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 · Mar 10, 2017 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.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that: (1) the rights protected by the Constitution are intended to be the rights of natural persons; (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 (3) 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.
Nothing in the amendment shall be construed to limit the rights of freedom of speech, the press, exercise of religion, association, and all such other unalienable rights of the people.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2017 to Sep 25, 2017; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 28, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Aug 4, 2017 |
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 Mar 10, 2017 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2025)
- Mar 10, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H2025 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Mar 10, 2017 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 42, March 10, 2017, page H2053.
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.
- Mar 10, 2017Introduced 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.
