A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state.

Bill: 115-sjres-20
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2017-02-03
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Corporate finance and management

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

First Amendment rights

Political advertising
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Constitutional Amendment </b></p> <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that: (1) the rights enumerated in the Constitution and other rights retained by the people are the rights of natural persons; (2) the terms &quot;people,&quot; &quot;person,&quot; and &quot;citizen&quot; as used in the Constitution do not include corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state; and (3) corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through representatives in Congress and state representatives, may determine reasonable, consistent with the powers of Congress and the states.</p> <p>The amendment prohibits the Constitution from being construed to limit such rights enumerated in the Constitution and other rights retained by the people, which are unalienable.</p>

tv_txt: IIA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 20 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 3, 2017 Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state.

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. The rights enumerated in this Constitution and other rights retained by the people shall be the rights of natural persons. 2. As used in this Constitution, the terms people , person , and citizen shall not include a corporation, a limited liability company, or any other corporate entity established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state. 3. A corporate entity described in section 2 shall be subject to such regulation as the people, through representatives in Congress and State representatives, may determine reasonable, consistent with the powers of Congress and the States under this Constitution. 4. Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to limit the rights enumerated in this Constitution and other rights retained by the people, which are unalienable. .