent of the roll call votes taken during any regular session of Congress unless such roll call votes were missed due to hospitalization required by illness or accident.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 126 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from enacting legislation which will cause Federal taxation to exceed 15 percent of the gross national product. Prohibits the making of appropriations in excess of the total estimated revenues of the United States in any fiscal year except in time of war or national emergency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 139 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 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. 132 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 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. 135 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 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. 131 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Permits nondenominational prayer in public buildings.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 127 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Empowers Congress and the States to impose and provide for the carrying out of the death penalty in the case of any crime involving the deliberate and willful taking of human life. Empowers Congress to impose and provide for the carrying out of such penalty in the case of treason against the United States.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 16 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. Provides for the phased implementation of this requirement after the ratification of this amendment. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of national emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fourth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 19 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fourth fiscal year.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 18 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Directs the President to estimate the level of Federal receipts for the ensuing fiscal year at the beginning of each regular session of Congress. Prohibits the Congress from authorizing outlays which exceed such estimate during the ensuing fiscal year. States that beginning with the fifth fiscal year after the effective date of this amendment, and for each of the succeeding 20 fiscal years, five percent of the receipts of the Government shall be available only to reduce the public debt. Authorizes suspension of such requirements for one year in time of war or grave national emergency upon the concurrence of three-fourths of the Members of both Houses of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 113 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the enactment and repeal of law by popular vote. Excludes specified areas, including the right to: (1) propose constitutional amendments; (2) declare war; (3) grant letters of marque or reprisal; (4) make rules concerning captures on land or water; and (5) call forth the militia. Requires a petition signed by at least three percent of the whole number of citizens, in each of at least ten States who voted in the most recent election for electors for President, and the total number of signatures on such petition shall be at least three percent of the whole number of people, from all of the several States, who votes in such election in order to place such an issue on the ballot. Requires a majority vote in all of the several States for a proposed law to become law. Declares that no law passed by popular vote shall be subject to the approval of the President or to amendment or repeal, during a two-year period following enactment, by Congress except by a two-thirds affirmative vote of each House of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 109 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such year. Establishes a schedule for achieving such a balance by the third fiscal year after ratification of this amendment. Directs the President, at such time, to make recommendations to the Congress for the discharge of the Federal debt. Permits outlays to exceed receipts in time of declared national emergency, but requires any deficit to be made up within four fiscal years following the end of such emergency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 105 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 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. 114 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that no person shall be a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives during more than six consecutive Congresses.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 124 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 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. 123 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or threat of war. 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. 106 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Requires an election for President and Vice President to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November immediately preceding the January in which the current term of office for the President and Vice President ends, unless Congress, by law, prescribes a different day. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in a State or in the District constituting the seat of government of the United States 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. Requires each candidate for the office of President to be paired with a candidate for the office of Vice President. Prohibits any candidate from being paired with more than one other person. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who are paired as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the popular votes cast in such election to be tabulated in accordance with procedures which the Congress shall establish by law. Directs the chief election official in each State and the District constituting the seat of government of the United States to make and transmit to Congress a list of the pairs of candidates voted for President and Vice President in each State and the number of votes cast for each pair. Requires each State to establish by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which each State is entitled. Declares that for each district established, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes in that district shall receive one electoral vote. Declares that for each State and the District constituting the seat of government of the United States, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive two popular votes. Directs that the pair of candidates receiving the majority of the electoral votes shall become President and Vice President. Directs Congress to assemble in special session, if after any such election, no Presidential candidacy receives a majority of the vote. Requires the Senate and the House of Representatives sitting in joint session to choose, from the three pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of electoral votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. Requires Congress to provide for the case of death, disability, or withdrawal of any candidate on or before the date of the election.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 116 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 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. 108 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits depriving any human being, from the moment of conception, of life without due process of law or denying equal protection of the laws. Prohibits depriving any human being of life on account of illness, age, or incapacity.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 104 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Permits the offering of prayers or Biblical scriptures, as long as participation is voluntary, in any governmental or public school, institution, or place. Permits references to God or a Supreme Being in public documents, proceedings, schools, or upon U.S. currency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 115 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Permits voluntary prayer in public buildings.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 111 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - States that Congress shall make no appropriations for any fiscal year which exceed the total revenues of the United States for such year. Prohibits spending by, or on behalf of, the United States which exceeds the total revenue for that year. Suspends such requirements when Congress declares war or national emergency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 103 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Directs Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government during any fiscal year (except for repayment of debt) do not exceed 33 1/3 percent of the average national income for the three prior calendar years. Authorizes the suspension of such measure in the case of national emergency or war.
Bill· SS. 10 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Authorizes the Attorney General to institute a civil action for or in the name of the United States in an appropriate district court whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that a State or its agents are subjecting persons confined in any correctional facility, juvenile correction center, mental hospital, nursing home, or facility for the mentally ill, retarded, or disabled to conditions of willful or gross neglect which deprive such persons of their Federal constitutional or statutory rights. Permits the Attorney General to intervene in any action commenced in a Federal court in which relief is sought from conditions allegedly depriving institutionalized persons in State institutions of their Federal rights. Prohibits any retaliation against individuals reporting conditions which may constitute a violation. Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress concerning actions instituted or in which the Attorney General has intervened pursuant to this Act.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 13 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Requires a balanced Federal budget unless the Congress determines, by a three-fourths vote of both Houses that a grave national emergency exists.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 9 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Directs Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government during any fiscal year (except for repayment of debt) do not exceed 33 1/3 percent of the average national income for the three prior calendar years. Authorizes the suspension of such measure in the case of national emergency or war.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 5 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Government expenditures from exceeding total revenues during any fiscal year unless a concurrent resolution permitting such an excess be approved by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress. States that any such concurrent resolution on the budget will be considered out of order if the budget was not balanced in more than three of the preceding eight fiscal years. Limits any annual increase in total expenditures and revenues to 18 percent of the estimated gross national product for that fiscal year. Makes an exception to such limitation upon approval of two-thirds of the Members of both Houses of Congress.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 1 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 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· SJRESS.J.Res. 11 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 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 or by a concurrent resolution passed by the Senate and the House stating that a national economic emergency requires such suspension.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 12 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the right to life vests from the moment of fertilization without regard to age, health, or condition of dependency.
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