Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to preserve liberty by operating within the enumerated powers in the Constitution of the United States and its founding principles.

Bill: 117-hres-937
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Abortion
Advisory bodies
Agricultural trade
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Asia
Border security and unlawful immigration
Budget deficits and national debt
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competition and antitrust
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Currency
Dams and canals
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Detention of persons
Digital media
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Firearms and explosives
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Human rights
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Legislative rules and procedure
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Members of Congress
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mining
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Political parties and affiliation
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Spacecraft and satellites
State and local government operations
Taiwan
Tariffs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transportation programs funding
U.S. history
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: 
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it is the duty of the federal government to carry out specified actions, including enacting a balanced budget amendment and abolishing the Department of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Introduced in House