Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself.

Bill: 118-hjres-193
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2024-07-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IA 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 193 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2024 Mr. Morelle (for himself, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Brown , Ms. Brownley , Ms. Bush , Mr. Carson , Mr. Casten , Ms. Chu , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Doggett , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Robert Garcia of California , Ms. Hoyle of Oregon , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Kim of New Jersey , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Mr. Levin , Mr. Magaziner , Ms. Matsui , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Meng , Mr. Mullin , Ms. Norton , Mr. Panetta , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Pocan , Mrs. Ramirez , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Sablan , Mr. Sarbanes , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Sewell , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Tokuda , Mr. Tonko , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Torres of New York , Ms. Velázquez , Mrs. Watson Coleman , and Ms. Williams of Georgia ) 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 providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself.

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. No officer of the United States, including the President and the Vice President, or a Senator or Representative in Congress, shall be immune from criminal prosecution for any violation of otherwise valid Federal law, nor for any violation of State law unless the alleged criminal act was authorized by valid Federal law, on the sole ground that their alleged criminal act was within the conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority of their office or related to their official duties, except for Senators and Representatives acting pursuant to the first clause of the sixth section of the first article. 2. The President shall have no power to grant a reprieve or pardon for offenses against the United States to himself or herself. 3. This amendment is self-executing, and Congress shall have the power to enact legislation to facilitate the implementation of this amendment. .