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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 243 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1977
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 in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the mother's death. Requires that every reasonable effort be made to preserve the life of the fetus.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 238 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, 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 and age requirements. 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 for such offices. 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 of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Grants to each State the authority as to the time and place and manner of holding such elections and entitlement to inclusion or the ballot. Specifies that if, at the time fixed for declaring the results of such elections, the presidential candidate who would have been entitled to election as President has died, the Vice Presidential candidate entitled to election as Vice President shall be declared elected President. 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 and Vice President elect.
Law· HRH.R. 2960 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to erect a memorial in honor of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence in Constitution Gardens in the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration to prepare the design and plans for such memorial. Limits expenditures for the design and erection of such memorial to $500,000 of the funds available to the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, other than appropriated funds. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as are necessary to maintain the memorial.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 237 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
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. 233 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the States the power to regulate or to forbid voluntary abortion.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 229 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each voter 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 voters for President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for voters for the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for voters for President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for voters for 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 for such offices. Provides that if 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 of 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. 234 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
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. 230 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, 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 and age requirements. 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 for such offices. 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 of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Grants to each State the authority as to the time and place and manner of holding such elections and entitlement to inclusion or the ballot. Specifies that if, at the time fixed for declaring the results of such elections, the presidential candidate who would have been entitled to election as President has died, the Vice Presidential candidate entitled to election as Vice President shall be declared elected President. 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 and Vice President elect.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 236 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person", with respect to due process and equal protections, 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 law permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 232 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides 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 as Vice President for any term eligible for election as President for a later term.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 228 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each voter 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 voters for President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for voters for the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for voters for President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for voters for 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 for such offices. Provides that if 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 of 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. 235 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits interpretation of the United States Constitution as requiring school systems which assign pupils on a neighborhood basis to assign such pupils in any other manner. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 231 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, 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 and age requirements. 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 for such offices. 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 of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Grants to each State the authority as to the time and place and manner of holding such elections and entitlement to inclusion or the ballot. Specifies that if, at the time fixed for declaring the results of such elections, the presidential candidate who would have been entitled to election as President has died, the Vice Presidential candidate entitled to election as Vice President shall be declared elected President. 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 and Vice President elect.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 19 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires that justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior Federal courts be reconfirmed by the Senate every eight years.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 225 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits any State to regulate or prohibit abortion.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 226 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Make a person who is constitutionally ineligible for the office of President ineligible for the office of Vice President. Requires the voters for President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for voters of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, unless such legislature prescribes lesser qualifications with respect to residence therein. Authorizes Congress to prescribe voter qualifications for voters in the District of Columbia. Continues electoral vote allotments to States and the District of Columbia. Grants to the District of Columbia the number of electoral votes equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which such District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State. Directs the official custodian of the election returns of each State, within 45 days after the election, to make lists of all persons for whom votes were cast, the number of votes cast, and the total vote cast by the voters. Requires that each person for whom votes were cast in each State receive such proportion of the electoral votes as he received of the total vote cast in such State. Declares the person receiving the greatest aggregate number of electoral votes, if at least 40 percent of the total, to be President. Requires in case of a tie or no one receiving 40 percent or more, that the Senate and House of Representatives choose, by ballot, the President and Vice President from the two highest electoral vote getters. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death of any persons from whom the Congress may choose a President and Vice President whenever the right of choice has fallen upon the Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 218 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
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 in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the mother's death. Requires that every reasonable effort be made to preserve the life of the fetus.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 223 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of any inferior court established by Congress from holding office for more than 10 years after (1) taking office, (2) the Senate last consented to his continuance in office, or (3) the ratification of this amendment, whichever last occurs, unless the President nominates and the Senate consents to a continuance in office.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 219 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
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. Suspends such requirements when Congress and the President declare a national emergency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 217 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that people of the several States, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia, 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 35 percent of the whole number of votes cast for such offices. 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 of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. 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 has been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice-President-elect.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 213 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits any State with a bicameral legislature to apportion one house of its legislature on factors other than population.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 214 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any governmental authority from requiring a school or school district, desegregated within the meaning of Title IV of the Civil Rights Act, to (1) force the busing of students; (2) require the abolishment of any desegregated school; or (3) transfer a student over the protest of such student's parents to or from a particular school because of the race, creed, or color of such student.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 215 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits religious observances in governmental institutions and public places. Permits reference to a supreme being in a governmental or public document, activity, place, or on money. Declares that this amendment shall not constitute establishment of religion.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 208 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person", with respect to due process and equal protections, 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 law permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 204 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977
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. 207 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each voter 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 voters for President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for voters for the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for voters for President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for voters for 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 for such offices. 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 of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. 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 President-elect and Vice-President-elect.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 18 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Makes a person who is constitutionally ineligible for the Office of President ineligible for the Office of Vice President. Requires the voters of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for voters of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, unless such legislative prescribes lesser qualifications with respect to residence therein. Authorizes Congress to prescribe voter qualifications for voters in the District of Columbia. Continues electoral vote allotments to States and the District of Columbia. Grants to the District of Columbia the number of electoral votes equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which such District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State. Directs the official custodian of the election returns of each State, within 45 days after the election, to make lists of all persons to whom votes were cast, number of votes last, and the total vote cast by the voters. Requires that each person for whom votes were cast in each State receive such proportion of the electoral votes as he received of the total vote cast in such state. Declares the person receiving the greatest aggregate number of electoral votes, if at least 40 percent of the total, to be President. Requires in case of a tie or no one receiving 40 percent or more of the votes that the Senate and House of Representatives choose,by ballot, the President and Vice President from the two highest electoral vote getters. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Congress may choose as President or Vice President whenever the right of choice has fallen upon the Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 197 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, 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 for such offices. 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 of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. 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. 198 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person", with respect to due process and equal protections, 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 law permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 200 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Constitutional amendment - Changes the length of the term of office for Members of the House of Representatives to four years. Divides the seats of the Representatives into two equal classes so that one class will be elected every second year. Prohibits a person from serving any portion of a term as Representative if at the completion of such term the person would have served as a Representative for more than ten consecutive years. Changes the length of the term of office for a Senator to eight years. Prohibits a Senator from serving any portion of a term if at the completion of such term the Senator would have served for more than 12 consecutive years. Provides that the President and Vice President shall hold office during a term of six years. Prohibits a person from serving any portion of a term as President or Vice President if at the completion of such term such person would have served or acted as President or Vice President for periods aggregating more than nine years. Directs that judges of the Supreme and inferior courts be appointed to their offices for a term of ten years and shall hold their offices during good behavior. Directs that no person shall be appointed more than once as a judge of the Supreme or inferior courts.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 203 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve for a term of three years. States that any person who is a Representative for five consecutive terms may not be a Representative during the three-year period followed the fifth term with an exception for vacancies. Stipulates that no person may serve as a Representative after attaining the age of 75 or if attaining the age of 75 before the end of a term.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 195 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
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. Authorizes one elector to be chosen from each electoral district, and two electors to be chosen on a statewide basis. 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 equal in size, with the number of districts equaling the State's delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 17 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits assignment of public school students to a particular school based upon their race, color, national origin, creed, or sex.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 14 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
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 under laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 15 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
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 under laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 192 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
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. 189 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1977
Designates a National Day of Atonement and requests the President to issue an appropriate proclamation.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 190 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment- Requires the total number of electoral votes to be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which each State and the District of Columbia, if it were a State, is entitled in Congress. Establishes a procedure to allocate electoral votes whereby the person receiving a plurality of popular votes for President or Vice President in each state shall receive two electoral votes. Provides that from the remaining number of electoral votes, each person receiving votes for President or Vice President shall be credited with a number of electoral votes which bears the same ratio to the total number of such remaining electoral votes as the number of votes received by him for President or Vice President bears to the total number of votes cast for President or Vice President. Grants to Congress the power to establish a uniform time for electing the President and Vice President. Requires each State to compile lists of all persons receiving votes for President or Vice President and the number of votes cast for each person. Directs each state to certify and transmit such lists to Congress at which time the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall credit votes to each person for whom votes were cast in the manner prescribed by the article. Provides that the person receiving the highest number of total electoral votes for President shall be President and the person receiving the highest number of electoral votes for Vice President shall be Vice President. Stipulates that in the event two or more persons receive equal electoral votes for President or Vice President, the House of Representatives shall choose the President and the Senate shall choose the Vice President.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 188 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to review Government revenues and expenditures at specified times and to determine a surtax rate when expenditures exceed revenues to insure that receipts will equal outlays. Authorizes a suspension of such measures in the case of a grave national emergency declared by Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 185 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person", with respect to due process and equal protections, 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 law permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 186 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits any State to allow, prohibit, or regulate abortion.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 169 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits compelling a student to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence for reasons of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 161 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits the authority administering any school system, educational institution, or other public building supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds to allow voluntary participation by students or others in prayer. Prohibits the authority administering such entities from prescribing the form or content of any prayer.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 170 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each voter 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 voters for President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for voters for the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for voters for President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for voters for 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 for such offices. Provides that if 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 of 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. 162 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits assignment of public school students to a particular school based upon their race, creed, or color. Grants Congress the power to enforce this amendment by appropriate legislation.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 168 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that people of the several States, the territories as provided by law and the District of Columbia, 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 35 percent of the whole number of votes cast for such offices. 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 of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. 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 has been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice-President-elect.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 158 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits religious observances in governmental institutions and public places. Permits reference to a supreme being in a governmental or public document, activity, place, or on money. Declares that this amendment shall not constitute establishment of religion.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 187 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
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 to resulting from illness or accident.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 154 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Deems every human being to be a person from the moment of fertilization.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 160 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. 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 emergency requires such suspension.
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