IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 287 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should 
pass no law that would exempt from its obligations or provide any 
other special consideration to elected or appointed Federal officials or 
any other Federal employee. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2017 
Mr. YOUNG of Iowa submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress should pass no law that would exempt from 
its obligations or provide any other special consideration 
to elected or appointed Federal officials or any other 
Federal employee. 
Whereas America was founded upon the principle that a free 
people should be self-governed by fellow citizens elected 
to be their representatives, and not governed by a ruling 
class or subject to rule by elites; 
Whereas America was also founded on the principle that no 
person, whatever his or her position within government, 
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is unbound by the laws of this great Nation and the pub-
lic trust; 
Whereas these great principles were enshrined in the Nation’s 
founding documents for all future generations by the 
signers of the Declaration of Independence and the fram-
ers of the United States Constitution; 
Whereas the American people have continually called for 
more accountability from a Federal Government they 
view as out of touch and out of control; 
Whereas rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal 
Government from Washington, DC, continually play a 
larger role in Americans day-to-day lives; 
Whereas there is a growing perception in America that elect-
ed officials and unaccountable bureaucrats in the Na-
tion’s capital pass policies that place burdens on hard-
working Americans with impunity, knowing they will 
never have to bear their costs; and 
Whereas Americans who work hard, follow the law, and only 
ask that no person or group be given preferential treat-
ment under our Nation’s laws expect Federal representa-
tives and a Government that share those values: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is sense of the House of Representa-
tives that Congress should pass no law that would exempt 
from its obligations, excuse from its criminal or civil pen-
alties, or provide any other special consideration to Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives, Members of the Sen-
ate, Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the President, 
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Vice President, appointees of the Executive, or any Fed-
eral employee. 
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