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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1100 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish a new procedure for the election of the President and Vice President.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Empowers Congress to designate the day upon which the election for President and Vice President shall be held. States that each candidate for President shall be paired with a candidate for Vice President. Declares that on the day designated by Congress for holding the election for President and Vice President, the voters in each State and the District of Columbia shall cast a single vote for a pair of candidates. Provides that the pair receiving a majority of the votes cast in the election shall become President and Vice President. Declares that if no pair of candidates receives a majority of the votes cast, the President and Vice President shall be chosen from among the two pairs of candidates receiving the most popular votes. States that each such pair shall receive one electoral vote for each Congressional district in which they had the highest number of votes, and the pair receiving a majority of the electoral votes shall become President and Vice President. Provides that if there is a tie electoral vote, the House of Representatives shall elect one of the two tied pairs of candidates with the vote taken by States and the representation from each State having one vote.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1088 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a single 6-year term for the President, and to limit the number of consecutive Congresses in which Senators and Representatives may serve.

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a single six-year term for the President. Limits to six the number of consecutive Congresses in which Senators and Representatives may serve.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1086 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a single 6-year term for the President.

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a six-year term for the President and a six-year term for the Vice President. Provides that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than once, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than three years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the Presidency. Exempts any President holding office prior to this amendment's taking effect.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1084 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

United States · United States Congress · 2 September 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to the right to life, the word "person" as used in the fifth and fourteenth Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States applies to all human beings including unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development. Provides that nothing in such article shall prohibit a law permitting only those medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1082 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to powers reserved to the several States.

United States · United States Congress · 1 September 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that each State shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the organization and administration of all public schools and public school systems within the State. Directs that the courts of each State shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine all rights, privileges, and immunities of citizens of the State with respect to public schools and public school systems within the State.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1078 (94th)referred

A 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 · 30 August 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Congress shall 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 and that the Federal indebtedness is eliminated by the fourth fiscal year after ratification of this Amendment. States that, in case of a national emergency, Congress may determine that total outlays may exceed total receipts, provided that such deficit shall not exceed ten percent. Requires that Government receipts exceed outlays by five percent of the Federal indebtedness during the fifty years after ratification of this Amendment.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1079 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person 65 years of age or older may become President, Vice President, Senator, Representative, or be an officer of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 30 August 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no person shall be elected or appointed to a term as President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative if such person would attain the age of sixty-five years before taking office for such term, and no person who has attained the age of sixty-five years may be an ambassador, public minister or consul, judge of the Supreme Court, or any other officer of the United States who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1053 (94th)referred

A 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 · 24 August 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Congress shall 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 and that the Federal indebtedness is eliminated by the fourth fiscal year after ratification of this Amendment. States that, in case of a national emergency, Congress may determine that total outlays may exceed total receipts, provided that such deficit shall not exceed ten percent. Requires that Government receipts exceed outlays by five percent of the Federal indebtedness during the fifty years after ratification of this Amendment.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1051 (94th)referred

A 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 · 23 August 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Congress shall 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 and that the Federal indebtedness is eliminated by the fourth fiscal year after ratification of this Amendment. States that, in case of a national emergency, Congress may determine that total outlays may exceed total receipts, provided that such deficit shall not exceed ten percent. Requires that Government receipts exceed outlays by five percent of the Federal indebtedness during the fifty years after ratification of this Amendment.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1050 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for 3-year terms for Representatives to the Congress, to limit the number of consecutive terms Representatives may serve, and to provide an age limit for Senators and Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve for a term of three years. States that any person who is a Representative for five consecutive terms may not be a Representative during the three-year period following the fifth term with an exception for vacancies. Stipulates that no person may serve as a Senator or Representative after attaining the age of 75 or if attaining the age of 75 before the end of a term.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1046 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve for terms of 4 years and that such Members may not serve more than three consecutive terms.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the term of office of a Representative shall be four years. Stipulates that no person shall be elected as a Member of the House of Representatives for more than three consecutive terms. States that no Member of the House of Representatives shall seek or accept the nomination or election to any elective office other than that of United States Representative during his term of office, except when a vacancy occurs in another elective office during his term.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 706 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Constitution does not grant immunity from arrest to a Member of Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976

Expresses the sense of the Congress that article I, section 6 of the Constitution of the United States does not grant any immunity from arrest or prosecution on a charge of violation of any criminal statute of any jurisdiction to a Member of either House of the Congress. Directs that all law enforcement agencies operating within the District of Columbia be made aware of this fact.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1045 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish a court of the States.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a Court of the States composed of one judge from each State, selected and removed upon such basis and for such term and upon such conditions and compensation as may be provided by the laws of such State. Provides that the Court shall meet at least once each year and shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all cases arising under this or the tenth article of amendment to the Constitution, upon appeal from the Supreme Court.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1035 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a single 6-year term for the President and to limit the number of consecutive Congresses in which Senators and Representatives may serve.

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a single six-year term for the President. Limits to six the number of consecutive Congresses in which Senators and Representatives may serve.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 690 (94th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Constitution does not grant immunity from arrest to a Member of Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1976

Expresses the sense of the Congress that article I, section 6 of the Constitution of the United States does not grant any immunity from arrest or prosecution on a charge of violation of any criminal statute of any jurisdiction to a Member of either House of the Congress. Directs that all law enforcement agencies operating within the District of Columbia be made aware of this fact.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1028 (94th)referred

A resolution proposing the Bricker amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to force and effect of treaties and executive agreements.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that a treaty which denies or abridges any right enumerated in the Constitution shall not be of any force or effect. States that no treaty shall authorize or permit any foreign power or any international organization to supervise, control, or adjudicate any matter essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United States. Provides that a treaty shall become effective as internal law in the United States only through the enactment of appropriate legislation by the Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1027 (94th)referred

A 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 · 21 July 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war, by a concurrent resolution passed by the Senate and the House by an affirmative vote of three-fourths of the authorized membership of each House. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 677 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Constitution does not grant immunity from arrest to a Member of Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1976

Expresses the sense of the Congress that article I, section 6 of the Constitution of the United States does not grant any immunity from arrest or prosecution on a charge of violation of any criminal statute of any jurisdiction to a Member of either House of the Congress. Directs that all law enforcement agencies operating within the District of Columbia be made aware of this fact.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 663 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Constitution does not grant immunity from arrest to a Member of Congress, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1976

Expresses the sense of the Congress that article I, section 6 of the Constitution of the United States does not grant any immunity from arrest or prosecution on a charge of violation of any criminal statute of any jurisdiction to a Member of either House of the Congress. Directs that all law enforcement agencies operating within the District of Columbia be made aware of this fact.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 991 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve for terms of 4 years and that such Members may not serve more than three consecutive terms.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the term of office of a Representative shall be four years. Stipulates that no person shall be elected as a Member of the House of Representatives for more than three consecutive terms. States that no Member of the House of Representatives shall seek or accept the nomination or election to any elective office other than that of United States Representative during his term of office, except when a vacancy occurs in another elective office during his term.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 974 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide 4-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives and to limit the number of consecutive terms that Representatives and Senators may serve.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the term of office for a Member of the House of Representatives shall be four years. Limits to three the number of consecutive terms a Member may serve in the House and Senate.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 965 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of judges of the district courts of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that each judge of a district court of the United States shall be elected by the people of the judicial district over which such court exercises its jurisdiction. Prohibits any person from being a candidate for judge of more than one district court of the United States at one time. Directs the Congress to establish the qualifications necessary to be a judge of a district court of the United States.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 942 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to the right to life, the word "person" as used in the fifth and fourteenth Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States applies to all human beings including unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development. Provides that nothing in such article shall prohibit a law permitting only those medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 932 (94th)referred

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 · 30 April 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Congress shall 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 and that the Federal indebtedness is eliminated by the fourth fiscal year after ratification of this Amendment. States that, in case of a national emergency, Congress may determine that total outlays may exceed total receipts, provided that such deficit shall not exceed ten percent. Requires that Government receipts exceed outlays by five percent of the Federal indebtedness during the fifty years after ratification of this Amendment.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 929 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing for a 4-year term for Members of the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen for a term of four years by the people of the several States. Provides that no Member of the House shall file his candidacy for Senator for a term which is to begin before the expiration of the term of the office held by such Member, unless at least 30 days before such filing such Member shall have resigned from such office.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 922 (94th)referred

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, to prohibit compelling assignment of teachers or students to schools, classes, or courses for reason of race, religion, sex, or national origin and to insure equal educational opportunities for all students wherever located.

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits compelling a student to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence. Provides that no teacher or student shall be assigned to schools, classes, or courses for reason of race, religion, sex, or national origin.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 912 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish a procedure in addition to impeachment for the removal of judges of the Supreme Court of the United States whose conduct is or has been inconsistent with the good behavior required by article III, section 1 of the Constitution.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that whenever the Senate finds upon a vote of two-thirds of its Members that any judge of the Supreme Court of the United States is unable to discharge efficiently one or more of the critical duties of his office by reason of a permanent mental or physical disability, such judge, upon concurrence of the House of Representatives, shall then be removed from office and the Senate shall send notice of its action to the President. Specifies that habitual intemperance that interferes with the performance of any one of the critical duties of a judge shall be deemed to be a permanent disability.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 884 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing for a 4-year term for Members of the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen for a term of four years by the people of the several States. Provides that no Member of the House shall file his candidacy for Senator for a term which is to begin before the expiration of the term of the office held by such Member, unless at least 30 days before such filing such Member shall have resigned from such office.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 875 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of the President and Vice President.

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that each State shall choose a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress. Provides that the electors assigned to each State with its Senators shall be elected by the people thereof. States that each of the electors apportioned with its Representatives shall be elected by the people of a single- member electoral district formed by the legislature of the State. Requires that each candidate for the office of elector of President and Vice President shall file in writing under oath a declaration of the identity of the persons for whom he will vote for President and Vice President, which declaration shall be binding upon any successor to his office. Provides that the person having the greatest number of electoral votes for President shall be the President, and the person having the greatest number of electoral votes for Vice President shall be the Vice President, if such numbers are a majority of the whole number of electors chosen. States that if no person voted for as President has a majority, then from the persons having the three highest numbers of votes for President, the Senate and House of Representatives together, each member having one vote, shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 872 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to State and Federal power to protect life.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to the right to life, the word "person" as used in the fifth and fourteenth Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States applies to all human beings including unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development. Provides that nothing in such article shall prohibit a law permitting only those medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 180 (94th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Congress shall seek 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. Directs the President to ascertain the total receipts and outlays of the Government during each fiscal year. Provides that if the total receipts are less than the total outlays, the President shall determine the percentage rate of income tax surtax to be imposed to equal the amount by which such total receipts are less than total outlays. Provides that the income tax surtax, which would otherwise be in effect for the year, may be suspended in case of a grave national emergency declared by Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 868 (94th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit service by Representatives, Senators, and Federal judges.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no person may serve as a Representative for more than ten years during any twelve-year period. Directs that no person may serve as a Senator for more than twelve years during any fourteen-year period. Provides that no person may serve as a judge of the Supreme Court or an inferior court of the United States for more than ten years during any twelve-year period.

Bill· SS. 3100 (94th)referred

American Constitution Bicentennial Foundation Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1976

American Constitution Bicentennial Foundation Act - Declares the finding of Congress that the Constitution of the United States established the longest surviving government now existing in the world, that the bicentennial is an appropriate time to renew our commitment to the principles underlying the Constitution, and that the period between the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the 200th anniversary of the Constitution provides an appropriate period to study the principles of the American Revolution, assess where our society and government now stand, and develop goals for America's third century. Establishes the American Constitution Bicentennial Foundation consisting of 15 members appointed by the President with appropriate supporting staff. Authorizes the Foundation to carry out a program of grants-in-aid to groups and individuals to assist in developing or supporting projects and programs to improve the understanding of our heritage, to maintain and strengthen democratic institutions, and to develop fresh insights and approaches to resolving the social and economic problems which confront us. Authorizes the Foundation to accept, use, and dispose of donations to assist in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for grants under this Act of $35,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1977 through 1981 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1982 through 1989. Authorizes to be appropriated to administer this Act $2,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1977 through 1981 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1982 through 1989. Requires the Foundation to report to the President and Congress annually to summarize its activities for the preceding year. Terminates the Foundation on July 31, 1989, at which time its duties with respect to insuring that grants made were used for the purpose they were intended are transferred to the Office of Management and Budget.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 175 (94th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the terms of office and method of selection of judges of the Federal courts.

United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1976

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that each judge of the Supreme Court shall hold office for a term of eight years. Directs that each judge of an inferior court established by the Congress shall hold office for a term of six years. Provides that each judge of each United States district court shall be elected by the persons within the judicial district within which such court is situated. Directs the Congress to provide by law a division of all the judgeships to which this article applies so that the terms of office of one-fourth of the judgeships of the Supreme Court, and one-third of the judgeships of inferior courts, shall terminate every second year.

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