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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 38 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
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. 29 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
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, 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. 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 popular 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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 34 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Excludes the right to propose constitutional amendments. Requires an issue to be placed on the next presidential ballot if a petition proposing enactment or repeal of a law is signed by at least eight percent of the whole number of voters in the last presidential election in each of at least three-fourths of the States. Requires for passage that such proposal receive a majority of votes in at least three-fourths of the States. Declares that no law passed by popular vote is subject to presidential approval or amendment or repeal except by another popular vote or a three-fourths vote of each House of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 23 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 20 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 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 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 candidacy receives a plurality of at least 40 percent of the votes cast, such candidacy 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 candidacy 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 candidacies 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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 16 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the assignment of a public school student or teacher to a particular school or location on the basis of such person's race, creed, or color.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 21 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 15 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 12 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress by law to designate the day upon which each election shall be held for President and Vice President. Requires the persons voting for President and Vice President in a State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. Requires the electors from the District of Columbia to have such qualifications as the Congress or a governmental authority in the District designated by the Congress shall prescribe. 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 each State and the District to tabulate the votes cast in such election. 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 each congressional district shall receive one electoral vote and each State shall receive two electoral votes and that the District of Columbia shall have a number of electoral votes equal to the number of Senators or Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State. Declares that, for each district established, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes in that district shall receive the one electoral vote. Declares that for each State, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive the two electoral votes. States that in the District of Columbia the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive the electoral votes for the District. Directs the Secretary of State of each State or other designated official to certify and transmit sealed to the President of the Senate a list of the pairs of candidates and the number of electoral votes received by each pair specifying which pair received the electoral votes for each congressional district and for the State. States that the pair of candidates receiving the majority of the electoral votes shall become President and Vice President. Directs that if when all electoral votes have been counted there is a tie, then the electoral votes of the congressional districts and the District shall be counted, and if there is still a tie the House of Representatives shall choose, from the three pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of all the electoral votes tabulated in the election, one such pair by ballot. Authorizes Congress to provide for the case of death, disability, or withdrawal of any candidate on or before the date of the election.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 17 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the power of a State or Congress to declare the punishment for a crime involving the deliberate and willful taking of human life includes the power to impose the death penalty. Provides that the power of Congress to declare the punishment for treason against the United States also includes the power to impose the death penalty.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 22 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a student from being compelled to attend a public school other than the one nearest his or her residence.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 13 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 8 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the tenure of Federal judges (including Supreme Court justices) to two six-year terms during good behavior.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 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 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.