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Bill· SS. 1431 (101st)open

A bill to amend the Education of the Handicapped Act to permit an action to be brought against a State under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution for a violation of such Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1989

Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to provide that: (1) a State shall not be immune under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal court for a violation of such Act; and (2) the same remedies are available for such a violation in a suit against a State as are available against any other public or private entity.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 183 (101st)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to a Federal balanced budget.

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits fiscal year Federal outlays (except those for retirement trust funds or repayment of debt principal) from exceeding receipts (except those derived from borrowing or retirement trust funds), unless three-fifths of both Houses of Congress provide for a specific excess. Directs the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed budget in which outlays do not exceed receipts.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 343 (101st)open

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the acts of physical abuse, destruction, and desecration of the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit, and to establish criminal penalties for, acts of physical abuse, destruction, and desecration of the U.S. flag.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 342 (101st)open

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the acts of physical abuse, destruction, and desecration of the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit, and to establish criminal penalties for, acts of physical abuse, destruction, and desecration of the U.S. flag.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 340 (101st)open

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to burning the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) the misuse or desecration of the symbol, emblem, seal, or flag of the United States or of the several States is not protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and (2) the Congress and the legislatures of the several States shall have power to enforce the Article proposed by this Joint Resolution.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 344 (101st)referred

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to contributions and expenditures intended to affect Congressional, Presidential, State, and local elections.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress shall have the power to set reasonable limits on campaign expenditures by, in support of, or in opposition to any candidate in any primary or other election for Federal office. Declares that the States shall have such power with respect to State or local elections.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 189 (101st)passed

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals throughout the United States should observe Independence Day, July 4, 1989, as "Take Pride in the Flag Day".

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals throughout the United States should observe Independence Day, July 4, 1989, as Take Pride in the Flag Day to celebrate the 213th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the 201st anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 171 (101st)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the display and care for the flag of the United States of America.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress shall have the power to enact any law that: (1) affects the display, use, and physical integrity of any flag of the United States; and (2) prohibits conduct against the flag including publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon any flag of the United States, including civil and criminal penalties.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 163 (101st)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct election of the President and Vice President and eliminates the electoral college. Declares that the times, places, and manner of holding presidential elections and entitlement to inclusion on the ballot shall be prescribed by State law, but that the Congress may by law make or alter such regulations. States that the days for such elections shall be determined by the Congress and shall be uniform throughout the United States. Requires the Congress to prescribe the times, places, and manner in which the results of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Requires such elections, other than runoff elections, to be held not later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and the results declared no later than 30 days after the date of the election. Authorizes the Congress to provide for the case of death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before an election and for the case of the death of either the President-elect or Vice President-elect.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 169 (101st)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to conduct which casts contempt upon the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) the Congress shall have the power to prohibit conduct which knowingly casts contempt upon the U.S. flag, notwithstanding any other provision of the Constitution; and (2) no provision of the Constitution shall be construed as limiting the power of the States to prohibit public conduct which knowingly casts contempt upon the U.S. flag.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 318 (101st)open

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the acts of physical abuse, destruction, and desecration of the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit, and to establish criminal penalties for, acts of physical abuse, destruction, and desecration of the U.S. flag.

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