Bill Text: MS HC48 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Concurrent Resolution 48 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: U.S. Constitution; urge Congress to propose "Regulation Freedom" amendment to.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-04-02 - Died In Committee [HC48 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2014-HC48-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Representative Brown (20th)

House Concurrent Resolution 48

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT KNOWN AS THE "REGULATION FREEDOM AMENDMENT" TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHEREAS, the growth and abuse of federal regulatory authority threaten certain constitutional liberties, including those guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States; and

WHEREAS, federal regulators must be more accountable to elected representatives of the people and are not immune from such accountability; and

WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence decried the imposition by the central government of "an absolute tyranny over these states" and a central government that "erected a multitude of new offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance"; and

WHEREAS, states too often find themselves in a similar position today; and

WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives has passed with bipartisan support the "REINS" Act to require that Congress approve major new federal regulations before those regulations can take effect; and

WHEREAS, the President of the United States unfortunately has shown no inclination to sign the REINS Act if it is passed by both Houses of Congress; and

WHEREAS, even if enacted, a law may be repealed or waived by a future Congress and President; and

WHEREAS, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States does not require the President's approval and cannot be waived by a future Congress and President:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN, That the Legislature of the State of Mississippi does hereby urge the Congress of the United States to vote to propose the "REGULATION FREEDOM AMENDMENT" to the Constitution of the United States, as follows:

"Whenever one-fourth (1/4) of the members of the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate transmits to the United States President their written declaration of opposition to a proposed federal regulation, there is required a majority vote of the United States House of Representatives and Senate for adoption of that regulation."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be furnished to every member of the Congress of the United States and to the presiding officers of each house of the state legislative bodies of the several states of the Union.