IA 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 193 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing 
that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on 
the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or 
official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may 
not grant a pardon to himself or herself. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2024 
Mr. MORELLE (for himself, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN, Ms. 
BROWNLEY, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ROBERT 
GARCIA of California, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIM of New 
Jersey, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LEE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Ms. MENG, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SAR-
BANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. 
STEVENS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. 
TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) 
submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States providing that there is no immunity from criminal 
prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act 
was within the constitutional authority or official duties 
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of an individual, and providing that the President may 
not grant a pardon to himself or herself. 
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: 
‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. No officer of the United States, includ-
ing the President and the Vice President, or a Senator 
or Representative in Congress, shall be immune from 
criminal prosecution for any violation of otherwise valid 
Federal law, nor for any violation of State law unless the 
alleged criminal act was authorized by valid Federal law, 
on the sole ground that their alleged criminal act was 
within the conclusive and preclusive constitutional author-
ity of their office or related to their official duties, except 
for Senators and Representatives acting pursuant to the 
first clause of the sixth section of the first article. 
‘‘SECTION 2. The President shall have no power to 
grant a reprieve or pardon for offenses against the United 
States to himself or herself. 
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‘‘SECTION 3. This amendment is self-executing, and 
Congress shall have the power to enact legislation to facili-
tate the implementation of this amendment.’’. 
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