Bill Text: IA SCR3 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A concurrent resolution claiming state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain mandates imposed on the states by the federal government.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Resolution filed, referred to Rules & Administration. S.J. 171. [SCR3 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SCR3-Introduced.html

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Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 - Introduced

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              SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.    
        BY  ZAUN, WHITVER, SINCLAIR, FEENSTRA, CHELGREN, and
                               CHAPMAN
  1  1 A Concurrent Resolution claiming state sovereignty
  1  2    under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
  1  3    United States over certain mandates imposed on the
  1  4    states by the federal government.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of
  1  6 the United States reads as follows:  "The powers not
  1  7 delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
  1  8 prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
  1  9 States respectively, or to the people."; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope
  1 11 of federal power as being that specifically granted by
  1 12 the Constitution of the United States and no more; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled
  1 14 that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative
  1 15 and regulatory processes of the states; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth
  1 17 Amendment means that the federal government was created
  1 18 by the states specifically to be an agent of the
  1 19 states; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, today, the states are demonstrably treated
  1 21 as agents of the federal government; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, many federal mandates are directly in
  1 23 violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of
  1 24 the United States; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 25    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
  1 26 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the State of Iowa
  1 27 hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment
  2  1 to the Constitution of the United States over all
  2  2 powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the
  2  3 federal government by the Constitution of the United
  2  4 States; and
  2  5    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General
  2  6 Assembly demands that the federal government, as
  2  7 its agent, cease and desist, effective immediately,
  2  8 enacting federal mandates that are beyond the scope of
  2  9 these constitutionally delegated powers; and
  2 10    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
  2 11 resolution be distributed to the President of the
  2 12 United States, the President of the United States
  2 13 Senate, the Speaker of the United States House
  2 14 of Representatives, and each member of Iowa's
  2 15 congressional delegation.
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