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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to â€œRetirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciaryâ€

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary" (89 Fed. Reg. 32122 (April 25, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Summary: This joint resolution directs the President to terminate use of U.S. Armed Forces with respect to the Saudi Arabia-led military intervention in Yemen within 30 days, unless a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of the Armed Forces has been enacted.
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to â€œPayday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loansâ€

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans" (published at 82 Fed. Reg. 54472 (November 17, 2017)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Summary: This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on November 17, 2017, regarding payday, vehicle title, and other high-cost installment loans.
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a rollcall vote. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed one-fifth of economic output of the United States, unless two-thirds of each House of Congress shall provide for a specific increase of outlays above this amount. The limit on the debt of the United States held by the public shall not be increased unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House shall provide by law for such an increase by a rollcall vote. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United States Government for that fiscal year in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. A bill to increase revenue shall not become law unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House shall provide by law for such an increase by a rollcall vote. The Congress may waive the provisions of this article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. The provisions of this article may be waived for any fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in military conflict which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of each House, which becomes law. Any such waiver must identify and be limited to the specific excess or increase for that fiscal year made necessary by the identified military conflict. The Congress shall enforce and implement this article by appropriate legislation, which may rely on estimates of outlays and receipts. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States Government except those derived from borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States Government except for those for repayment of debt principal. This article shall take effect beginning with the fifth fiscal year beginning after its ratification.

Summary: This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to consist of nine Justicesâ€”one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relating to â€œFee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024â€

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relating to "Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024" (89 Fed. Reg. 51789; published June 20, 2024), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Summary: No summary available.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the voting rights of the citizens of the United States

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: The President and Vice President shall be elected by the citizens of the United States. No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, nor any standard, practice, or procedure, shall be imposed or applied by Congress, or by any State or political subdivision, to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be infringed on account of any undue burden of proof of identity or citizenship, nor by any standard, practice, or procedure implemented since the previous national election for Senator and Representative in Congress. The right of the citizens of the United States to engage in free and fair political debate shall be free from acts or expenditures by foreign persons, and from undue or anonymous influence from any person. Districts represented by members of Congress, or by members of any legislative body of any State or political subdivision, shall be geographically compact and composed of contiguous territory. No State or political subdivision shall deviate from this requirement except by reference to existing natural or political boundaries. No citizen who has reached eighteen years of age shall be barred from participating in elections for President and Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, on account of failure to register to vote. Elections for President and Vice President, and for Senator and Representative in Congress, shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November. This day shall be designated a national holiday. No entity shall interfere with, withhold regular compensation from, or otherwise penalize the exercise of the right of any of its agents, employees, contractors, or assigns so entitled to vote on this day. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. This article shall take effect two years after the date of its ratification.

Summary: Constitutional Amendment   Grants Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: No person who has been a Senator for two consecutive terms shall again be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate until the first day of the second Congress that begins after the second consecutive term. No person who has been a Representative for six consecutive terms shall again be eligible for election to the House of Representatives until the first day of the second Congress that begins after the sixth consecutive term. For purposes of this article, any term a person serves as a Senator or Representative to fill a vacancy shall not be included in determining the number of consecutive terms that the person has been a Senator or Representative unless the period of time for which the person fills the vacancy is greater than three years in the case of a Senator or greater than one year in the case of a Representative. For the purposes of this article, any term that began before the date of the ratification of this article shall not be included in determining the number of consecutive terms that a person has been a Senator or Representative.

Summary: This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than two consecutive terms as a Senator or six consecutive terms as a Representative. Terms beginning before the ratification of this amendment do not count towards consecutive term limits.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: The President and Vice President shall be elected by the people of the several States and the district constituting the seat of government of the United States. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most populous branch of the legislature of the State; although Congress may establish uniform age qualifications. Each elector shall cast a single vote for two persons who have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for President and Vice President. No elector shall be prohibited from casting a vote for a candidate for President or Vice President because either candidate, or both, are inhabitants of the same State as the elector. The pair of candidates having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected. The times, places, and manner of holding such elections and entitlement to inclusion on the ballot shall be determined by Congress. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death or any other disqualification of any candidate for President or Vice President before the day on which the President-elect or Vice President-elect has been chosen; and for the case of a tie in any election. This article shall take effect one year after the first day of January following ratification.

Summary: This joint resolution terminates the national emergency concerning COVID-19 declared by the President on March 13, 2020. This joint resolution terminates the national emergency concerning COVID-19 declared by the President on March 13, 2020. This joint resolution terminates the national emergency concerning COVID-19 declared by the President on March 13, 2020. This joint resolution terminates the national emergency concerning COVID-19 declared by the President on March 13, 2020.
To provide for the resolution of issues in a railway labor-management dispute, and for other purposes

With respect to any disputes referred to in Executive Order 14077 of July 15, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 43203; relating to establishing an emergency board to investigate disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and their employees represented by certain labor organizations), that are not resolved pursuant to mutual, written agreement by 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 16, 2022, the provisions of the Report and Recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board Numbered 250, issued on August 16, 2022, applicable to such disputes shall be binding on the parties to such disputes and shall have the same effect as though arrived at by agreement of such parties under the Railway Labor Act ( (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) ). Nothing in this joint resolution shall prevent a mutual, written agreement by the parties described in section 1 to any terms and conditions that are different from those established by this joint resolution.

Summary: This joint resolution declares that:  Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, professionals, outside sales, and computer employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and such rule shall have no force or effect.
Prince Jonah KÅ«hiÅ Kalanianaâ€˜ole Protecting Family Legacies Act

This joint resolution may be cited as the " Prince Jonah KÅ«hiÅ Kalanianaâ€˜ole Protecting Family Legacies Act" . As required by section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union" , approved March 18, 1959 (73 Stat. 4), the United States consents to the amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, made by Act 080 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 2017, as adopted by the State of Hawaii in the manner required for State legislation.

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Congress disapproves the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-593), signed by the Mayor of the District on January 25, 2015, and transmitted on March 6, 2015, to Congress pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. D.C. Act 20-593:   amends the Human Rights Act of 1977 to protect individuals from discrimination by an employer, employment agency, or labor organization, based on an individual's or dependent's reproductive health decisions; and defines reproductive health decisions to include a decision by an employee, his or her dependent, or the employee's spouse related to the use or intended use of a particular drug, device, or medical service, including the use or intended use of contraception or fertility control or the planned or intended initiation or termination of a pregnancy. Congress disapproves the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-593), signed by the Mayor of the District on January 25, 2015, and transmitted on March 6, 2015, to Congress pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. D.C. Act 20-593:   amends the Human Rights Act of 1977 to protect individuals from discrimination by an employer, employment agency, or labor organization, based on an individual's or dependent's reproductive health decisions; and defines reproductive health decisions to include a decision by an employee, his or her dependent, or the employee's spouse related to the use or intended use of a particular drug, device, or medical service, including the use or intended use of contraception or fertility control or the planned or intended initiation or termination of a pregnancy.
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to â€œMulti-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehiclesâ€

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles" (89 Fed. Reg. 27842 (April 18, 2024)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Summary: Constitutional Amendment   This joint resolution states that the First Amendment to the Constitution does not apply to the political speech of any corporation, partnership, business trust, association, or other business organization with respect to the making of contributions, expenditures, or other disbursements of funds in connection with public elections. The resolution grants Congress the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a federal election. The resolution grants states the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a state or local election.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage

This joint resolution may be cited as the "Marriage Protection Amendment" . The following
			 article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
			 which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution
			 when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within
			 seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: Marriage in the United States shall consist
				only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the
				constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the
				legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a
				man and a
				woman.

Summary: This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to â€œNon-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaskaâ€

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska" (81 Fed. Reg. 52247 (August 5, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Summary: This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to eight terms and Senators to three terms. The term limits do not apply to any person serving a term as a Member of Congress on the date the amendment is ratified.
Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to â€œPublic Charge Ground of Inadmissibilityâ€

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility" (87 Fed. Reg. 5547), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Summary: Constitutional Amendment  This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing.  The amendment prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding 18% of the gross domestic product of the United States during the previous calendar year, unless two-thirds of each house of Congress approves a higher level of outlays.  The amendment requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber of Congress to increase the public debt limit, suspend the public debt limit, or to increase revenue. It also requires the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. Each chamber of Congress must approve a balanced budget or Members serving in the chamber may not receive compensation.  Congress is authorized to waive these requirements when a declaration of war is in effect or if the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States.

Summary: This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management titled "Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf." The rule published in the Federal Register on July 15, 2016, limits exploration of oil and gas resources in the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court be composed of not more than nine justices

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: The Supreme Court shall be composed of not more than nine justices. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Summary: No summary available.
Directing the President to remove United States Armed Forces deployed to Iraq or Syria on or after August 7, 2014, other than Armed Forces required to protect United States diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq and Syria

This joint resolution may be cited as the "Constitutional Alternative to the War Powers Iraq and Syria Withdrawal Resolution" . Congress directs the President to remove the United States Armed Forces deployed to Iraq or Syria on or after August 7, 2014, other than Armed Forces required to protect United States diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq and Syriaâ€” by no later than the end of the period of 30 days beginning on the date of the enactment of this joint resolution; or if the President determines that it is not safe to remove such United States Armed Forces before the end of that period, by no later than December 31, 2015, or such earlier date as the President determines that the Armed Forces can safely be removed.

Summary: Authorization for Use of Military Force To Save Americans Stranded in Afghanistan This joint resolution authorizes the President to use the Armed Forces to evacuate U.S. citizens from Afghanistan after August 31, 2021.
Expressing support for designation of September 2015 as â€œGospel Music Heritage Monthâ€ and honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstanding contributions to the culture of the United States

That Congress supports the designation of "Gospel Music Heritage Month" , which would recognize the contributions to the culture of the United States derived from the rich
			 heritage of gospel music and gospel music artists.

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) This joint resolution approves the location within Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area of the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial authorized to be established under the Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. This joint resolution approves the location within Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area of the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial authorized to be established under the Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.