Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require legislative approval for certain regulations.

Bill: 116-hjres-71
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2019-06-26
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Legislative rules and procedure

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring congressional approval of agency regulations for which one-fourth of the membership of either chamber of Congress has signed a petition disapproving of such regulation.</p>

tv_txt: IA 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 71 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2019 Mr. Perry submitted 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 require legislative approval for certain regulations.

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:  — 1. If one-fourth of the total membership of the House of Representatives or one-fourth of the total membership of the Senate sign a petition disapproving of any proposed department or agency regulation, the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate shall transmit such petition to the President. The proposed regulation subject to the petition shall not have force or effect until and unless a joint resolution approving such proposed regulation and not containing any other matter is agreed to by each body of the Congress by a recorded vote and is enacted. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .