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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state.

Bill: 114-sjres-7
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2015-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
First Amendment rights
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: 

Constitutional Amendment 

 
Declares that: (1) the rights enumerated in the Constitution and other rights retained by the people are the rights of natural persons; (2) the terms &quot;people,&quot; &quot;person,&quot; and &quot;citizen&quot; as used in the Constitution do not include corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state; and (3) corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through representatives in Congress and state representatives, may determine reasonable, consistent with the powers of Congress and the states.
 
Prohibits the Constitution from being construed to limit such rights, which are unalienable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States during the previous calendar year.

Bill: 114-sjres-9
Sponsor: Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]
Introduced: 2015-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: 

Constitutional Amendment 

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the total amount of money expended by the United States during a fiscal year from exceeding total revenues received for that fiscal year, excluding revenue from the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations of the United States. 
 
The amendment prohibits the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding 20% of the gross domestic product of the United States. 
 
The restrictions do not apply during a fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect, or if three-fifths of each chamber of Congress votes to suspend the restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014.

Bill: 114-sjres-10
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
District of Columbia
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 
 
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 23, 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.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Human Rights Amendment Act of 2014.

Bill: 114-sjres-11
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Age discrimination
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
District of Columbia
Domestic violence and child abuse
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Marriage and family status
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: 
 
 Congress disapproves the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Human Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-605), 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 20-605:
 
 
amends the Office of Human Rights Establishment Act of 1999 to require the Director of the Office of Human Rights to have a demonstrated professional background in human rights law,
 
amends the Human Rights Act of 1977 (HRA of 1977) to require the annual report by the Mayor to the District Council to include information on investigations and inquiries undertaken by the Director or the Office,
 
repeals the exemption allowing religiously-affiliated educational institutions to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, and
 
makes inapplicable to HRA of 1977 claims that required specified written notice to the Mayor regarding claims against the District for unliquidated damages.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to marriage.

Bill: 114-sjres-12
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Intergovernmental relations
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
Grants the United States and each state, territory, and possession the power to define marriage as limited to the union of one man and one woman.
 
Declares that: (1) nothing in this constitution shall be construed to require that marriage or its legal incidents be conferred upon any union other than the union of one man and one woman or to require that a state recognize a marriage that was licensed in another state; and (2) no decision or order of any court to the contrary, including any decision or order issued before the date of ratification, shall have any force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the United States and the Federal Government.

Bill: 114-sjres-13
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Due process and equal protection
Federal officials
Judges
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
Prohibits Congress from making any law that is applicable to a U.S. citizen but not equally applicable to: (1) Congress; (2) the executive branch, including the President, Vice President, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and all other officers of the United States, including those provided for under the Constitution and by law; and (3) Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior courts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission regulating broadband Internet access.

Bill: 114-sjres-14
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: 
Disapproves and nullifies the Federal Communications Commission rule, published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2015, relating to regulating broadband Internet access.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.

Bill: 114-sjres-15
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2015-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Due process and equal protection
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-07
text: 
Eliminates the time limit for ratification of the equal rights amendment (prohibits discrimination on account of sex) proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to in the Senate on March 22, 1972. Declares that such amendment shall be part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Bill: 114-sjres-16
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2015-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Due process and equal protection
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-07
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
Prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging equal rights under the law on account of sex. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give States the right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States.

Bill: 114-sjres-17
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the repeal of any federal law or regulation when the legislatures of two-thirds of the states approve resolutions for this purpose that particularly describe the provisions to be repealed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 114-sjres-18
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2015-07-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Economic performance and conditions
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: 

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, receipts derived from borrowing, and receipts or outlays of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. 
 
The resolution requires the President to annually submit to Congress a budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. 
 
The balanced budget requirement does not apply if: 
 
 
 a declaration of war is in effect or if the United States is engaged in military conflict which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security, or 
 
during the fiscal year or preceding fiscal year, the U.S. economy grew by less than 0% in real gross domestic product during two or more consecutive quarters or the unemployment rate was more than 7% during two or more consecutive months. 
 
 
The resolution prohibits a court from enforcing the requirements by ordering cuts to Social Security or Medicare payments unless the funds available to the trust fund for a program are not sufficient to cover the outlays that would occur during the year if the fund were fully solvent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution to express the disfavor of Congress regarding the proposed agreement for cooperation between the United States and the People's Republic of China transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 21, 2015, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

Bill: 114-sjres-19
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2015-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: 
States that Congress does not favor the proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of China Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy transmitted to Congress by the President on April 21, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 154.
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged pursant to 42 U.S.C. 2159(i) and Section 601(b)(4) of P.L. 94-329. (consideration: CR S5180)
action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged pursant to 42 U.S.C. 2159(i) and Section 601(b)(4) of P.L. 94-329.(consideration: CR S5180)
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution relating to the approval of the proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.

Bill: 114-sjres-20
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2015-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Nuclear power
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: 
States that Congress favors the proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy transmitted to the President on June 16, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 285.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2159(i) and section 601(b)(4) of Public Law 94-329.
action_date: 2015-10-29
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2159(i) and section 601(b)(4) of Public Law 94-329.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A 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.

Bill: 114-sjres-21
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
First Amendment rights
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: 

Constitutional Amendment 

 
 Grants Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone".

Bill: 114-sjres-25
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2015-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: 
Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 26, 2015, that revises the primary and secondary national ambient air quality standards for ozone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and its Associated Forces

Bill: 114-sjres-26
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2015-12-03 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Syria
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and its Associated Forces

 
 This joint resolution authorizes the President to use all necessary and appropriate force to defend U.S. national security against the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), its associated forces, organizations, and persons, and any successor organizations. 
 
Congress declares that this joint resolution is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
 
 Nothing in this joint resolution supersedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution. 
 
 The President shall report to Congress at least every 60 days on matters relevant to this joint resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture relating to inspection of fish of the order Siluriformes.

Bill: 114-sjres-27
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2015-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-07
text: 
This joint resolution disapproves and nullifies a Department of Agriculture rule published on December 2, 2015, to establish a mandatory inspection program for fish of the order Siluriformes, including catfish and products derived from the fish. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture relating to inspection of fish of the order Siluriformes.

Bill: 114-sjres-28
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 
This joint resolution disapproves and nullifies a Department of Agriculture rule published on December 2, 2015, to establish a mandatory inspection program for fish of the order Siluriformes, including catfish and products derived from the fish. 

action_date: 2016-05-25
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
This joint resolution disapproves and nullifies a Department of Agriculture rule published on December 2, 2015, to establish a mandatory inspection program for fish of the order Siluriformes, including catfish and products derived from the fish. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 86. (text: CR S3135)
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 86.(text: CR S3135)
action_date: 2016-05-25
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3131-3135)
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S3084-3091)
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 40. Record Vote Number: 85. (consideration: CR S3084)
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S3084; text: CR S3084)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 479.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by petition pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c). (consideration: CR S3053; text: CR S3053)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by petition pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).(consideration: CR S3053; text: CR S3053)
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate