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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 208 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number is at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest numbers of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 211 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person," with respect to due process and equal protection, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits abortion except when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy would result in the death of the mother. Requires the person performing the abortion to make every reasonable effort to preserve the life of any unborn person.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 207 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Empowers each State to choose electors for President and Vice President equal to the total number of Senators and Representatives the State is entitled to in Congress. Mandates the popular election of electors. Requires electors who are elected according to the number of Representatives in the State to be chosen from the electoral districts formed by the State legislature. Requires that successor electors are bound to follow the declaration of voting intention that each elector must make. Stipulates that any vote cast by an elector contrary to the declaration made by the elector shall be counted as a vote cast in accordance with his declaration. States that in case of a tie the person having a majority of votes cast by electors from electoral districts shall be President. Directs that in a situation of none receiving such a majority, the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, each having one vote, shall choose the President and Vice President from the top three votegetters. Declares a person constitutionally ineligible to be President ineligible to be Vice President. Directs each State legislature to divide the State into electoral districts containing substantially equal number of inhabitants.
Bill· HRH.R. 2101 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979
Confers jurisdiction on the Court of Claims over any claims of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the Constitution.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 202 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Requires a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress to effect any tax law that would increase the revenue of the Federal Government or that would increase the public debt.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 204 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total expenditures of the Federal Government from exceeding its revenues in any fiscal year. Suspends such prohibition during a war declared by Congress or upon the adoption of a concurrent resolution by a three-fourths vote of both Houses of Congress, stating that a national economic emergency exists.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 113 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 3 of each year as "Polish Constitution Day."
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 38 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Directs the Congress to assure that total Federal outlays do not exceed total receipts in any fiscal year. Excludes from such requirement all outlays and receipts derived from the redemption or issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations of the United States. Authorizes suspension of such requirement in time of national emergency upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of both Houses of Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 1964 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979
Federal Constitutional Convention Procedures Act - Sets forth procedures for Federal constitutional conventions with respect to: (1) applications, (2) calling, (3) delegates, (4) convening, (5) operation, (6) congressional approval, (7) ratification, (8) rescission of ratification, and (9) proclamation of constitutional amendments.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 197 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person," with respect to due process and equal protection, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits the deprivation of life of an unborn person, except pursuant to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 196 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the enactment, amendment, and repeal of laws by popular vote. Excludes specified areas, including the right to: (1) propose constitutional amendments; (2) declare war; and (3) call forth the militia. Requires a petition signed by at least three percent of the registered voters and which includes the signatures of registered voters in each of 15 States equal to three percent of the ballots cast in the last general election for President in each of the 15 States in order to place such an issue on the ballot. Requires a majority vote for a proposed law to become law. Declares that any law to repeal or amend a law passed by popular vote during the two years immediately following its effective date must receive an affirmative rollcall vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 192 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits compelling a student to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence. Grants Congress the power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this amendment, and to insure equal educational opportunities for all students wherever located.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 191 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of office of a Justice or judge of the United States to six years during good behavior and limits the total service of such persons to 12 years.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 36 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the Congress from making any appropriation which would result in a level of total appropriations for any fiscal year exceeding the total estimated receipts of the United States for such year. Authorizes suspension of such prohibition in the case of a national emergency, including a state of war formally declared by Congress, by either a concurrent resolution recommended by the President or a joint resolution introduced in either House of Congress.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 34 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - States that the term of office of Members of the House of Representatives shall be four years. Requires a Member of the House of Representatives to submit a resignation from the House in order to be eligible for election to the Senate for a term which begins before the expiration of such Member's term in the House.
Law· SS. 341 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979
Confers jurisdiction on the Court of Claims over any claims of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the Constitution.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 33 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Excludes specified areas, including the right to: (1) propose Constitutional amendments; (2) declare war; and (3) call forth the militia. Requires a petition signed by at least three percent of the registered voters and which includes the signatures of registered voters in each of ten states equal to three percent of the ballots cast in the last general election for President in each of the ten States in order to place such an issue on the ballot. Requires a majority vote for a proposed law to become law. Declares that any law to repeal or amend a law passed by popular vote during the two years immediately following its effective date must receive an affirmative rollcall vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 189 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District constituting the Seat of Government of the United States shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest number of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Declares that no such election, other than a runoff election, shall be held later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and the results declared within 30 days. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 190 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the territories and areas of the United States (which are not States or parts thereof) to have Representatives in the House of Representatives.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 188 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of office of a Justice or judge of the United States to six years after: (1) such person took office; (2) the Senate last consented to such person's continuance in office; or (3) the ratification of this Article, whichever last occurs.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 187 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - States that the Constitution shall not be construed to require a school system which assigns pupils on the basis of neighborhood attendance areas to assign pupils in any other manner. Grants Congress the power to enforce this amendment by appropriate legislation.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 185 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total appropriations from exceeding estimated revenues in any fiscal year, except in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this Article is adopted.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 181 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the President and Vice President shall be elected by direct popular vote. Establishes the National Canvassing Board to which the State canvassing boards shall report the results of their State vote for President and Vice President. Directs the National Canvassing Board to meet to canvass the results of the State canvassing boards and report such results.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 186 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a single six-year term of office for the President and Vice President and a three-year term of office for Members of the House of Representatives. Limits to three the number of consecutive terms a Senator may serve and to five the number of consecutive terms a Representative may serve. Prohibits any person from serving as the President, the Vice President, a Senator, or a Representative in Congress who has attained the age of 75 years, or would attain the age of 75 years, before the end of that term.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 182 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a single six year term of office for the President and Vice President. Allows a person succeeding to an unexpired term of less than three years to be elected to a full six-year term. Establishes a six year term of office for a Senator and limits the number of consecutive terms a person may serve to two six-year terms. Allows a person succeeding to an unexpired term of less than three years to be elected to two consecutive six-year terms. Requires, as close as practicable, one-third of the Senate to be elected every even-numbered year. Establishes a four-year term for Members of the House of Representatives and limits the number of consecutive terms a person may serve to three four-year terms. Allows a person succeeding to an unexpired term of less than two years to be elected to three consecutive four-year terms. Requires the entire membership of the House of Representatives to be elected in the same even-numbered year. Exempts any person holding the office of President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative at the time of the ratification of this amendment from the provisions of such amendment.
Bill· HRH.R. 1661 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1979
Limits the power of any United States court to issue school transportation orders based on race, color, or national origin by requiring a determination that a discriminatory, educational purpose was a principal motivating factor in the constitutional violation for which such transportation is proposed as a remedy. Requires the holding of a special hearing where specific findings in relation to such a constitutional violation must be made before a school assignment order may issue. Stays such school assignment orders until all appeals have been exhausted, except that a majority of the Supreme Court or a majority of a court of appeals (of not less than three members) may vacate such stay. Provides guidelines for an appeal from such stay.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 177 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Directs the Congress to establish an index to measure the monthly increases in consumer prices. Prohibits any annual increase in the amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year greater than 80 percent of the increase in consumer prices during the previous year measured by such index. Limits the annual increase in Federal expenditures in any fiscal year following two consecutive fiscal years in which the budget of the United States was balanced or carried a surplus to the percentage increase in the designated consumer price index during the previous year. Authorizes the Congress to suspend the requirements of this Article during a time of war or national emergency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 173 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits compelling a student to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence which is located within the school district in which the student resides and which provides the course of study pursued by such student. 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. 178 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 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 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. 176 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 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. 179 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the term of office of Members of the House of Representatives shall be four years. Divides the seats of the Representatives into two equal classes so that one half of the Members are chosen every second year. Limits to three the number of terms which a Member may serve. Limits the length of service of Senators to two complete terms. Repeals the clause of the Constitution relating to the length of terms of Representatives.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 172 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total outlays of the Government from exceeding total receipts in any fiscal year. Permits a deficit in the first fiscal year beginning after ratification of this article of not more than half of the deficit for the preceding year. Authorizes a budget in which outlays exceed receipts in the case of a national emergency declared by the Congress with the concurrence of three-fourths of the Members of both Houses.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 175 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares Congress shall make no law which causes the total amount of money expended by the United States during any year to exceed the total revenues received during such year. Provides for the phased implementation of such requirement over the first three fiscal years following the ratification of this article. Authorizes suspension of such requirement during a time of war or national emergency declared by Congress with the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of each House.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 171 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of office of a judge of the United States to six years after: (1) such person took office; (2) the Senate last consented to such person's continuance in office; or (3) the ratification of this article, whichever last occurs.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 169 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that no person shall be eligible for election or appointment to the office of Senator for more than three full six-year terms, nor to the office of Representative for more than nine full two-year terms.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 170 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the term of office of Members of the House of Representatives shall be four years. Divides the seats of the Representatives into two equal classes so that one half of the Members are chosen every second year. Limits to three the number of terms which a Member may serve. Limits the length of service of Senators to two complete terms. Repeals the clause of the Constitution relating to the length of terms of Representatives.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 168 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Declares an age limit of 70 years for election to the office of President or Vice President. Declares that the term of office of the President and Vice President shall be six years, and that no person shall be elected to the office of President more than once.
Bill· SS. 228 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1979
Limits the power of any United States court to issue school transportation orders based on race, color, or national origin by requiring a determination that a discriminatory, educational purpose was a principal motivating factor in the constitutional violation for which such transportation is proposed as a remedy. Requires the holding of a special hearing where specific findings in relation to such a constitutional violation must be made before a school assignment order may issue. Stays such school assignment orders until all appeals have been exhausted, except that a majority of the Supreme Court or a majority of a court of appeals (of not less than three members) may vacate such stay. Provides guidelines for an appeal from such stay.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 28 (96th)failed
United States · United States Congress · 25 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· 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.