Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the equal application to the Senators and Representatives of the laws that apply to all citizens of the United States.

Bill: 114-hjres-89
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2016-04-20
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Due process and equal protection

Legislative rules and procedure

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Constitutional Amendment</b></p> <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting Congress from making any law respecting the citizens of the United States that does not also apply to the Senators and Representatives.</p>

tv_txt: IA 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 89 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 20, 2016 Mr. DeSantis (for himself, Mr. Salmon , Mr. Peters , Mr. Blum , Mr. Ratcliffe , Mr. Poe of Texas , and Mr. Yoho ) 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 relating to the equal application to the Senators and Representatives of the laws that apply to all citizens of the United 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:  — Congress shall make no law respecting the citizens of the United States that does not also apply to the Senators and Representatives. .