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 or other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state.
Latest action · Feb 28, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) the rights protected by the Constitution are intended to be the rights of natural persons; and (2) the words "people," "person," or "citizen" as used in the Constitution do not include corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state, and that such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the states.
Prohibits this Amendment from limiting the rights of freedom of speech, the press, exercise of religion, association, and all such other unalienable rights of the people.
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2013 to Jun 9, 2014; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jan 23, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 4, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Feb 4, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Feb 6, 2013 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Feb 15, 2013 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Feb 15, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Feb 15, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Feb 25, 2013 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Mar 13, 2013 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 13, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Mar 14, 2013 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Apr 11, 2013 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Sep 9, 2013 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Sep 9, 2013 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Sep 20, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 25, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Sep 25, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Oct 30, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Feb 5, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 5, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | May 6, 2014 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | May 19, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jun 9, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2013 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
- Jan 22, 2013Introduced in House
- Jan 22, 2013Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1502 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Jan 29, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H182 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Jan 22, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H224.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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 or other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
