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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 296 (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 · 9 April 1979

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 ten 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· SJRESS.J.Res. 56 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to protect the people of the United States against excessive governmental burdens and unsound fiscal and monetary policies by limiting total outlays of the Government.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Limits the increase of total budget outlays of the United States Government during any fiscal year to a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the gross national product during the previous calendar year. Stipulates that if the inflation rate exceeds three percent annually the increase in total outlays shall be reduced by one-fourth the difference between the inflation rate and three percent. Requires any surplus in total revenues received by the Government to be used to reduce the public debt. Allows the limit on total outlays to be changed by a three-quarters vote of both Houses of Congress, or to meet an emergency declared by the President. Continues Federal aid programs to States and local governments for a period of six years. Prohibits Congress from authorizing any United States agency to require that a State or local government engage in additional or expanded activities without compensation equal to the additional costs.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 290 (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 · 4 April 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. 288 (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 · 3 April 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. 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· SS. 854 (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 type equipment for certain purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979

Amends the civil rights provisions of Title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit any Federal employee or officer or any person engaged in interstate commerce from requiring any employee, officer, or applicant for employment to take any polygraph test in connection with such individual's employment. Exempts specified Federal employees or contractors from such provisions. Permits polygraph tests of business employees if such test is freely requested by such employee. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of such provisions. Authorizes civil actions in U.S. district courts on behalf of aggrieved individuals.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 286 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States the right to enact laws by voting on legislation in a national election.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Allows the enactment of laws by popular vote in a national election. Excludes specified areas, including the right to: (1) declare war; (2) call forth the militia; (3) propose constitutional amendments; and (4) repeal any provision of law proposing constitutional amendments. Requires a petition signed by at least three percent of the registered voters in each of ten States who voted in the most recent election for President and that the total number of signatures on such petition be at least three percent of the number of people from all of the States who voted in such election in order to place an issue on the ballot. Requires a majority vote to enact a proposed law. Provides that no law which is adopted shall be subject to approval by the President. 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. 287 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that total taxation by the Federal Government of the people of the United States shall not exceed 15 per centum of the gross national product, and to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 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.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 94 (96th)referred

A concurrent resolution to provide for the revised printing of the House Document entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America, as amended".

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979

Authorizes the printing as a House of Representatives document of a revised edition of the Constitution of the United States of America as amended. Directs the printing of 298,000 additional copies of which 20,000 shall be for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary, 226,500 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 51,500 for the use of the Senate.

Law· HRH.R. 3343 (96th)open

A bill to permit civil suits under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) against any person acting under color of any law or custom of the District of Columbia who subjects any person within the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia to the deprivation of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution and laws.

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979

Permits civil suits under the Civil Rights Act by an individual against any person acting under color of any law or custom of the District of Columbia who subjects any person within the jurisdiction of the District to the deprivation of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution and laws. Deems, for purposes of this Act, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia to be a statute of the District of Columbia. Extends the original jurisdiction of Federal district courts to encompass such actions.

Bill· HRH.R. 3342 (96th)referred

A bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States the right to enact laws by voting on legislation in a national election.

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Allows the enactment of laws by popular vote in a national election. Excludes specified areas, including the right to: (1) declare war; (2) call forth the militia; (3) propose constitutional amendments; and (4) repeal any provision of law proposing constitutional amendments. Requires a petition signed by at least three percent of the registered voters in each of ten States who voted in the most recent election for President and that the total number of signatures on such petition be at least three percent of the number of people from all of the States who voted in such election in order to place an issue on the ballot. Requires a majority vote to enact a proposed law. Provides that no law which is adopted shall be subject to approval by the President. 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· SJRESS.J.Res. 51 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide that electoral votes shall be proportionally divided in each State, based on the direct popular vote in that State.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979

Constitutional Amendment - 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, unless such legislature prescribed lesser qualifications with respect to residence therein. Authorizes Congress to prescribe elector qualifications for electors in the District of Columbia. Continues electoral vote allotments to States and the District of Columbia. 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, 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 of the votes, that the Senate and House of Representatives choose, by ballot, the President and Vice President from the two persons receiving the greatest numbers of such votes. Repeals provisions of the Constitution relating to the Electoral College. Sets forth the effective date of this article as the first day of February following ratification.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 113 (96th)passed

A resolution authorizing the appearance and/or the filing of a brief on behalf of the Senate as amicus curiae in the Supreme Court proceedings in Hutchinson v. Proxmire, et. al., No. 78-680, on the issue of the scope of Article I, section 6, of the Constitution, the Speech and Debate clause.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979

Establishes a committee of the Senate consisting of the President pro tempore, the Majority and Minority Leaders, and the Chairman and ranking minority members of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and directs it to appear and/or file a brief as amicus curiae in the case of Hutchinson V. Proxmire et al., now pending in the United States Supreme Court.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 278 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during fiscal years during which the United States is at war or during which a suspension is approved) that the annual deficit of the United States be eliminated, which requires tax rates to be reduced to offset the effects of inflation, and which establishes a procedure for the approval of bills or joint resolutions effecting taxes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the total amount of revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year, except in time of war as declared by the Congress. Allows the suspension of the amendment by a joint resolution approved by a vote of three-fifths of the Members of each House of the Congress and approved and signed by the President, or by a vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House of the Congress. Requires tax rates to be reduced to offset the effects of inflation. Establishes a procedure for the approval of bills or joint resolutions affecting taxes.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 274 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to require that Congressional resolutions setting forth levels of total budget outlays and Federal revenues must be agreed to by two-thirds vote of both Houses of the Congress if the level of outlays exceeds the level of revenues.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Requires a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress to pass any concurrent resolution on the budget which carries a deficit.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 272 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that a Member of the House of Representatives shall have a 4-year term.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979

Constitutional Amendment - States that the term of office of Members of the House of Representatives shall be four years. Provides that this article shall first apply to terms which begin after the date of adoption and which begin in a year other than a year in which the term of the President begins.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 269 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the balancing of the budget, the limitation of expenditures and the reduction of the public debt.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1979

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits expenditures in any fiscal year, except for expenditures for the repayment of debt, from exceeding revenues collected in that year or one-fifth of the average gross national product for the previous three years. Permits borrowing for capital expenditures for a period of time proportionate to their probable usefulness. Directs Congress to provide by law for the repayment of the national debt. Allows this amendment to be suspended for any fiscal year whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 261 (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 · 20 March 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. 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. 264 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the assignment of public school students.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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· SJRESS.J.Res. 48 (96th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for election of the President and Vice President of the United States by the national bonus plan.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979

Constitutional Amendment - States that the President shall be elected by a majority of all electoral votes for President, and the Vice President by a majority of all electoral votes for Vice President. Allocates to each State one electoral vote for each member of the House and Senate from such State to be allocated by State to the candidates who receive the most popular votes for each office in each State. Stipulates that there shall be a national pool of electoral votes to be allocated to the candidates who win the most popular votes across the nation for each office.

Bill· HRH.R. 2875 (96th)referred

A bill to exempt loans and mortgages insured under title I or II of the National Housing Act from usury provisions of State constitution or statutes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979

Exempts from State usury laws loans and mortgages insured under the mortgage insurance and housing renovation and modernization programs of the National Housing Act. Declares that such exemption shall apply until the effective date of State legislation limiting the amount of interest on such loans and mortgages.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 257 (96th)referred

A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets and elimination of the Federal indebtedness.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 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 fifth 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 fifth fiscal year.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 258 (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 of the national debt.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 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. 253 (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 · 13 March 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. 254 (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 · 13 March 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. 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. 252 (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 · 13 March 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. 250 (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 March 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· SJRESS.J.Res. 45 (96th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 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 the case of national emergency upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of both Houses of Congress for the fiscal year designated in such concurrence.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 46 (96th)referred

A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets and elimination of the Federal indebtedness.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 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. Permits total outlays to exceed receipts if the Congress determines a national emergency exists. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 24 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to four percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 240 (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 · 6 March 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 the 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. 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 election 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.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 65 (96th)passed

A concurrent resolution authorizing the printing as a House document of a revised edition of "The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America".

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1979

Authorizes the printing as a House of Representatives document of a revised edition of "The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. Directs the printing of 278,000 additional copies of which 221,500 copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 51,500 copies for the use of the Senate, and 5,000 copies for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 236 (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 · 1 March 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 when it is a medical certainty that termination is required to prevent the death of the mother.

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.

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