Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the effect of treaties, Executive orders, and agreements with other nations or groups of nations.

Bill: 113-hjres-53
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-24
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

International law and treaties

Judicial procedure and administration
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Constitutional Amendment - States that no treaty, executive order, or any agreement with any nation or group of nations or any of the provisions of such agreements, shall be construed to diminish any of the rights or privileges guaranteed to U.S. citizens under the Constitution and federal law.</p>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 53 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2013 Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , Mr. Gowdy , Mr. Mulvaney , and Mr. Price 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 regarding the effect of treaties, Executive orders, and agreements with other nations or groups of nations.

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:  — No treaty, Executive order, or any agreement with any nation or group of nations or any of the provisions of such agreements, shall be construed to diminish any of the rights or privileges guaranteed to citizens of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, and Federal law. .