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151 records in US in 1983
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Limits Senators to six full terms of office and Representatives to nine full terms of office.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of office for President and Vice President to six years. Prohibits the election of any person to the office of President more than once.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons to participate in voluntary prayer in public buildings.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
(Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House) 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 never 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.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons to participate in voluntary prayer in public schools or institutions. States that no person shall be required by the United States or by any State to participate in prayer.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the term of office of a Senator be four years. Prohibits persons from serving as Senators more than twice and as Representatives more than four times. Requires each session of Congress to adjourn sine die on the 180th day after it begins, unless the United States is in a state of war.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Eliminates the force and effect of any treaty provision which denies or abridges any constitutionally enumerated right. Prohibits a treaty from permitting any foreign power or international organization to supervise, control, or adjudicate: (1) the rights of United States citizens within the United States; or (2) matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United States. Subjects executive and other international agreements to the limitations on treaties imposed by this Amendment. Predicates the effectiveness of a treaty as U.S. law upon the passage of appropriate legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Grants all persons the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, national ancestry, sex, age, or physical handicap.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Limits all Federal judicial tenure to an eight-year maximum. Applies such limit to judicial appointments made after the Amendment has been ratified.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the right to life vests in a human being from the moment of fertilization.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Makes such amendment inapplicable to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the right to life vests in a human being from the moment of fertilization.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Prohibits any Federal, State, or local governmental authority from issuing a search warrant or subpoena with regard to journalistic property.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the presidential and vice presidential terms of office to commence on the 20th day of November and the congressional terms of office to commence on the 15th day of November in the year of elections to such offices. Requires Congress to assemble on November 15. Repeals sections 1 and 2 of Amendment 20.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes Congress to enact laws regulating the amounts of contributions and expenditures intended to affect Federal elections. Authorizes the States to enact laws regulating the amounts of contributions and expenditures intended to affect State and local elections.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Makes such amendment inapplicable to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress. Prohibits Congress, whenever expenditures exceed receipts for any two-year period, from passing any bill or other measure appropriating any moneys out of the general fund of the Treasury until such time as provisions of law have come into effect which will provide, within the following 12 months, additional revenue in an amount not less than the amount by which such expenditures exceed such receipts. Suspends such requirements during a war or other national emergency upon the recommendation of the President and the approval of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress to pass any concurrent resolution on the budget which carries a deficit.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, before the start of each Federal fiscal year, to estimate Federal revenue and mandatory Federal outlays during such fiscal year, and then to limit the total budget authority for such fiscal year to insure that the total budget outlay does not exceed the estimated revenue for such fiscal year, plus any available surplus from preceding fiscal years. Requires Congress, if actual revenue is less than the total outlay during such fiscal year, to provide for the dissolution of the difference within the next two succeeding fiscal years. Provides for a waiver of such requirements only when Congress determines by a two-thirds vote of both Houses within 21 days of each other that a national emergency exists of an economic or a defense nature.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote, except for the constitutional powers of Congress to declare war and execute laws. Excludes the right to propose constitutional amendments. Requires an issue to be placed on the ballot in the next congressional election if a petition proposing enactment or repeal of a law is signed by a number of registered voters equal to three percent of the ballots cast in the last presidential election in each of one-quarter of the States. Requires for passage that such proposal receive a majority of electoral votes. Declares that no law passed by popular vote may be amended or repealed during the two-year period after enactment except by a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress. Proscribes the enactment by the people of any law which is forbidden by the Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Grants concurrent power to Congress and the States to restrict and prohibit abortions. Directs that a State law which is more restrictive than a law of Congress shall govern. Declares that the Constitution does not secure a right to abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 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 the suspension of such measures in the case of a grave national emergency declared by Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal appropriations from exceeding total revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency by a concurrent resolution which has passed each House of Congress by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of its authorized membership.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the House in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceeding as other bills disapproved by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Permits any State legislature to rescind its ratification of a Constitutional amendment at any time prior to the ratification of such amendment by three-fourths of the State legislatures.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Eliminates the jurisdiction of Federal courts established under article III of the Constitution to modify any State court order which is subject to review by the highest court of the State.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for congressional electors from that State, except that for electors of President and Vice President the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and the Congress may establish uniform residence and age 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 of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of a tie in any election. Requires each elector to cast a single vote jointly applicable to President and Vice President.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires official candidates of political parties for President to be nominated in a closed primary election by direct popular vote. Restricts candidates to the primaries of the parties with which they are respectively affiliated. Directs that a candidate be placed on the appropriate party's ballot in all States if such individual files with the President of the Senate before a certain date a petition signed by a specified number of qualified voters in a specified number of jurisdictions. Recognizes as a political party for purposes of such amendment any party which received at least ten percent of the votes cast for all electors for candidates for President and Vice President in the most recent presidential election. Sets the date of the primary election as the second Saturday after the first Monday in July in the year preceding the expiration of the regular term of President and Vice President, unless Congress directs otherwise. Designates the person receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary as the official party candidate if such votes total at least 40 percent of those cast. Requires a runoff election between the two persons receiving the greatest number of votes in the event that no candidate receives such a plurality. Directs each party to nominate a person who is eligible for nomination as Vice President not less than seven nor more than 30 days after selection of that party's presidential candidate. Designates a party's vice presidential candidate as its presidential candidate if the presidential nominee dies, resigns, or is disqualified. Prescribes that a committee composed of party nominees for the House of Representatives shall select party candidates if both the presidential and vice presidential candidates die, resign, or are disqualified.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires an election for President and Vice President to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November immediately preceding the January in which the current term of office for the President and Vice President ends, unless Congress prescribes a different day. Requires the persons voting for President and Vice President to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. Requires each candidate for the office of President to be paired with a candidate for the office of Vice President. Prohibits any candidate from being paired with more than one other person. Requires each voter to cast a single vote for two persons who are paired as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the popular votes cast in such election to be tabulated in accordance with procedures which the Congress shall establish by law. Directs the chief election officials to make and transmit to Congress a list of the pairs of candidates voted for President and Vice President in each State and the number of votes cast for each pair. Requires each State to establish by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which each State is entitled. Declares that for each district established, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes in that district shall receive one electoral vote. Declares that for each State and the District of Columbia the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive two electoral votes. States that the pair of candidates receiving the majority of the electoral votes shall become President and Vice President. Directs Congress to assemble in special session if after any such election no Presidential candidacy receives a majority of the vote. Requires the Senate and the House of Representatives sitting in joint session to choose, from the three pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of electoral votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. Requires Congress to provide for the case of death, disability, or withdrawal of any candidate on or before the date of the election.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of the President and the Vice President to six years and prohibits any person from holding either office more than once. Precludes any person who has held either office for more than four years to which another person was elected, from being elected to such office. Repeals the 22nd amendment to the Constitution on the limitation on presidential terms of office.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
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 that if a presidential candidate receives a plurality of at least 40 percent of the votes cast, such candidate shall become the President and the Vice President-elect. Requires the election to be held on a day which is uniform throughout the United States. Directs Congress to assemble in special session on the first Monday of December if, after any such election, no presidential candidate receives 40 percent of the vote. Requires the Senate and the House of Representatives sitting in joint session to choose immediately, from the two pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. States that the law of each State shall govern within such State as to any matter with respect to which the Congress is granted legislative power under this Amendment as long as not inconsistent with any Act of Congress. Gives Congress the power to provide for the manner in which the candidates appear on the ballot, the places and manner in which the election is held, and the manner in which its outcome is determined. Requires that voters possess the same qualifications as apply in such State in election of Senators, except that Congress may prescribe uniform qualifications regarding age and residence. Allows Congress to provide for the case of death or withdrawal of a candidate on or before the date of the election. Gives Congress power to establish nominating procedures for presidential and vice presidential candidates.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for staggered four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Denies application of this amendment to any Federal law concerning the military or military service, or any State law concerning State militia service.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for staggered four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives. Prohibits persons from being elected to the House more than four times or more than three times to four-year terms. Prohibits persons from being elected to the Senate more than twice.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that any territory or area of the United States (including the District of Columbia) may elect Representatives to the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for staggered four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives. Prohibits persons from being elected to the House more than three times and to the Senate more than twice.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior Federal courts shall hold office during good behavior, except that no judge shall hold office upon the expiration of any consecutive ten-year term if the Senate adopts a resolution of removal.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Exempts military draft or military service from the application of this amendment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding 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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a student from being compelled to attend a public school other than the one nearest his or her residence.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Makes such amendment inapplicable when continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding 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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutuional Amendment - Prohibits Federal expenditures in any fiscal year from exceeding its revenues for such fiscal year. Authorizes suspension of such prohibition in time of national emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a student from being compelled to attend a public school other than the one nearest his or her residence which is located within the student's school district and provides the course of study pursued by such student.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total expenditures of the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for such 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. States 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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding 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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the Federal Government's participation in any commercial or financial activity not specifically provided for in the Constitution. Repeals the Sixteenth Amendment (income tax). Prohibits taxes on personal income, gifts, and estates.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the House in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceeding as other bills disapproved by the President.