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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for Representatives to be chosen every four years, and to limit the number of times Senators and Representatives may be elected.

Bill: 110-hjres-60
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Congressional terms of office
Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Term limits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Members of the House of Representatives to be chosen every four years.
 
Limits Members of the House to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.

Bill: 110-hjres-61
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2007-10-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Constitutional amendments
Law
Presidential elections
Referendum
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-31
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - States that Congress shall have the power to regulate the raising and spending of money, including through setting limits, for campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, federal office.

Gives a state the power to regulate the raising and spending of money for state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, plebiscites, or other similar ballot measures and campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, state or local office.

Gives Congress the power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-10-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-31
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the President to disapprove or reduce items of appropriation.

Bill: 110-hjres-63
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional voting
Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Item veto
Law
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President to reduce or disapprove any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution, except any item of appropriation for the legislative branch.
 
Declares that if legislation is approved by the President, any item of appropriation contained therein which is not reduced or disapproved shall become law.
 
Requires the President to return with his or her objections any item of appropriation reduced or disapproved to the chamber in which the legislation containing such item originated.
 
Allows Congress, in the manner prescribed under the U.S. Constitution, to reconsider such item.
 
Provides that only a majority vote of each chamber shall be required to approve an item which has been disapproved or to restore an item which has been reduced by the President to the original amount contained in the legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Clarifying that the use of force against Iran is not authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, any resolution previously adopted, or any other provision of law.

Bill: 110-hjres-64
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congress and military policy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Executive orders
Government Operations and Politics
Iran
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Legislative resolutions
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
President and foreign policy
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism
War and emergency powers
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
States that nothing in the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq of 2002 (P.L. 107-243), any act that serves as the statutory authority for Executive Order 13382 or Executive Order 13224, any resolution previously adopted, or any other provision of law including Executive Order 13382 or Executive Order 13224 shall be construed to authorize, encourage, or in any way address the use of the U.S. Armed Forces against Iran. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the appointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Bill: 110-hjres-65
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
District of Columbia
Federal officials
Law
Museums
Smithsonian Institution
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Provides for the appointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish and protect the rights of victims of violent crimes.

Bill: 110-hjres-66
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Compensation for victims of crime
Constitutional amendments
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Parole
Probation
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Victims of crimes
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Grants victims of violent crime the rights: (1) to reasonable and timely notice of any public proceeding involving the crime and of any release or escape of the accused; (2) to not be excluded from such public proceeding and reasonably to be heard at public release, plea, sentencing, reprieve, and pardon proceedings; and (3) to adjudicative decisions that consider the victim's safety, interest in avoiding unreasonable delay, and just and timely claims to restitution from the offender. Prohibits any restriction of such rights except as dictated by a substantial interest in public safety or the administration of criminal justice, or by other compelling necessity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.

Bill: 110-hjres-67
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2007-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Gross national product

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: 
Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental national security requirements of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
To acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.

Bill: 110-hjres-68
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2007-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Minorities
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Racial discrimination
State government-Indian relations
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: 
Recognizes the special legal and political relationship the Indian tribes have with the United States and the solemn covenant with the land we share. 

Commends and honors the Native Peoples for the thousands of years that they have stewarded and protected this land.

Recognizes that there have been years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the U.S. government regarding Indian tribes.

Apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on them by U.S. citizens. 

Expresses the regret of the United States for the ramifications of former wrongs and its commitment to build on the positive relationships of the past and present to move toward reconciliation. 

Urges the President to acknowledge the wrongs of the United States against Indian tribes in U.S. history.

Commends the state governments that have begun reconciliation efforts with recognized Indian tribes located in their boundaries, and encourages all state governments to do the same.

Declares that nothing in this Joint Resolution authorizes or supports any claim against the United States or serves as a settlement of any claim against the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years Representatives and Senators may serve.

Bill: 110-hjres-71
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional terms of office
Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Term limits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
Constitutional Amendment -- Amends the Constitution of the United States to limit to 18 the number of years U.S. Representatives and Senators may serve, excluding service to fill a vacancy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.

Bill: 110-hjres-73
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional voting
Constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Law
Members of Congress
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - States that whenever the right to choose the President devolves upon the House of Representatives, the Members of the House shall cast votes on an individual basis, and the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast by the Members shall be the President so long as such number is a majority of the votes cast.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Bill: 110-hjres-74
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Law
Marriage
Same-sex marriage

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of a legal union of one man and one woman. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives selects the President in the event no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.

Bill: 110-hjres-75
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional voting
Constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Law
Members of Congress
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - States that whenever the right to choose the President devolves upon the House of Representatives, the Members of the House shall cast votes on an individual basis, and the candidate receiving votes cast by a majority of the Members of the House shall be the President. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Disapproving the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and defense services to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Bill: 110-hjres-76
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2008-01-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms sales
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional veto
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Middle East and North Africa
President and foreign policy
Saudi Arabia

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: 
Prohibits issuance of a letter of offer respecting a specified proposed sale of defense articles and services to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day.

Bill: 110-hjres-77
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2008-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Living wills
Members of Congress
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: 
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of: (1) National Health Care Decisions Day; and (2) advance care planning for all adult Americans.
 
Encourages each person over the age of 18 to prepare an advance directive to assist his or her loved ones, health care providers, and others as they honor his or her wishes. Urges members of Congress to execute such documents for themselves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to optional State plan case management services under the Medicaid Program.

Bill: 110-hjres-78
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Case management
Congress
Congressional veto
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Medicaid
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 
Disapproves the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to optional state plan case management services under the Medicaid program. Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership.

Bill: 110-hjres-79
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congress
Congressional veto
Economic concentration
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Newspapers
Radio stations
Telecommunication industry
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 
Disapproves the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and received by Congress on February 22, 2008, relating to broadcast media ownership.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the penalty of death.

Bill: 110-hjres-80
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Capital punishment
Constitutional amendments
Law
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: 
 Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the United States or any state from imposing or carrying out the death penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to control spending.

Bill: 110-hjres-81
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2008-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional voting
Constitutional amendments
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions
Gross national product
Law
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-30
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for any fiscal year (except for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding an amount that would cause outlays to have increased by a rate that exceeds growth in the U.S. economy over the period since 2007, unless Congress, by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific increase of outlays above this amount.
 
Directs the President, before each fiscal year, to transmit to Congress a proposed budget for such fiscal year and all ensuing fiscal years covered by it, in which total outlays do not exceed the outlays from the previous year after taking into account an increase to reflect such average growth.
 
Authorizes a waiver of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2008-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing castration after conviction for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.

Bill: 110-hjres-82
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2008-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Constitutional amendments
Families
Family planning and birth control
Health
Law
Punishment
Rape
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Surgery
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: 

Constitutional Amendment
 - Declares that surgical or chemical castration is permitted under the Constitution upon conviction of the rape of a child under 16 years old and does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the Constitution does not preclude a penalty of death, including when it is imposed for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.

Bill: 110-hjres-83
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2008-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Capital punishment
Child sexual abuse
Constitutional amendments
Families
Law
Punishment
Rape
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: 

Constitutional Amendment
 - Declares that the death penalty is permitted under the Constitution and does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, including when imposed for the rape of a child under 16 years old.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Introduced in House