United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 98 (113th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the United States and the Federal Government.
Introduced
23 October 2013
Last action
9 January 2014 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Sponsors
Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6], Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5], Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1], Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9], Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6], Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11], Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law that is applicable to a U.S. citizen but not equally applicable to: (1) Congress; (2) the executive branch, including the President, Vice President, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and all other officers of the United States, including those provided for under the Constitution and by law; and (3) Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior courts.
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Timeline
23 October 2013
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
23 October 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 October 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 January 2014
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 23 October 2013 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the United States and the Federal Government.
- related to ← A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the United States and the Federal Government.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-joint-resolution/98
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/98
- us · 113-hjres-98 · source updated 5 December 2025