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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 29
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide
a procedure by which the States may propose constitutional amendments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. BLILEY (for himself, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. GOODE, Mr. STUMP, Mr. GILLMOR,
Mr. METCALF, Mr. SHADEGG, and Mr. MANZULLO) introduced the fol-
lowing joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to provide a procedure by which the States may
propose constitutional amendments.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing 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 with-
in seven years after the date of its submission for ratifica-
tion:
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‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. Two-thirds of the legislatures of the sev-
eral States may propose an amendment to the Constitu-
tion by enacting identical legislation in each such legisla-
ture proposing the amendment. If two-thirds of the legisla-
tures of the several States enact such legislation, the legis-
lature first proposing the amendment shall submit the pro-
posed amendment to the Congress.
‘‘SECTION 2. If a proposed amendment is submitted
to the Congress under this article and, before the date of
the second adjournment of Congress sine die occurring
after the proposed amendment is so submitted, two-thirds
of each House vote against legislation expressly disapprov-
ing the proposed amendment, the proposed amendment
shall be deemed to be submitted to the several States for
their consideration.
‘‘SECTION 3. If, as of the date of the second adjourn-
ment of Congress sine die occurring after a proposed
amendment is submitted to Congress under this article,
the proposed amendment has not been submitted to the
several States for their consideration under section 2, and
two-thirds of each House have not voted for legislation ex-
pressly disapproving the proposed amendment, the pro-
posed amendment shall be deemed to be submitted to the
several States for their consideration.
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‘‘SECTION 4. A proposed amendment submitted to
the several States for their consideration under this article
shall be valid as part of the Constitution when ratified
by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States.
‘‘SECTION 5. This article shall not be construed as
limiting the power of the States or the Congress under
Article V of this Constitution.
‘‘SECTION 6. The Congress shall have power to en-
force this article by appropriate legislation.’’.
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by the Committee on Foreign Relations. Debate on any
amendment to an amendment shall be limited to 1 hour.
‘‘(iv) The time of debate for each amendment shall
be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover
of the amendment and the manager of the resolution, ex-
cept that in the event the manager is in favor of any such
amendment, the time in opposition thereto shall be con-
trolled by the Minority Leader or his designee.
‘‘(v) One amendment by the Minority Leader is in
order to be offered under a one-hour time limitation imme-
diately following the expiration of the 12-hour time limita-
tion if the Minority Leader has had no opportunity prior
thereto to offer an amendment to the privileged resolution.
One amendment may be offered to the amendment of the
Minority Leader under the preceding sentence, and debate
shall be limited on such amendment to one-half hour which
shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover of the amendment and the manager of the resolu-
tion, except that in the event the manager is in favor of
any such amendment, the time in opposition thereto shall
be controlled by the Minority Leader or his designee.
‘‘(vi) A motion to postpone or a motion to recommit
a privileged resolution is not in order. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which a privileged resolution is agreed
to or disagreed to is in order, except that such motion
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 30
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing
an item veto in appropriation bills.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Mr. ARCHER introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States allowing an item veto in appropriation bills.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution 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:
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‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘The President shall have the power to disapprove
any appropriation or provision and approve any other ap-
propriation or provision in the same appropriation bill. In
such case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appro-
priations and provisions disapproved, and shall return a
copy of such appropriations and provisions, with his objec-
tions, to the House in which the bill shall have originated;
and the same proceedings shall then be had as in the case
of other bills disapproved by the President.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 31
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with
respect to the right to life.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. SMITH of New
Jersey, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. WATTS of Okla-
homa, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr.
HAYES, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, and Mr.
PHELPS) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States with respect to the right to life.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), 
That the
following article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution 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
•HJ 31 IH
States within seven years after the date of final passage
of this joint resolution:
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. With respect to the right to life, the
word ‘person’ as used in this article and in the fifth and
fourteenth articles of amendment to the Constitution of
the United States applies to all human beings irrespective
of age, health, function, or condition of dependency, in-
cluding their unborn offspring at every stage of their bio-
logical development.
‘‘SECTION 2. No unborn person shall be deprived of
life by any person: Provided, however, That nothing in this
article shall prohibit a law permitting only those medical
procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
‘‘SECTION 3. The Congress and the several States
shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate leg-
islation.’’
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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Social Se-
curity Guarantee Initiative’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the Social Security program provides bene-
fits to 44,000,000 Americans, including more than
27,000,000 retirees, 5,000,000 people with disabil-
ities, and 2,000,000 surviving children, and is essen-
tial to the dignity and security of the Nation’s elder-
ly, disabled, and their families;
(2) the Social Security program’s progressive
benefit structure is of particular importance to
women, due to their (A) longer life expectancies than
men, making the Social Security program’s lifetime,
inflation-adjusted benefits a critical income support
especially for widows; (B) lower average earnings;
and (C) lower pension and other retirement savings,
stemming in part from their lower incomes and their
spending an average of 11 years out of the paid
workforce caring for families;
(3) the approaching retirement of the Baby
Boom Generation will result in the Social Security
•HJ 32 EH
program’s benefit costs exceeding its tax revenues
beginning in 2013;
(4) the Social Security program faces looming
insolvency and instability in the next century so that
by 2032 the Social Security Trust Funds will be
fully depleted and the program will be able to honor
less than 75 percent of benefit commitments; and
(5) prompt action is necessary to restore Ameri-
cans’ confidence that their retirement benefits will
be protected.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
The President and the Congress should join in
strengthening the Social Security program and protecting
the retirement income security of all Americans for the
21st century in a manner that—
(1) ensures equal treatment across generations
to all Americans, especially minorities and other low-
income workers;
(2) recognizes the unique obstacles that women
face in ensuring retirement, disability, and survivor
security and the essential role that the Social Secu-
rity program plays in protecting financial stability
for women;
•HJ 32 EH
(3) provides a continuous benefit safety net for
workers, their survivors, their dependents, and indi-
viduals with disabilities;
(4) protects guaranteed lifetime benefits, in-
cluding cost-of-living adjustments that fully index
for inflation, for current and future retirees; and
(5) does not increase taxes.
Passed the House of Representatives March 2,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
IIB
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 32
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 3, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
JOINT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President
and the Congress should join in undertaking the Social
Security Guarantee Initiative to strengthen the Social
Security program and protect the retirement income se-
curity of all Americans for the 21st century.
HJ 32 RFS
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Social Se-
curity Guarantee Initiative’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the Social Security program provides bene-
fits to 44,000,000 Americans, including more than
27,000,000 retirees, 5,000,000 people with disabil-
ities, and 2,000,000 surviving children, and is essen-
tial to the dignity and security of the Nation’s elder-
ly, disabled, and their families;
(2) the Social Security program’s progressive
benefit structure is of particular importance to
women, due to their (A) longer life expectancies than
men, making the Social Security program’s lifetime,
inflation-adjusted benefits a critical income support
especially for widows; (B) lower average earnings;
and (C) lower pension and other retirement savings,
stemming in part from their lower incomes and their
spending an average of 11 years out of the paid
workforce caring for families;
(3) the approaching retirement of the Baby
Boom Generation will result in the Social Security
HJ 32 RFS
program’s benefit costs exceeding its tax revenues
beginning in 2013;
(4) the Social Security program faces looming
insolvency and instability in the next century so that
by 2032 the Social Security Trust Funds will be
fully depleted and the program will be able to honor
less than 75 percent of benefit commitments; and
(5) prompt action is necessary to restore Ameri-
cans’ confidence that their retirement benefits will
be protected.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
The President and the Congress should join in
strengthening the Social Security program and protecting
the retirement income security of all Americans for the
21st century in a manner that—
(1) ensures equal treatment across generations
to all Americans, especially minorities and other low-
income workers;
(2) recognizes the unique obstacles that women
face in ensuring retirement, disability, and survivor
security and the essential role that the Social Secu-
rity program plays in protecting financial stability
for women;
HJ 32 RFS
(3) provides a continuous benefit safety net for
workers, their survivors, their dependents, and indi-
viduals with disabilities;
(4) protects guaranteed lifetime benefits, in-
cluding cost-of-living adjustments that fully index
for inflation, for current and future retirees; and
(5) does not increase taxes.
Passed the House of Representatives March 2,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 33
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical
desecration of the flag of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein),
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SECTION 1. CONSTITUTIONAL 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 Constitu-
tion when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of
the several States within seven years after the date of its
submission for ratification:
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘The Congress shall have power to prohibit the phys-
ical desecration of the flag of the United States.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
IIA
Calendar No. 182
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 33
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 28, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical
desecration of the flag of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein),
HJ 33 PCS
SECTION 1. CONSTITUTIONAL 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 Constitu-
tion when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of
the several States within seven years after the date of its
submission for ratification:
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘The Congress shall have power to prohibit the phys-
ical desecration of the flag of the United States.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 1999.
Attest:
Martha C. Morrison,
Deputy Clerk.
Calendar No. 182
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 33
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States authorizing the Congress to pro-
hibit the physical desecration of the flag of the
United States.
JUNE 28, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 34
JOINT RESOLUTION
Congratulating and commending the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 34
JOINT RESOLUTION
Congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Whereas the organization now known as the Veterans of For-
eign Wars of the United States was founded in Colum-
bus, Ohio, on September 29, 1899;
•HJ 34 EH
Whereas the VFW represents approximately 2,000,000 vet-
erans of the Armed Forces who served overseas in World
War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf
War, and Bosnia; and
Whereas the VFW has, for the past 100 years, provided vol-
untary and unselfish service to the Armed Forces and to
veterans, communities, States, and the Nation and has
worked toward the betterment of veterans in general and
society as a whole: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Congress—
(1) recognizes the historic significance of the
100th anniversary of the founding of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the United States (the VFW);
(2) congratulates the VFW on achieving that
milestone;
(3) commends the approximately 2,000,000 vet-
erans who belong to the VFW and thanks them for
their service to their fellow veterans and the Nation;
and
(4) calls upon the President to issue a procla-
mation recognizing the anniversary of the VFW and
the contributions made by the VFW to veterans and
the Nation and calling upon the people of the United
•HJ 34 EH
States to observe such anniversary with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. J. Res. 34
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
Joint Resolution
Congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Whereas the organization now known as the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States was founded in Columbus, Ohio, on
September 29, 1899;
Whereas the VFW represents approximately 2,000,000 veterans
of the Armed Forces who served overseas in World War I, World
War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, and Bosnia;
and
Whereas the VFW has, for the past 100 years, provided voluntary
and unselfish service to the Armed Forces and to veterans,
communities, States, and the Nation and has worked toward
the betterment of veterans in general and society as a whole:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
Congress—
(1) recognizes the historic significance of the 100th anniver-
sary of the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States (the VFW);
(2) congratulates the VFW on achieving that milestone;
(3) commends the approximately 2,000,000 veterans who
belong to the VFW and thanks them for their service to their
fellow veterans and the Nation; and
(4) calls upon the President to issue a proclamation recog-
nizing the anniversary of the VFW and the contributions made
by the VFW to veterans and the Nation and calling upon
the people of the United States to observe such anniversary
with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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‘‘(B) to forestall the direct and imminent
threat of such an attack.
‘‘(5) EVACUATION
OF
UNITED
STATES
CITI-
ZENS.—To the extent necessary to protect United
States citizens or nationals while evacuating them as
rapidly as possible from a situation, outside the
United States, that directly and imminently threat-
ens their lives or liberty and—
‘‘(A) the threatened deprivation of life or
liberty is contrary to international law or is oth-
erwise illegal; and
‘‘(B) in a case where the source of the
threat is within a foreign country, the threat is
supported by the government of that country or
the government of that country is unable or un-
willing to control the situation.
The President shall make every effort to terminate
any such threat without using the Armed Forces.
Before using the Armed Forces to protect United
States citizens or nationals being evacuated from a
foreign country in accordance with this paragraph,
the President shall, where possible, obtain the con-
sent of the government of that country.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 34
Congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1999
Mr. STUMP (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. SMITH of
New Jersey, Mr. FILNER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. SPENCE,
Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BUYER, Mr. PE-
TERSON of Minnesota, Mr. QUINN, Ms. CARSON, Mr. BACHUS, Mr.
REYES, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr.
RODRIGUEZ, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. SHOWS, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Ms.
BERKLEY, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr.
SIMPSON, Mr. COBLE, Mr. HUNTER, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. FRANKS of
New Jersey, Mr. SAXTON, and Mr. CUNNINGHAM) introduced the follow-
ing joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs
JOINT RESOLUTION
Congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Whereas the organization now known as the Veterans of For-
eign Wars of the United States was founded in Colum-
bus, Ohio, on September 29, 1899;
Whereas the VFW represents approximately 2,000,000 veter-
ans of the Armed Forces who served overseas in World
War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf
War, and Bosnia; and
•HJ 34 IH
Whereas the VFW has, for the past 100 years, provided vol-
untary and unselfish service to the Armed Forces and to
veterans, communities, States, and the Nation and has
worked toward the betterment of veterans in general and
society as a whole: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Congress—
(1) recognizes the historic significance of the
100th anniversary of the founding of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the United States (the VFW);
(2) congratulates the VFW on achieving that
milestone;
(3) commends the approximately 2,000,000 vet-
erans who belong to the VFW and thanks them for
their service to their fellow veterans and the Nation;
and
(4) calls upon the President to issue a procla-
mation recognizing the anniversary of the VFW and
the contributions made by the VFW to veterans and
the Nation and calling upon the people of the United
States to observe such anniversary with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
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Calendar No. 190
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 34
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 30, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
JOINT RESOLUTION
Congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Whereas the organization now known as the Veterans of For-
eign Wars of the United States was founded in Colum-
bus, Ohio, on September 29, 1899;
HJ 34 PCS
Whereas the VFW represents approximately 2,000,000 vet-
erans of the Armed Forces who served overseas in World
War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf
War, and Bosnia; and
Whereas the VFW has, for the past 100 years, provided vol-
untary and unselfish service to the Armed Forces and to
veterans, communities, States, and the Nation and has
worked toward the betterment of veterans in general and
society as a whole: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Congress—
(1) recognizes the historic significance of the
100th anniversary of the founding of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the United States (the VFW);
(2) congratulates the VFW on achieving that
milestone;
(3) commends the approximately 2,000,000 vet-
erans who belong to the VFW and thanks them for
their service to their fellow veterans and the Nation;
and
(4) calls upon the President to issue a procla-
mation recognizing the anniversary of the VFW and
the contributions made by the VFW to veterans and
the Nation and calling upon the people of the United
HJ 34 PCS
States to observe such anniversary with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 190
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 34
JOINT RESOLUTION
Congratulating and commending the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
JUNE 30, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar