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: 113-hjres-98
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2013-10-23
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
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 98 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2013 Mr. Duncan of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Daines , Mr. DeSantis , Mr. Salmon , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Collins of Georgia , and Mr. Barr ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution 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:  — 1. Congress shall make no law applicable to a citizen of the United States that is not equally applicable to Congress. 2. Congress shall make no law applicable to a citizen of the United States that is not equally applicable to the executive branch of Government, including the President, Vice President, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and all other officers of the United States, including those provided for under this Constitution and by law, and inferior officers to the President established by law. 3. Congress shall make no law applicable to a citizen of the United States that is not equally applicable to judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, including the Chief Justice, and judges of such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. 4. Nothing in this article shall preempt any specific provision of this Constitution. .