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Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 137 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Constitutional Amendment - States that for the purposes of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution, the word "person" applies to all human beings without regard to age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Declares that no unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person, but permits a law allowing justification to be shown for medical procedures required to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn offspring, if this law requires every reasonable effort to be made to preserve the life of each.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 380 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Constitutional Amendment - States that for the purposes of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution, the word "person" applies to all human beings without regard to age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Declares that no unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person, but permits a law allowing justification to be shown for medical procedures required to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn offspring, if this law requires every reasonable effort to be made to preserve the life of each.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 372 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that a right to abortion is not secured by the Constitution. Grants concurrent power to Congress and the States to restrict abortions. Provides that a State law which is more restrictive than a Federal law shall govern.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 350 (97th)failed
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Prohibits the Congress from requiring that the States engage in additional activities without compensation equal to the additional costs. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 344 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any change in the compensation of Senators and Representatives until an election of Representatives has intervened.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 110 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1981
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.
Bill· SS. 1631 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981
Establishes the President's Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Authorizes the President to appoint members of the Commission. Provides that members shall receive no compensation for their services. Requires Federal departments and agencies to cooperate with the Commission in planning commemorative activities. Requires the Commission to: (1) investigate and evaluate ways of commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the Constitution of the United States; (2) plan and coordinate commemorative observances and activities; (3) encourage and provide educational programs concerning the issues and individuals involved in framing the Constitution; and (4) promote through scholarly studies an understanding of the contributions of the Constitution to the American political system. Directs the Commission to report to the President and to Congress not later than two years after the enactment of this Act. Terminates the Commission thirty days after the submission of the report. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 329 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that no student shall be required to attend a school other than the public school which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education and is nearest to the student's residence.
Bill· HRH.R. 4422 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1981
Prohibits the exclusion of evidence against the accused in a State criminal case where such evidence was obtained by a State officer, employee, or agent in violation of the United States Constitution. Authorizes any person aggrieved by such misconduct to recover damages in a civil action against such officer, employee, or agent. Limits such damages, for an accused convicted of a criminal offense, to actual physical and property damage sustained, but not less than $500. Establishes the same minimum liquidated damages for any other case. Sets a maximum amount of damages at $25,000. Grants State courts exclusive jurisdiction of such actions. Sets a two-year statute of limitations for the commencement of such actions.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 311 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons to participate in voluntary prayer in public buildings.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 312 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1981
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 310 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal expenditures 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.
Bill· SS. 1434 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1981
International Rule of Law Act - Prohibits any United States court from declining on the ground of the Federal Act of State Doctrine to make a determination on the merits in any case in which the act of state is contrary to international law. Directs that United States courts shall apply principles and rules of international law in deciding cases involving a violation of international law by a foreign state with regard to the rights of a person not a national of that state. Declares that the Foreign Sovereign Compulsion Defense shall remain fully available in U.S. courts.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 284 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981
Constitutional Amendment - States that the President and Vice President shall hold office for a term of six years. Prohibits a person: (1) from being elected more than once to each office; (2) from being elected as President if he/she has been President, or acted as President, for more than three years of another person's term; and (3) from being elected as Vice President if he/she has held such office for more than three years of another person's term.
Bill· HRH.R. 3865 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Review Board to act on requests by parties to benefit entitlement hearings or by the Social Security Administration for review of decisions made pursuant to such hearings. Sets forth the evidentiary and procedural rules for review of such decisions by the Board. Makes a Board decision the final decision of the Secretary. Permits any party to the proceedings before the Board to obtain review of a decision by the Board by a civil action brought in the Social Security Court established by this Act. Sets forth the evidentiary and procedural rules for review of a decision by the Board in such Court. Amends Part A (General Provisions) of title XI of such Act to establish the Social Security Court which shall have jurisdiction to review decisions rendered pursuant to benefit entitlement hearings under titles II and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of such Act. Permits the Court to be divided into divisions of one or more judges so that cases may be heard throughout the United States. Requires that Social Security Court proceedings be conducted according to practice and procedural rules prescribed by the Court. Sets forth notice requirements. Authorizes the Court to appoint commissioners and to punish persons in contempt of court. Provides that a decision of a division shall become a decision of the Court within 30 days unless the chief judge directs that such decision be reviewed by the Court. Requires that all proceedings, decisions, and orders of the Court be open to public inspection. Grants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction to review decisions of the Social Security Court upon appeal by either the Secretary or the claimant. Limits its review and any further review by the U.S. Supreme Court to questions of statutory interpretation and constitutional issues. Establishes the retirement system for judges of the Social Security Court.
Law· HRH.R. 3782 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981
Waives certain restrictions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, to permit the entry of a named steamship vessel into the coastwise trade.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 269 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of office of the President and Vice President to six years. Prohibits any person from being elected President if such person has filled a vacancy in such office for more than three years. Provides for elections to the House of Representative every four years. Prohibits Members from being elected to the House more than three times and to the Senate more than twice. Repeals the twenty-second amendment to the Constitution.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 270 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Members of Congress from holding the office of Senator or Representative for more than 12 consecutive years.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 267 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 490 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Requires that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every ten years.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 264 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits: (1) any person who has been elected to the Senate twice from being eligible for election or appointment to the Senate; and (2) any person who has been elected to the House of Representatives six times from being eligible for election to the House.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 249 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981
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.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 132 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1981
Requests the President to designate May 3 of each year as "Polish Constitution Day."
Bill· SS. 1020 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the total amount of revenues received by the United States during such fiscal year. Provides for a suspension of such prohibition during a time of war as declared by Congress or upon approval of a joint resolution approved by three-fifths of the Members of each House of Congress and approved and signed by the President or, if not approved and signed by the President, approved by a vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House of Congress. Requires the Congress, for each fiscal year, to reduce the rates of taxes, duties, imposts, and excises it lays and collects to offset the effects of inflation in the United States during such fiscal year. Specifies that any bill or joint resolution which provides for an increase or reduction in taxes, duties, imposts, or excises shall become law, in the case of an increase, after it is approved by a vote of three-fifths of each House of Congress, or in the case of a reduction, approved by a majority vote, and in either case, approved and signed by the President or, if not approved and signed by the President, approved by a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 238 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that a Constitution for the U.S. Virgin Islands is approved. Establishes a constitutional review commission which shall periodically review the Constitution and report to the Virgin Islands' Senate its proposals for revisions of the Constitution. Sets forth a transitional schedule for the period between the date of the Constitution's ratification and its effective date.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 72 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Proclaims the English language to be the official language of the United States. Prohibits the United States, the States, and any Federal or State court from requiring the use of any other language. Stipulates that this article shall not prohibit educational instruction in a language other than English for the purpose of making students proficient in English.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 70 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1981
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 the office of President for more than two years of a term to which another person was elected to be elected to such office.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 71 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1981
Amends the Fourth Constitution of the Virgin Islands (1980) to require U.S. citizens born outside the Virgin Islands to be domiciled in the Virgin Islands (currently must have been domiciled in the Virgin Islands for a year) in order to be citizens of the Virgin Islands. Requires the Governor and Lieutenant Governor to be domiciled in the Virgin Islands for ten (currently 15) years. Deletes the: (1) provision for enactment of local laws to enforce Federal tax laws; (2) exemption of bonds issued by the Virgin Islands from Federal taxation and from taxation by any State, territory, or possession; (3) provision for issuance of short term bonds to meet casual deficits. Requires judicial matters during the transition to be handled as provided by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands until the Senate creates an appellate court. Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for the Virgin Islands' appellate court. Grants the appellate court jurisdiction to review judgments and orders of lower local courts. Grants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit jurisdiction to review decisions of the highest court of the Virgin Islands.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 233 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1981
Constitutional amendment - Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the States according to the number of citizens and persons legally admitted into the United States for permanent residence (currently apportioned according to the number of persons in each State).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 63 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the 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, except when Congress determines, by a three-fourths vote of both Houses of Congress, that a grave national emergency exists.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 107 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1981
Authorizes the printing as a House document of the revised edition of "The Constitution of the United States of America, as amended." Provides for additional printing of such document for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary and the House.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 222 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits, during the fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this article, total outlays of the Government from exceeding total estimated receipts by more than 50 percent of any excess of outlays over receipts in the preceding fiscal year. Prohibits, for each succeeding year, total outlays of the Government from exceeding total receipts. Permits total outlays to exceed total receipts in the case of a national emergency as determined by a three-fourths rollcall vote of each House of Congress.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 58 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to adopt for each year a budget which sets forth the total receipts and outlays of the United States. Prohibits the adoption of any budget in which outlays exceed total receipts, unless three-fifths of each House of Congress approve such budget. Prohibits Congress from passing and the President from signing any bill which would cause the total outlays for any year to exceed the total expenditures in the budget for such year. Prohibits the retention of receipts in any year for use of the Treasury in an amount which exceeds as a proportion of the national income, the amount retained for the prior year, unless a bill directed at approving a specific increase in such proportion has been passed by a majority of each House. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 54 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the increase of total budget outlays of the United States Government during any fiscal year to the rate of increase in the gross national product during the previous calendar year. Requires the use of any surplus to reduce the public debt. Allows the limit on total outlays to be changed by a three-fourths vote of both Houses of Congress, or by a two-thirds vote in the case of an emergency declared by the President. Prohibits the Congress from requiring or authorizing any agency of the government to require that a State or local government engage in additional or expanded activities unless such State or local government is compensated for the costs incurred.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 211 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the adoption of any Federal budget in which expenditures exceed receipts unless approved by a roll call vote of three-fifths of the Members of each House of Congress directed solely to that subject. Prohibits the Congress from passing and the President from signing any appropriation bill which would cause the total expenditures of the Federal Government to exceed its total receipts in any fiscal year. Permits the Congress to waive such provisions with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Prohibits any annual increase in the proportion of Federal receipts to the national income unless passed by a roll call vote, directed solely to such purpose, of each House of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 210 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that no student shall be compelled to attend a public school outside the school district in which such student resides because of race, color, or national origin. Requires school districts to be established so as to preserve the concept of the neighborhood school system, but prohibits any district from denying a student equal educational opportunity in violation of the equal protection guarantee of the Constitution.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 204 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (concerning presidential succession).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 43 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the adoption of any Federal budget in which expenditures exceed receipts unless approved by a roll call vote of three-fifths of the Members of each House of Congress directed solely to that subject. Prohibits the Congress from passing and the President from signing any appropriations bill which would cause the total expenditures of the Federal Government to exceed its total receipts in any fiscal year. Permits the Congress to waive such provisions with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Prohibits any annual increase in the proportion of Federal receipts to the national income unless passed by a roll call vote, directed solely to such purpose, of each House of Congress.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 45 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
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. Requires the use of any surplus to reduce the public debt. Allows the limit on total outlays to be changed by a three-fourths vote of both Houses of Congress, or by a two-thirds vote in the case of an emergency declared by the President. Prohibits the Congress from requiring or authorizing any department, agency, or instrumentality of the government to require that a State or local government, in order to qualify for any program of the United States Government, engage in additional or expanded activities unless such State or local government is compensated for the costs incurred.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 198 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Prohibits the performance of any abortion except under a law which: (1) authorizes an abortion only when there is a reasonable medical certainty that the mother's death would otherwise result; and (2) every reasonable effort is made to preserve the life of any person who is the subject of the abortion.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 195 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia 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: (1) 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; and (2) 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 of 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· SJRESS.J.Res. 41 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the United States or any State from making or enforcing any law which makes distinctions on account of race, color, or national origin. Prohibits any such law to be construed to permit the establishment by private individuals or enterprises of any program that makes such distinctions. Prohibits the United States or any State from establishing, or permitting any private individual or enterprise from establishing, quotas which make such distinctions. Prohibits the United States or any State from making any law which prohibits any person without intent to discriminate on account of race, color, or national origin, from taking otherwise lawful actions which have a disproportionate impact on persons on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Prohibits any Federal or State court from issuing any order which makes distinctions on account of race, color, or national origin (except to enforce laws in violation of this article).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 37 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
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 the office of President for more than three years, to which another person was elected, from being elected to such office.
Bill· HRH.R. 2164 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Establishes the Commission for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution to plan and develop activities to commemorate the historic events that preceded and are associated with the Constitution. Requires Federal departments and agencies to cooperate with the Commission in planning appropriate commemorative activities. Directs the Commission to submit annual reports to the President and the Congress and a final report to the President by May 1, 1989. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 1989. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 and subsequent fiscal years.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 194 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
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 year, except revenue received from the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations. Prohibits the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the amount equal to 20 percent of the gross national product during the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year. Permits the suspension of such prohibitions during any fiscal year during any part of which the United States is at war declared by Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 188 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 187 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 192 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 193 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a Court of the States, consisting of one judge from each State selected in accordance with State law. Grants such Court jurisdiction to hear all cases arising under this or the tenth amendment to the Constitution (reserved powers to States), upon appeal from the Supreme Court. Makes such Court's decisions unreviewable by any other court.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 33 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Constitution Bicentennial Observance Act - Establishes the United States Constitution Bicentennial Commission, with representatives from the three branches of Government and the public sector, to plan and develop a three-year program for commemorating the bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Directs the Commission to submit specified reports to the President and the Congress. Requires certain Federal officials to assist the Commission in planning the commemoration. Terminates the Commission on April 31, 1988. Authorizes the Commission to extend matching grants to nonprofit entities, States, and local governments for commemorative programs.