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: 113-hjres-115
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2014-05-21
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Intergovernmental relations

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes 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of two-thirds of the states approve resolutions for this purpose that particularly describe the provisions to be repealed.</p>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 115 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2014 Mr. Bishop of Utah (for himself, Mr. Walberg , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Chaffetz , Mr. Campbell , Mr. Broun of Georgia , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Jordan , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Griffith of Virginia , Mr. Stewart , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Salmon , and Mr. Graves of Georgia ) 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 to give States the right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States.

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 within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:  — Any provision of law or regulation of the United States may be repealed by the several States, and such repeal shall be effective when the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States approve resolutions for this purpose that particularly describe the same provision or provisions of law or regulation to be repealed. .